Galatians 3:16

Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made,.... The promises design the promises of the covenant of grace mentioned in the next verse, which are exceeding great and precious, better than those…

Now to Abraham and his seed - To him and his posterity. Were the promises made - The promise here referred to was that which is recorded in Gen 22:17-18. “In blessing I will bless thee, and in…

Now to Abraham and his seed - The promise of salvation by faith was made to Abraham and his posterity.

He saith not, And to seeds - It was one particular kind of posterity which was intended: but as…

The apostle having reproved the Galatians for not obeying the truth, and endeavoured to impress them with a sense of their folly herein, in these verses he largely proves the doctrine which he had…

-Now to Abraham were the promises spoken, and to his seed".

and his seed These words are emphatic. Had the promise been made to Abraham only, it would have determined with his own life. But it was the…