Galatians 3:29

If ye be Christ's If ye are by faith incorporated into Christ, the promised Seed, then by virtue of that living union ye are yourselves Abraham's seed. The paraphrase of Theod. Mops. is remarkable: -If ye are Christ's by reason of regeneration in Baptism, typifying your future likeness to Him, and if Christ is Abraham's seed, it follows of necessity that you also, being His body, are the seed of the same ancestor as He is, and consequently heirs too of the promise".

Christ's Our Lord Himself used this expression (Mark 9:41) to describe His disciples. The blessed privilege may be abused, and vaunted in a spirit of sectarian rivalry (1 Corinthians 1:12); but to -belong to Christ" is the high dignity and the eternal security of every believer (1 Corinthians 3:23). The Apostle has established the assertion of Galatians 3:7 that believers are the true children of Abraham and heirs of the promise. -Union with Christ constitutes the true spiritual descent from Abraham, and secures the inheritance of all the Messianic blessings by promise, as against inheritance by law". Dr Schaff.