Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version
Book of Galatians
Chapter 3  -  Read Chapter
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 3:24 DSN -> Synopsis on 3:24 GEB -> Study Notes on 3:24 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:24 JFB -> Commentary on 3:24 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:24 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:24 PNT -> Commentary on 3:24 RWP -> Study Notes on 3:24 SRN -> Study Notes on 3:24 TSK -> Commentary on 3:24 TSK -> Entry for 3:24 WEN -> Notes on 3:24 NTB -> Children; Faith; Instruction; Justification; Salvation; School; Works TTT -> Law of God, The; Law of Moses, The EBD -> Schoolmaster SBD -> Law of Moses PWP -> Devotional using 3:24 TV -> Devotional using 3:24 TV -> Devotional using 3:24 3:24 - [In Context] So the law was our master until Christ came. After Christ came, we could be made right with God through faith.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 3:25 DSN -> Synopsis on 3:25 GEB -> Study Notes on 3:25 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:25 JFB -> Commentary on 3:25 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:25 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:25 PNT -> Commentary on 3:25 RWP -> Study Notes on 3:25 SRN -> Study Notes on 3:25 TSK -> Commentary on 3:25 TSK -> Entry for 3:25 WEN -> Notes on 3:25 NTB -> Faith; Instruction; Salvation; School; Works EBD -> Schoolmaster PWP -> Devotional using 3:25 3:25 - [In Context] Now the way of faith has come. So we don't live under the law now.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 3:26 DSN -> Synopsis on 3:26 GEB -> Study Notes on 3:26 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:26 JFB -> Commentary on 3:26 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:26 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:26 PNT -> Commentary on 3:26 RWP -> Study Notes on 3:26 SRN -> Study Notes on 3:26 TSK -> Commentary on 3:26 TSK -> Entry for 3:26 WEN -> Notes on 3:26 NTB -> Adoption; Church; Faith; Salvation; Works TTT -> Adoption; Faith PWP -> Devotional using 3:26 SPG -> Devotional using 3:26 TV -> Devotional using 3:26 TV -> Devotional using 3:26 TV -> Devotional using 3:26 TV -> Devotional using 3:26 TV -> Devotional using 3:26 TV -> Devotional using 3:26 TV -> Devotional using 3:26 TV -> Devotional using 3:26 TV -> Devotional using 3:26 3:26 - [In Context]
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 3:27 DSN -> Synopsis on 3:27 GEB -> Study Notes on 3:27 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:27 JFB -> Commentary on 3:27 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:27 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:27 PNT -> Commentary on 3:27 RWP -> Study Notes on 3:27 TSK -> Commentary on 3:27 TSK -> Entry for 3:27 WEN -> Notes on 3:27 NTB -> Baptism; Catholicity; Church; Faith; Jesus, The Christ; Salvation; Works TTT -> Baptism PWP -> Devotional using 3:27 TV -> Devotional using 3:27 TV -> Devotional using 3:27 TV -> Devotional using 3:27 TV -> Devotional using 3:27 TV -> Devotional using 3:27 TV -> Devotional using 3:27 TV -> Devotional using 3:27 TV -> Devotional using 3:27 TV -> Devotional using 3:27 3:27 - [In Context] You were all baptized F44 into Christ. So you were all clothed with Christ. This shows that you are all children of God through faith in Christ Jesus.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 3:28 DSN -> Synopsis on 3:28 GEB -> Study Notes on 3:28 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:28 JFB -> Commentary on 3:28 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:28 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:28 PNT -> Commentary on 3:28 RWP -> Study Notes on 3:28 TSK -> Commentary on 3:28 TSK -> Entry for 3:28 WEN -> Notes on 3:28 NTB -> Catholicity; Church; Faith; Greece; Legislation; Liberty; Man; Salvation; Servant; Works TTT -> Baptism; Church, The; Jews, The; Servants PWP -> Devotional using 3:28 TV -> Devotional using 3:28 TV -> Devotional using 3:28 TV -> Devotional using 3:28 TV -> Devotional using 3:28 TV -> Devotional using 3:28 TV -> Devotional using 3:28 TV -> Devotional using 3:28 3:28 - [In Context] Now, in Christ, there is no difference between Jew and Greek (non-Jew). There is no difference between slaves and free people. There is no difference between male and female. You are all the same in Christ Jesus.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 3:29 DSN -> Synopsis on 3:29 GEB -> Study Notes on 3:29 JFB -> Commentary on 3:29 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:29 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:29 PNT -> Commentary on 3:29 RWP -> Study Notes on 3:29 TSK -> Commentary on 3:29 TSK -> Entry for 3:29 WEN -> Notes on 3:29 NTB -> Abraham; Adoption; Faith; Heir; Righteous; Works TTT -> Adoption; Promises of God, The; Titles and Names of Saints EBD -> Heir PWP -> Devotional using 3:29 TV -> Devotional using 3:29 TV -> Devotional using 3:29 TV -> Devotional using 3:29 TV -> Devotional using 3:29 3:29 - [In Context] You belong to Christ. So you are Abraham's F45 descendants. F46 You get all of God's blessings because of the promise {that God made to Abraham}.
Chapter 4  -  Read Chapter
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:1 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:1 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:1 GSB -> Study Notes on 4:1 JFB -> Commentary on 4:1 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:1 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:1 PNT -> Commentary on 4:1 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:1 TSK -> Commentary on 4:1 TSK -> Entry for 4:1 WEN -> Notes on 4:1 NTB -> Children; Heir; Instruction; Judaism; Minister, Christian; Minors; Tutor TTT -> Children PWP -> Devotional using 4:1 4:1 - [In Context] I want to tell you this: While the heir F47 is still a child, he is no different from a slave. It doesn't matter that the heir owns everything. Why?
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:2 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:2 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:2 GSB -> Study Notes on 4:2 JFB -> Commentary on 4:2 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:2 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:2 PNT -> Commentary on 4:2 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:2 WEN -> Notes on 4:2 NTB -> Children; Heir; Instruction; Minors; Tutor TTT -> Children EBD -> Governor PWP -> Devotional using 4:2 4:2 - [In Context] Because while he is a child, he must obey the people who are chosen to care for him. But when the child reaches the age his father set, he is free.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:3 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:3 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:3 GSB -> Study Notes on 4:3 JFB -> Commentary on 4:3 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:3 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:3 PNT -> Commentary on 4:3 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:3 SRN -> Study Notes on 4:3 TSK -> Commentary on 4:3 TSK -> Entry for 4:3 WEN -> Notes on 4:3 TTT -> Bondage, Spiritual; Liberty, Christian EBD -> Elements PWP -> Devotional using 4:3 4:3 - [In Context] It is the same for us. We were once like children. We were slaves to the useless rules of this world.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:4 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:4 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:4 GSB -> Study Notes on 4:4 JFB -> Commentary on 4:4 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:4 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:4 PNT -> Commentary on 4:4 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:4 TSK -> Commentary on 4:4 TSK -> Entry for 4:4 WEN -> Notes on 4:4 NTB -> Atonement; God; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Redemption; Salvation; Time; Trinity TTT -> Adoption; Human Nature of Christ, The; Law of Moses, The; Liberty, Christian; Promises of God, The; Prophecies Respecting Christ; Redemption; Time EBD -> Covenant; Election of Grace; Fulness; Humiliation of Christ; Incarnation; Nativity of Christ; Passover; Ransom; Redemption; Son of God SBD -> Adoption; Roman empire PWP -> Devotional using 4:4 TV -> Devotional using 4:4 TV -> Devotional using 4:4 TV -> Devotional using 4:4 TV -> Devotional using 4:4 TV -> Devotional using 4:4 TV -> Devotional using 4:4 TV -> Devotional using 4:4 4:4 - [In Context] But when the right time came, God sent his Son. God's Son was born from a woman. God's Son lived under the law. F48
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:5 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:5 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:5 GSB -> Study Notes on 4:5 JFB -> Commentary on 4:5 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:5 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:5 PNT -> Commentary on 4:5 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:5 TSK -> Commentary on 4:5 TSK -> Entry for 4:5 WEN -> Notes on 4:5 NTB -> Adoption; Atonement; God; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Redemption; Salvation TTT -> Adoption; Human Nature of Christ, The; Indwelling of the Holy Spirit, The; Liberty, Christian; Redemption EBD -> Covenant; Election of Grace; Passover; Ransom; Redemption; Son of God SBD -> Adoption PWP -> Devotional using 4:5 TV -> Devotional using 4:5 TV -> Devotional using 4:5 TV -> Devotional using 4:5 TV -> Devotional using 4:5 TV -> Devotional using 4:5 4:5 - [In Context] God did this so that he could buy the freedom of the people who were under the law. God's purpose was to make us his children.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:6 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:6 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:6 GSB -> Study Notes on 4:6 JFB -> Commentary on 4:6 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:6 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:6 PNT -> Commentary on 4:6 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:6 TSK -> Commentary on 4:6 TSK -> Entry for 4:6 WEN -> Notes on 4:6 NTB -> Abba; Adoption; Communion; God; Heir; Holy Spirit; Righteousness; Trinity TTT -> Adoption; Prayer; Titles and Names of the Holy Spirit EBD -> Abba; Son of God PWP -> Devotional using 4:6 TV -> Devotional using 4:6 TV -> Devotional using 4:6 4:6 - [In Context] You are God's children. That is why God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts. The Spirit F49 cries out, "Abba, F50 Father."
FOOTNOTES: F44: baptized   A Greek word meaning to be immersed, dipped, or buried briefly under water. F45: Abraham   Most respected ancestor of the Jews. F46: descendant(s)   The people born in a person's family after that person dies. F47: heir   A person who will be given all that his father owned. F48: law   The law of Moses. F49: Spirit, Holy Spirit   Also called the Spirit of God, the Spirit of Christ, and the Comforter. Joined with God and Christ, he does God's work among people in the world. F50: \fAbba\f   An Aramaic word. Jewish children called their fathers "\fAbba\f."

Abbreviations Legend: BCC - Burton Coffman; DSN - Darby's Synopsis; GEB - Gill's Exposition; GSB - Geneva Study Bible; JFB - Jamieson, Fausset, Brown; MHC-COM - Matthew Henry Complete; MHC-CON - Matthew Henry Concise; PNT - People's New Testament; RWP - Robertson's Word Pictures; SRN - Scofield Reference Notes; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; WEN - Wesley's Explanatory Notes; NTB - Nave's Topical Bible; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; TTT - Torrey's Topical Textbook; EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary; SBD - Smith's Bible Dictionary; TV - Today's Verse; PWP - Praying With Paul; SPG - Spurgeon's Morning & Evening; Copyright Statement - Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version © 2001 by World Bible Translation Center, Inc. and used by permission.