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Sons through Faith in Christ

Galatians 3:29

In 9 translations

BSB
And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the promise.
KJV
And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.
WEB
If you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s offspring and heirs according to promise.
ASV
And if ye are Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, heirs according to promise.
LSV
and if you [are] of Christ then you are seed of Abraham, and heirs according to promise.
YLT
and if ye [are] of Christ then of Abraham ye are seed, and according to promise — heirs.
DBY
but if ye [are] of Christ, then ye are Abraham's seed, heirs according to promise.
DRC
And if you be Christ’s, then are you the seed of Abraham, heirs according to the promise.
GNV
And if ye be Christes, then are ye Abrahams seede, and heires by promise.

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
  • Spelling of Ἀβραὰμ: Tyndale House: Ἁβραὰμ.
  • In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include καὶ (“and”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

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  • SBLGNT: κατʼ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read κατʼ; Robinson–Pierpont read καὶ κατʼ.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
εἰ δὲ ὑμεῖς Χριστοῦ, ἄρα τοῦ Ἀβραὰμ σπέρμα ἐστέ, κατʼ ἐπαγγελίαν κληρονόμοι.
RP2018
Εἰ δὲ ὑμεῖς χριστοῦ, ἄρα τοῦ Ἀβραὰμ σπέρμα ἐστέ, καὶ κατ’ ἐπαγγελίαν κληρονόμοι.
TR-Boyd
Εἰ δὲ ὑμεῖς Χριστοῦ, ἄρα τοῦ Ἀβραὰμ σπέρμα ἐστέ, καὶ κατ᾿ ἐπαγγελίαν κληρονόμοι.
SCR1894
ει δε υμεις χριστου αρα του αβρααμ σπερμα εστε και κατ επαγγελιαν κληρονομοι

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  • Ephesians 3:6This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus.
  • Romans 9:7–8Nor because they are Abraham’s descendants are they all his children. On the contrary, “Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.” So it is not the children of the flesh who are God’s children, but it is the…
  • Galatians 3:7Understand, then, that those who have faith are sons of Abraham.
  • Romans 8:17And if we are children, then we are heirs: heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ—if indeed we suffer with Him, so that we may also be glorified with Him.
  • Galatians 4:22–31For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman. His son by the slave woman was born according to the flesh, but his son by the free woman was born through the…
  • Romans 4:16–21Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may rest on grace and may be guaranteed to all Abraham’s offspring—not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham. He is the…
  • Galatians 4:7So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and since you are a son, you are also an heir through God.
  • Titus 3:7so that, having been justified by His grace, we would become heirs with the hope of eternal life.
  • Revelation 21:7The one who overcomes will inherit all things, and I will be his God, and he will be My son.
  • James 2:5Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him?
  • Romans 4:12–14And he is also the father of the circumcised who not only are circumcised, but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised. For the promise to Abraham and his…
  • 2 Corinthians 10:7You are looking at outward appearances. If anyone is confident that he belongs to Christ, he should remind himself that we belong to Christ just as much as he does.
  • 1 Corinthians 15:23But each in his own turn: Christ the firstfruits; then at His coming, those who belong to Him.
  • 1 Corinthians 3:22–23whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future. All of them belong to you, and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.
  • Galatians 3:16The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. The Scripture does not say, “and to seeds,” meaning many, but “and to your seed,” meaning One, who is Christ.
  • Hebrews 6:17So when God wanted to make the unchanging nature of His purpose very clear to the heirs of the promise, He guaranteed it with an oath.

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