15 Theses on Galatians 3:26-29

“So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.” (Galatians 3:26-29, NIV)

  1. All those in Jesus are children of God through faith.

  2. Faith in Jesus in the shared characteristic of all Christians.

  3. Baptism into Jesus is a death, burial, and resurrection into true life.

  4. To be baptized into Jesus is to adopt the worldview of Jesus.

  5. To be baptized into Jesus is to begin to be conformed to Jesus.

  6. In Jesus there is neither Jew nor Gentile.

  7. In Jesus racial boundaries do not exist and thus do not make you more or less united to him.

  8. In Jesus there is neither slave nor free.

  9. In Jesus slavery does not exist; brotherhood does.

  10. In Jesus there is neither male nor female.

  11. In Jesus gender boundaries do not exist and thus do not make you more or less united to him.

  12. All are one in Jesus because all those who have faith in Jesus are united to him.

  13. All those in Jesus are Abraham’s seed because they share the faith of Abraham.

  14. All those in Jesus are the promised heirs of Abraham.

  15. Without Jesus there is Jew and Gentile, there is slave and free, there is male and female, and no one is united as a whole.