Galatia 3:29

3:29 And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s descendants, ¹  heirs according to the promise.

Galatia 5:24

5:24 Now those who belong to Christ ²  have crucified the flesh ³  with its passions ⁴  and desires.

[3:29]  ¹ tn Grk “seed.” See the note on the first occurrence of the word “descendant” in 3:16.

[5:24]  ² tc ‡ Some mss (א A B C P Ψ 0122¹ 0278 33 1175 1739 pc co) read “Christ Jesus” here, while many significant ones (Ì⁴⁶ D F G 0122*^,2 latt sy), as well as the Byzantine text, lack “Jesus.” The Byzantine text is especially not prone to omit the name “Jesus”; that it does so here argues for the authenticity of the shorter reading (for similar instances of probably authentic Byzantine shorter readings, see Matt 24:36 and Phil 1:14; cf. also W.-H. J. Wu, “A Systematic Analysis of the Shorter Readings in the Byzantine Text of the Synoptic Gospels” [Ph.D. diss., Dallas Theological Seminary, 2002]). On the strength of the alignment of Ì⁴⁶ with the Western and Byzantine texttypes, the shorter reading is preferred. NA²⁷ includes the word in brackets, indicating doubts as to its authenticity.

[5:24]  ³ tn See the note on the word “flesh” in Gal 5:13.

[5:24]  ⁴ tn The Greek term παθήμασιν (paqhmasin, translated “passions”) refers to strong physical desires, especially of a sexual nature (L&N 25.30).