# Galatians 3.28-29 **Book:** [Galatians](/codex/galatians/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 26. For ye are all sons of God, through faith, in Christ Jesus. 27. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ did put on Christ. > > **28. There can be neither Jew nor Greek, there can be neither bond nor free, there can be no male and female; for ye all are one man in Christ Jesus. 29. And if ye are Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, heirs according to promise.** (Galatians 3:26-29, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 26. For you are all children of God, through faith in Christ Jesus. 27. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. > > **28. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29. If you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s offspring and heirs according to promise.** (Galatians 3:26-29, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 26. For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. 27. For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. > > **28. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. 29. And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.** (Galatians 3:26-29, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 26. for ye are all sons of God through the faith in Christ Jesus, 27. for as many as to Christ were baptized did put on Christ; > > **28. there is not here Jew or Greek, there is not here servant nor freeman, there is not here male and female, for all ye are one in Christ Jesus; 29. and if ye [are] of Christ then of Abraham ye are seed, and according to promise, heirs.** (Galatians 3:26-29, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** _TBD_ - **Audience:** _TBD_ - **Location:** _TBD_ - **Time period:** _TBD_ ## Theological reading _Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._ ## Key words _Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._ - [G1401 - doulos](/codex/g1401-doulos/), *doulos*, Strong's G1401 - [G1520 - heis](/codex/g1520-heis/), *heis*, Strong's G1520 - [G5547 - christos](/codex/g5547-christos/), *christos*, Strong's G5547 - [G2424 - Iesous](/codex/g2424-iesous/), *Iesous*, Strong's G2424 - [G3956 - pas](/codex/g3956-pas/), *pas*, Strong's G3956 ## Quoted in **Arguments and defeaters:** - [Accident of Birth Objection Defeater](/codex/accident-of-birth-objection-defeater/), via [Galatians 3.28](/codex/galatians-3-28/) - [Africans in Scripture Argument](/codex/africans-in-scripture-argument/), via [Galatians 3.28](/codex/galatians-3-28/) - [Argument from Transformed Lives](/codex/argument-from-transformed-lives/), via [Galatians 3.28](/codex/galatians-3-28/) - [Atheism Moral Neutrality Failure](/codex/atheism-moral-neutrality-failure/), via [Galatians 3.28](/codex/galatians-3-28/) - [Biblical Slavery Objection Defeater](/codex/biblical-slavery-objection-defeater/), via [Galatians 3.28](/codex/galatians-3-28/) - [Christian Pre-Colonial African Heritage Argument](/codex/christian-pre-colonial-african-heritage-argument/), via [Galatians 3.28](/codex/galatians-3-28/) - [Christianity Is the White Mans Religion Objection Defeater](/codex/christianity-is-the-white-mans-religion-objection-defeater/), via [Galatians 3.28](/codex/galatians-3-28/) - [Christians Behaving Badly Defeater](/codex/christians-behaving-badly-defeater/), via [Galatians 3.28](/codex/galatians-3-28/) - [Cursed Messiah Objection Defeater](/codex/cursed-messiah-objection-defeater/), via [Galatians 3.29](/codex/galatians-3-29/) - [Deuteronomy 28-68 Slave Trade Prophecy Objection Defeater](/codex/deuteronomy-28-68-slave-trade-prophecy-objection-defeater/), via [Galatians 3.28](/codex/galatians-3-28/) - [Evil God Objection Defeater](/codex/evil-god-objection-defeater/), via [Galatians 3.28](/codex/galatians-3-28/) - [Gentiles Cannot Be Saved Objection Defeater](/codex/gentiles-cannot-be-saved-objection-defeater/), via [Galatians 3.23-29](/codex/galatians-3-23-29/), [Galatians 3.28](/codex/galatians-3-28/) - [Harm-Reduction Cannot Ground Morality (Defeater)](/codex/harm-reduction-cannot-ground-morality-defeater/), via [Galatians 3.28](/codex/galatians-3-28/) - [Hypatia Murder Objection Defeater](/codex/hypatia-murder-objection-defeater/), via [Galatians 3.28](/codex/galatians-3-28/) - [Isaiah 14 Reverse Slavery Prophecy Objection Defeater](/codex/isaiah-14-reverse-slavery-prophecy-objection-defeater/), via [Galatians 3.28](/codex/galatians-3-28/) - [Islamic Sex Slavery Objection Defeater](/codex/islamic-sex-slavery-objection-defeater/), via [Galatians 3.28](/codex/galatians-3-28/) - [Israelite Slavery Possession-vs-Ownership Defeater](/codex/israelite-slavery-possession-vs-ownership-defeater/), via [Galatians 3.28](/codex/galatians-3-28/) - [Israelites Were Black Racial Descriptors Objection Defeater](/codex/israelites-were-black-racial-descriptors-objection-defeater/), via [Galatians 3.28](/codex/galatians-3-28/) - [Khazar Hypothesis Ashkenazi Replacement Objection Defeater](/codex/khazar-hypothesis-ashkenazi-replacement-objection-defeater/), via [Galatians 3.28](/codex/galatians-3-28/), [Galatians 3.29](/codex/galatians-3-29/) - [Misogyny in the Bible Objection Defeater](/codex/misogyny-in-the-bible-objection-defeater/), via [Galatians 3.28](/codex/galatians-3-28/) - [Mosaic Law Binding for True Israelites Objection Defeater](/codex/mosaic-law-binding-for-true-israelites-objection-defeater/), via [Galatians 3.28](/codex/galatians-3-28/) - [Most of the World Was Colonized by Christians Objection Defeater](/codex/most-of-the-world-was-colonized-by-christians-objection-defeater/), via [Galatians 3.28](/codex/galatians-3-28/) - [Rape Only Condemned When Unmarried Objection Defeater](/codex/rape-only-condemned-when-unmarried-objection-defeater/), via [Galatians 3.28](/codex/galatians-3-28/) - [Ritual Purity Laws Objection Defeater](/codex/ritual-purity-laws-objection-defeater/), via [Galatians 3.28](/codex/galatians-3-28/) - [Underage and Non-Consensual Marriage Objection Defeater](/codex/underage-and-non-consensual-marriage-objection-defeater/), via [Galatians 3.28](/codex/galatians-3-28/) **Concepts:** - [100 Common Questions](/codex/100-common-questions/), via [Galatians 3.28](/codex/galatians-3-28/) - [Apostolic Age](/codex/apostolic-age/), via [Galatians 3.28](/codex/galatians-3-28/) - [Atheism](/codex/atheism/), via [Galatians 3.28](/codex/galatians-3-28/) - [Biblical Dignity](/codex/biblical-dignity/), via [Galatians 3.28](/codex/galatians-3-28/) - [Biblical Slavery Objection](/codex/biblical-slavery-objection/), via [Galatians 3.28](/codex/galatians-3-28/) - [Black Hebrew Israelite Doctrine](/codex/black-hebrew-israelite-doctrine/), via [Galatians 3.28](/codex/galatians-3-28/) - [Black People Shouldnt Be Christian](/codex/black-people-shouldnt-be-christian/), via [Galatians 3.28](/codex/galatians-3-28/) - [Chattel Slavery vs Biblical Servitude](/codex/chattel-slavery-vs-biblical-servitude/), via [Galatians 3.28](/codex/galatians-3-28/) - [Christian Abolitionist Movement](/codex/christian-abolitionist-movement/), via [Galatians 3.28](/codex/galatians-3-28/) - [Christianity in Africa](/codex/christianity-in-africa/), via [Galatians 3.28](/codex/galatians-3-28/) - [Christians Behaving Badly](/codex/christians-behaving-badly/), via [Galatians 3.28](/codex/galatians-3-28/) - [Defining Chattel Slavery and Biblical Servitude](/codex/defining-chattel-slavery-and-biblical-servitude/), via [Galatians 3.28](/codex/galatians-3-28/) - [Ethical Trajectory Hermeneutic](/codex/ethical-trajectory-hermeneutic/), via [Galatians 3.28](/codex/galatians-3-28/) - [Hinduism](/codex/hinduism/), via [Galatians 3.28](/codex/galatians-3-28/) - [Lesson 4.3, Old Testament Difficulties](/codex/lesson-4-3-old-testament-difficulties/), via [Galatians 3.28](/codex/galatians-3-28/) - [Lesson 4.4, Christian Conduct Critiques](/codex/lesson-4-4-christian-conduct-critiques/), via [Galatians 3.28](/codex/galatians-3-28/) - [Misogyny in the Bible Objection](/codex/misogyny-in-the-bible-objection/), via [Galatians 3.28](/codex/galatians-3-28/) - [No True Scotsman Fallacy](/codex/no-true-scotsman-fallacy/), via [Galatians 3.28](/codex/galatians-3-28/) - [Olive Tree](/codex/olive-tree/), via [Galatians 3.29](/codex/galatians-3-29/) - [OT Sexual-Violence Laws](/codex/ot-sexual-violence-laws/), via [Galatians 3.28](/codex/galatians-3-28/) - [OT vs NT God Objection](/codex/ot-vs-nt-god-objection/), via [Galatians 3.28](/codex/galatians-3-28/) - [Papal Bulls and Slavery](/codex/papal-bulls-and-slavery/), via [Galatians 3.28](/codex/galatians-3-28/) - [Pentecost](/codex/pentecost/), via [Galatians 3.28](/codex/galatians-3-28/) - [Slave Bible](/codex/slave-bible/), via [Galatians 3.28](/codex/galatians-3-28/) - [Slavery](/codex/slavery/), via [Galatians 3.28](/codex/galatians-3-28/) - [Verses on Gods Goodness and Human Worth](/codex/verses-on-gods-goodness-and-human-worth/), via [Galatians 3.28](/codex/galatians-3-28/) - [Women in Ministry](/codex/women-in-ministry/), via [Galatians 3.28](/codex/galatians-3-28/) **People:** - [William Wilberforce](/codex/william-wilberforce/), via [Galatians 3.28](/codex/galatians-3-28/) **Lexicon:** - [G1401 - doulos](/codex/g1401-doulos/), via [Galatians 3.28](/codex/galatians-3-28/) - [G1520 - heis](/codex/g1520-heis/), via [Galatians 3.28](/codex/galatians-3-28/) - [G1577 - ekklesia](/codex/g1577-ekklesia/), via [Galatians 3.28](/codex/galatians-3-28/) - [G3956 - pas](/codex/g3956-pas/), via [Galatians 3.28](/codex/galatians-3-28/) - [G5547 - christos](/codex/g5547-christos/), via [Galatians 3.28](/codex/galatians-3-28/) **Guides:** - [04 Defeating Objections](/codex/04-defeating-objections/), via [Galatians 3.28](/codex/galatians-3-28/) ## Notes _Your annotations._ ## Why these four translations ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance. The four: - **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition. - **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English. - **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base. - **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff. See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.