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This study examines Galatians 4:1–20 as Paul continues his argument that the Mosaic Law was temporary — a guardian preparing God’s people for Christ. With Christ’s coming, believers move from slavery under the Law to sonship through the Spirit. Paul warns the Galatians that returning to observing the Law’s calendar and regulations is a regression into bondage promoted by the Judaizers. He appeals personally, reminding them of their former love for him and expressing pastoral anguish until they fully grasp the sufficiency and completeness of salvation in Christ alone.

In this study of Galatians 3:15–29, we examine Paul’s argument that the promise to Abraham was fulfilled in Christ and cannot be nullified by the Law given 430 years later. What was the purpose of the Law? How does the singular “seed” point to Christ? And how are believers made heirs of the promise through faith? This verse-by-verse study explores covenant, justification by faith, and the relationship between Law and promise.

In Galatians 3:1–14, Paul argues that salvation and the gift of the Spirit come by faith in Christ, not by works of the Law. He appeals to the Galatians’ own experience, to Abraham’s justification by faith, and to Scripture itself to show that the Law brings a curse because it demands perfect obedience. Christ redeems believers from that curse by becoming a curse on the cross, so that both Jews and Gentiles receive the blessing of Abraham and the Spirit through faith alone.