Galatians 3:7

3:7 so then, understand ¹  that those who believe are the sons of Abraham. ² 

Galatians 3:9

3:9 So then those who believe ³  are blessed along with Abraham the believer.

Galatians 3:24

3:24 Thus the law had become our guardian ⁴  until Christ, so that we could be declared righteous ⁵  by faith.

Galatians 3:26

3:26 For in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God through faith. ⁶ 

[3:7]  ¹ tn Grk “know.”

[3:7]  ² tn The phrase “sons of Abraham” is used here in a figurative sense to describe people who are connected to a personality, Abraham, by close nonmaterial ties. It is this personality that has defined the relationship and its characteristics (BDAG 1024-25 s.v. υἱός 2.c.α).

[3:9]  ³ tn Grk “those who are by faith,” with the Greek expression “by faith” (ἐκ πίστεως, ek pistew") the same as the expression in v. 8.

[3:24]  ⁵ tn Or “disciplinarian,” “custodian,” or “guide.” According to BDAG 748 s.v. παιδαγωγός, “the man, usu. a slave…whose duty it was to conduct a boy or youth…to and from school and to superintend his conduct gener.; he was not a ‘teacher’ (despite the present mng. of the derivative ‘pedagogue’…When the young man became of age, the π. was no longer needed.” L&N 36.5 gives “guardian, leader, guide” here.

[3:24]  ⁶ tn Or “be justified.”

[3:26]  ⁷ tn Or “For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.”