²³ Now before faith came about, we were held in custody and confined under the Law in preparation for the faith that was to be revealed. ²⁴ And so the Law was our guardian until the Messiah^[a] came, so that we might be justified by faith. ²⁵ But now that faith has come about, we are no longer under a guardian.

You are God’s Children

²⁶ For all of you are God’s children through faith in the Messiah^[b] Jesus. ²⁷ Indeed, all of you who were baptized into the Messiah^[c] have clothed yourselves with the Messiah.^{[d] 28} Because all of you are one in the Messiah^[e] Jesus, a person is no longer a Jew or a Greek, a slave or a free person, a male or a female. ²⁹ And if you belong to the Messiah,^[f] then you are Abraham’s descendants indeed, and heirs according to the promise.