Galatians 3:16 (WEB)
Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his offspring. He doesn’t say, “To descendants”, as of many, but as of one, “To your offspring”, which is Christ.
Catechism · 1
“This progeny will be Christ himself,” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Gen 12:3; Gal 3:16.
Fathers and councils · 24
Irenaeus of Lyons
“But circumcision and the law of works occupied the intervening period.” — editor's note: [Note, the Gentile Church was the old religion and was Catholic; in Christ it became Catholic again: the Mosaic system was a parenthetical thing of fifteen…
Read the whole comment“Now He does not say, And of seeds, as if [He spake] of many, but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.”” — editor's note: Gal. iii. 16.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“And in the Apocalypse he thus speaks; ‘Who is and who was and who is to come.’” — editor's note: Rev. i. 4. τάδε λέγει. [On λέγει, &c., in citations, see Lightf. on Gal. iii. 16, Winer, Gram. §58, 9 γ, Grimm-Thayer, s.v. II. 1. e.]
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Tertullian
“…we have God Himself as an adequate engager and faithful promiser, in that He promised to Abraham that “in his seed should be blest all nations of the earth;” and that out of the womb of Rebecca “two peoples and two nations were about to proceed,”—of course those of the Jews, that is, of Israel; and of the Gentiles,…” — editor's note: See Gen. xxii. 18; and comp. Gal. iii. 16, and the reference in both places.
Read the whole comment“So faith, illumined by patience, when it was becoming propagated among the nations through “Abraham’s seed, which is Christ,” and was superinducing grace over the law, made patience her pre-eminent coadjutrix for amplifying and fulfilling the law, because that alone had been lacking unto the doctrine of righteousness.” — editor's note: Gal. iii. 16.
Read the whole comment“For, unfolding the promised blessing upon all nations in the person of Abraham, “And in thy seed shall all nations of the earth be blessed,” he adds, “He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.”” — editor's note: Gal. iii. 8, 16.
Read the whole comment“He said not ‘to seeds,’ as of many; but as of one, ‘to thy seed,’ which is Christ.”” — editor's note: Gal. iii. 16.
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Theodoret of Cyrus
“He saith not “seeds” as of many, but as of one…which is Christ, very plainly showing that the manhood of Christ sprang from the seed of Abraham, and fulfilled the promise made to Abraham.” — editor's note: Gal. iii. 16. There is here an omission of the four words “καὶ τῷ σπέρματί σου.” Of the difficulty of the passage a full discussion will be found in Bishop…
Read the whole comment“And again “Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made: he saith not and to seeds, as of many; but as of one, and to thy seed, which is Christ.”” — editor's note: Gal. iii. 16
Read the whole comment“Wherefore also the blessed Paul says when discoursing of Abraham “He saith not and to seeds as of many; but as of one, and to thy seed which is Christ,” and writing to Timothy he says “Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead according to my gospel.”” — editor's note: Gal. iii. 16
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Ambrose of Milan
“In the name, mark you, not in the names.”” — editor's note: A similar argument in Gal. iii. 16.
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Augustine of Hippo
“…to seek and to bring home a wife for his son, being by faith fully persuaded, that in that, so to speak, contemptible seed was contained the great Name; that is, that the Son of God was to come of the seed of Abraham, out of all the children of men; did not he, I say, cause his servant to swear unto him in this…” — editor's note: “In illâ veluti humilitate seminis esse magnitudinem Nominis.” [The promise (Gen. iii. 15) dignified the loins of Isaac (Gen. xvii. 19) as with the Incarnation…
Read the whole comment“He saith not, And to seeds, as if in many; but as if in one, And to thy Seed, which is Christ.”” — editor's note: Gal. iii. 15, 16.
Read the whole comment““For He saith not, In seeds, as though in many; but as though in one, And to thy Seed, which is Christ.”” — editor's note: Gal. iii. 16.
Read the whole comment““And to thy seed,” He saith, “which is Christ.”” — editor's note: Gal. iii. 16.
Read the whole comment“He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of One, And to thy seed, which is Christ.”” — editor's note: Gal. iii. 16.
Read the whole comment““And to thy seed,” he says, “which is Christ.”” — editor's note: Gal. iii. 16.
Read the whole comment“He saith not, And to seeds, as of many, but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.”” — editor's note: Gal. iii. 16.
Read the whole comment“Which place when the Apostle had brought forward, he said, “He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy Seed, which is Christ.”” — editor's note: Gal. iii. 16.
Read the whole comment“Where thou hearest one name, there is one God; just as it was said of Abraham’s seed, and the Apostle Paul expounds it, “In thy seed shall all nations be blessed; he said not, In seeds, as in many, but as in one, and in thy seed which is Christ.”” — editor's note: Gen. xxii. 18; Gal. iii. 16.
Read the whole comment“What he said to be one, that he said that we all are.” — editor's note: Gal. iii. 16, 29.
Read the whole comment“And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.”” — editor's note: Gal. iii. 16, 29.
Read the whole comment“…be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed,” after having said before, “He saith not, And to seeds, as in many, but as in one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.”” — editor's note: Gal. iii. 29, 16.
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Leo the Great
“He saith not and to seeds, as if in many, but as it in one, and to thy seed which is Christ.”” — editor's note: Gal. iii. 16.
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Cross-references · 22
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Cited together in Against Heresies V.32.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.25.
Cited together in Letters Letter 104.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.32.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.32.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.32.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.32.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.32.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.32.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.25.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 42.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.25.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.25 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.25.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.32.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 42 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.32.
Cited together in Letters Letter 104.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.25.