Daily Verse

    Galatians 4:12 12Brethren, I urge you to become like me, for I became like you. You have not injured me at all. Truth to Learn We need to be a living example of our faith so that, like Paul, we can say, “Be like me.” Behind the Words...

  Galatians 4:11 11I am afraid for you, lest I have labored for you in vain. Truth to Learn Someone was faithful and diligent in preaching the gospel to you when you got saved. You should be grateful to them and to God. Behind the Words “I am afraid” is...

  Galatians 4:10 10You observe days and months and seasons and years. Truth to Learn Our relationship with God is based on faith, not on the observance of special days and events. Behind the Words The word translated observe is “paratēreisthe,” which is made up of “para” meaning close or...

  Galatians 4:9 9But now after you have known God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you turn again to the weak and beggarly elements, to which you desire again to be in bondage? Truth to Learn Once you are truly saved through faith in Christ,...

    Galatians 4:8 8But then, indeed, when you did not know God, you served those which by nature are not gods. Truth to Learn Before we were saved we may have thought that we were serving God, but we weren’t. We were merely performing ritualistic practices. Behind the Words...

    Galatians 4:7 7Therefore you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ. Truth to Learn Because we have been adopted as a child of God we now have all the rights of inheritance, permanently. Review Before the...

    Galatians 4:6 6And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying out, "Abba, Father!" Truth to Learn Through faith in the blood of Jesus Christ we can know the most intimate fellowship with the God of all creation. Behind...

    Galatians 4:5 5to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons. Truth to Learn Through faith in Christ we have been adopted by God into His family with all the rights of inheritance. Behind the Words The word “redeem” is from...

    Galatians 4:4 4But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, Truth to Learn All of mankind was under the bondage of religious practices and observances until God’s exact timing for the coming of Jesus...

  Galatians 4:3 3Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world. Truth to Learn Spiritually we have been kept in bondage by the ritualistic practices and observances from which Christ came to free us. Behind the Words The word translated “children” is...

Galatians 4:2 2but is under guardians and stewards until the time appointed by the father. Truth to Learn The Law of Moses served as a guardian and as a decision maker for all who were under the law until the coming of the Messiah who freed all from the confines...

    Galatians 4:1 1Now I say that the heir, as long as he is a child, does not differ at all from a slave, though he is master of all, Truth to Learn As spiritual infants those who keep the law are simply performing ritualistic practices that can not...

    Galatians 3:29 29And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise. Truth to Learn We who have accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior are now the children of God and have the right to inherit all the blessings promised to...

  Galatians 3:28 28There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. Truth to Learn God’s promises in Christ are offered freely to anyone, independent of national origin, gender, or status in life....

    Galatians 3:27 27For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. Truth to Learn When we come to faith in Jesus Christ we become a child of God and we embrace all that Jesus is. We wrap ourselves in Him. Behind the Words...

  Galatians 3:26 26For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. Truth to Learn We who have accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior are given a legal status of inheritors of God, not because of adherence to a set of rules, but because of faith....

  Galatians 3:25 25But after faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor. Truth to Learn Once we are saved, we no longer need the Law of Moses to be our guard or our guide. Behind the Words “after faith has come” is the translation of “elthousēs tēs...

  Galatians 3:24 24Therefore the law was our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith. Truth to Learn The law not only acted as our prison guard in the past, but it also served as our guide, bringing us to faith in Christ. Behind...

  Galatians 3:23 23But before faith came, we were kept in custody under the law, being shut up to the faith which was later to be revealed. Truth to Learn The purpose of the Law was to demonstrate our own sinfulness and our inability to become righteous through its observance....

  Galatians 3:22 22 But the Scripture has confined all under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe. Truth to Learn Scripture has declared that all of us are trapped by sinfulness. Since we can’t earn our righteousness by obeying a...

Galatians 3:21 21Is the law then against the promises of God? Certainly not! For if there had been a law given which could have given life, truly righteousness would have been by the law. Truth to Learn The Law of Moses is not contrary to the promises of God, but...

Galatians 3:20 20Now a mediator does not mediate for one only, but God is one. Truth to Learn The law of Moses was delivered through a mediator but we’re incapable of keeping our end of the agreement. The only way we can obtain righteousness is if God is the only...

Galatians 3:19 19What purpose then does the law serve? It was added because of transgressions, till the Seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was appointed through angels by the hand of a mediator. Truth to Learn The law was given to Moses so that we...

  Galatians 3:18 18For if the inheritance is of Law, it is no more of promise; but God gave it to Abraham by way of promise. Truth to Learn Abraham was promised an inheritance, not through satisfying the Law but through believing God. Our salvation is exactly the same. We...

  Galatians 3:17 17And this I say, that the law, which was four hundred and thirty years later, cannot annul the covenant that was confirmed before by God in Christ, that it should make the promise of no effect. Truth to Learn Obedience to the Law has no effect on...

  Galatians 3:16 16Now to Abraham and his Seed were the promises made. He does not say, "And to seeds," as of many, but as of one, "and to your seed," who is Christ. Truth to Learn Faith in Jesus, and Jesus alone, is the means of God’s blessing. Behind...

  Galatians 3:15 15Brethren, I speak in the manner of men: Though it is only a man's covenant, yet if it is confirmed, no one annuls or adds to it. Truth to Learn God has made a contract with us to give us eternal life if we believe His truth....

  Galatians 3:14 14that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. Truth to Learn Like Abraham, we receive God’s blessing through faith AND we also receive God’s guarantee through faith. Behind the Words In...

  Galatians 3:13 13Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree"), Truth to Learn When we believe that the blood of Jesus pays for all our sins we become God’s...

Galatians 3:12 12Yet the law is not of faith, but "The man who does them shall live by them." Truth to Learn The Christian who is trying to obey the Law of Moses or the rules of their church in order to be a “good Christian” is not living by...

  Galatians 3:11 11But that no one is justified by the law in the sight of God is evident, for "The just shall live by faith." Truth to Learn The only way for any of us to stand before the Judge of all the earth is to be completely righteous....