For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
What does Galatians 3:27 mean?
Real Christians enjoy great privileges under the gospel; and are no longer accounted servants, but sons; not now kept at such a distance, and under such restraints as the Jews were.
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Keep this verse inside Galatians 3:23-27 and alongside a few nearby related passages.
Commentary on Galatians 3:27
For as many of you - Whether by nature Jews or Gentiles. As have been baptized into Christ - Or "unto" (εις eis) - the same preposition which in Galatians 3:24 is rendered unto) Christ. That is, they were baptized with reference to him, or receiving him as the Saviour; see this explained in the note at Romans 6:3 . Have put on Christ - That is, they have put on his sentiments, opinions, characteristic traits, etc., as a man clothes himself. This language was common among the ancient writers; see it explained in the note at Romans 13:14 .
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Context in Galatians 3
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Galatians 3 belongs to the middle movement of the book, especially the section often described as Abraham and the promise. Galatians is Paul’s fierce defense of the gospel of grace, justification by faith, and freedom for life in the Spirit. Read this chapter with the wider themes of grace, justification, and freedom in view so the individual verses keep their proper weight.
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