Galatians 3 · Verse 27

Galatians 3:27

For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
Galatians 3:27, King James Version

Galatians 3:27 in other translations

BSBFor all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.
WEBFor as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
ASVFor as many of you as were baptized into Christ did put on Christ.
YLTfor as many as to Christ were baptized did put on Christ;
DARBYFor ye, as many as have been baptised unto Christ, have put on Christ.
BBEFor all those of you who were given baptism into Christ did put on Christ.
WebsterFor as many of you as have been baptized into Christ, have put on Christ.

What does Galatians 3:27 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
27. baptized into Christ--(Ro 6:3). have put on Christ--Ye did, in that very act of being baptized into Christ, put on, or clothe yourselves with, Christ: so the Greek expresses. Christ is to you the toga virilis (the Roman garment of the full-grown man, assumed when ceasing to be a child) [Bengel]. Gataker defines a Christian, "One who has put on Christ." The argument is, By baptism ye have put on Christ; and therefore, He being the Son of God, ye become sons by adoption, by virtue of His Sonship by generation. This proves that baptism, where it answers to its ideal, is not a mere empty sign, but a means of spiritual transference from the state of legal condemnation to that of living union with Christ, and of sonship through Him in relation to God (Ro 13:14). Christ alone can, by baptizing with His Spirit, make the inward grace correspond to the outward sign. But as He promises the blessing in the faithful use of the means, the Church has rightly presumed, in charity, that such is the case, nothing appearing to the contrary.

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Barnes' Notes
Verse 27. For as many of you. Whether by nature Jews or Gentiles.

As have been baptized into Christ. Or unto εις--the same preposition which, in Gal 3:24, is rendered unto Christ. That is, they were baptized with reference to him, or receiving him as the Saviour. See this explained Rom 6:3.

Have put on Christ. That is, they have put on his sentiments, opinions, characteristic traits, etc., as a man clothes himself. This language was common among the ancient writers. Rom 13:14.

(c) "For as many of you" Rom 6:3

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 27 As many of you as have been baptized into Christ - All of you who have believed in Christ as the promised Messiah, and received baptism as a public proof that ye had received Christ as your Lord and Savior, have put on Christ - have received his Spirit, and entered into his interests, and copied his manners. To put on, or to be clothed with one, is to assume the person and character of that one; and they who do so are bound to act his part, and to sustain the character which they have assumed. The profession of Christianity is an assumption of the character of Christ; he has left us an example that we should follow his steps, and we should, as Christians, have that mind in us which was in him. See the notes on Rom 6:3, Rom 6:4; and especially those on Rom 13:14 (note), where this phrase is farther explained.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Galatians 3:26-29

Real Christians enjoy great privileges under the gospel; and are no longer accounted servants, but sons; not now kept at such a distance, and under such restraints as the Jews were. Having accepted Christ Jesus as their Lord and Saviour, and relying on him alone for justification and salvation, they become the sons of God. But no outward forms or profession can secure these blessings; for if any man have not the…

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Galatians 3:27 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ὅσοιhosoiAs many asG3745
γὰρgarforG1063
εἰςeisintoG1519
ΧριστὸνChristonChristG5547
ἐβαπτίσθητε,ebaptisthēteyou were baptized,G907
ΧριστὸνChristonChristG5547
ἐνεδύσασθε.enedusastheyou have put on.G1746

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Cross references for Galatians 3:27

  • Romans 13:14

    But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.

  • 1 Corinthians 12:13

    For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.

  • Romans 6:3-4

    Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.

  • 1 Peter 3:21

    The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:

  • Ephesians 4:24

    And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.

  • Colossians 3:10

    And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:

  • Acts 2:38

    Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

  • Colossians 2:10-12

    And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power: In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ: Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.

  • Job 29:14

    I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.

  • Isaiah 61:10

    I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.

  • Romans 3:22

    Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:

  • Mark 16:15-16

    And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
as many.
Mt 28:19,20; Mr 16:15,16; Ac 2:38; 8:36-38; 9:18; 16:15,31-33
Ro 6:3,4; 1Co 12:13; Col 2:10-12; 1Pe 3:21
put.
Job 29:14; Isa 61:10; Lu 15:22; Ro 3:22; 13:14; Eph 4:24; Col 3:10

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Context

  • Galatians 3:26

    For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.

  • Galatians 3:27

    For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.

  • Galatians 3:28

    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.

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Galatians 3:27 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Porque todos los que habéis sido bautizados en Cristo, de Cristo estáis vestidos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Car vous tous qui avez été baptisés pour Christ, vous avez revêtu Christ:
German
Elberfelder 1871		Denn so viele euer auf Christum getauft worden sind, ihr habt Christum angezogen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Quicumque enim in Christo baptizati estis, Christum induistis.