1. Galates 3:16 (NEG79)
  2. Explication du texte

What does Paul mean when he talks about the promise being to a single offspring?

Galates 3:16 (NEG79)

16 Or, les promesses ont été faites à Abraham et à sa descendance. Il n'est pas dit: et aux descendances, comme s'il s'agissait de plusieurs, mais comme il s'agit d'une seule: et à ta descendance, c'est-à-dire à Christ.

Paul argues that the promises spoken by God to Abraham find their fulfillment in Christ.1 He is the representative offspring of Abraham (Galatians 3:16) who came to crush the serpent (Genesis 3:15).2 Through his obedience he earned the right of inheritance (Galatians 3:18) which he shares with all those who are united to him (Galatians 3:29).