SEV Biblia, Chapter 3:27
Porque todos los que habis sido bautizados en Cristo, de Cristo estis vestidos.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Galatians 3:27
Verse 27. As many of you as have been baptized into Christ] All of you who have believed in Christ as the promised Messiah, and received baptism as a public proof that ye had received Christ as your Lord and saviour, have put on Christ- have received his Spirit, and entered into his interests, and copied his manners. To put on, or to be clothed with one, is to assume the person and character of that one; and they who do so are bound to act his part, and to sustain the character which they have assumed. The profession of Christianity is an assumption of the character of Christ; he has left us an example that we should follow his steps, and we should, as Christians, have that mind in us which was in him. See the notes on Rom. vi. 3, 4; and especially those on Rom. xiii. 14, where this phrase is farther explained.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 27. For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ , etc..] Not that it is to be imagined that these churches of Galatia, or any of the primitive churches, consisted of baptized and unbaptized persons; for this would be acting contrary to the commission of Christ and the order of the Gospel: but this way of speaking supposes that there might be some of them, who though baptized in water, yet not into Christ; and that those who are truly and rightly baptized, who are proper subjects of it, and to whom it is administered in a proper manner, are baptized into Christ: not that by baptism they are brought into union with Christ, but into communion with him; for they are not merely baptized in his name, and by his authority, and according to his command, and into his doctrine, and a profession of him; but into a participation of the blessings of grace which are in him, and come through his sufferings and death; for they that are baptized into Christ are baptized into his death and resurrection from the dead; they are led by faith to behold the cleansing of their souls, and the remission of their sins by his blood, and their justification by his righteousness; how he was delivered for their offences, died for their sins, was buried in the grave, and their iniquities with him, and rose again for their justification; of all which, baptism, performed by immersion, is a lively emblem; and this is to be baptized into Christ, namely, being baptized believing in him, and calling on his name: and such have put on Christ ; both before and at baptism: before it they put him on as the Lord their righteousness; his righteousness is compared to a garment, is called the best robe, the wedding garment, fine linen, clean and white, the robe of righteousness, a garment down to the feet; this is imputed to the elect of God by the Father, through a gracious act of his, and what they are clothed and covered with by the Son, and is put upon them and applied unto them by the Spirit; and which faith receiving puts off its own rags of righteousness, and makes use of this as its proper dress to appear in before the most High; and such through divine grace are enabled to put off the old man and put on the new; that is, walk in their outward lives and conversation, not according to the dictates of corrupt nature, but according to the principles of grace, of the new man formed in the soul, for righteousness and holiness, and in imitation of Christ; having him for an example, and desiring to walk as he walked; which is another sense of putting on Christ, namely, a following of him in the exercise of grace and discharge of duty; (see Romans 13:14) and such persons, as they are the proper subjects of baptism, who have believed in Christ for righteousness, and walk worthy of him; so in baptism they may also be said to put him on as they thereby and therein make a public profession of him, by deeds as well as words, declaring him to be their Lord and King; and afresh exercise faith upon him, as their Saviour and Redeemer, and imitate and follow him in it, as their pattern; who himself submitted to it, leaving them an example that they should tread in his steps; which when they do, they may be said to put him on. The allusion is either to the putting off and putting on of clothes at baptism, which being performed by immersion, required such actions, which no other mode does; or, to the priests putting off their common clothes, and then bathing or dipping themselves in water, and, putting on the garments of the priesthood before they entered on their service; concerning which take the following rules prescribed by the Misnic doctors f64 ; no man may enter the court for service, though clean, lwbjy d[ , until he dips himself five times, and washes his hands and feet ten times; for every time he immersed himself, he washed his hands and feet before and after: again, there is a vail of fine linen between him (the high priest) and the people; he puts off his clothes, hl[ lbjw dry , he goes down and dips himself, he comes up, and wipes himself; then they bring him the golden garments, and he puts them on, and washes his hands and his feet; then they bring him the daily sacrifice, etc.. and a little after, they bring him (the high priest on the day of atonement) to the house of Paryah, and in the holy place there was a vail of fine linen between him and the people; he washes his hands and his feet, and puts off his garments: R. Meir says, he puts off his garments, and then washes his hands and his feet; he goes down and dips himself, he comes up again, and wipes himself; then they bring him the white garments, and he puts them on, and washes his hands and his feet: all which may serve to illustrate this passage, and point out to us what the apostle alludes unto, as well as to observe to us the distinction the Jews made between the immersion of the whole body, and a washing of a part of it.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 26-29 - Real Christians enjoy great privileges under the gospel; and are n longer accounted servants, but sons; not now kept at such a distance and under such restraints as the Jews were. Having accepted Chris Jesus as their Lord and Saviour, and relying on him alone for justification and salvation, they become the sons of God. But n outward forms or profession can secure these blessings; for if any ma have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. In baptism we put of Christ; therein we profess to be his disciples. Being baptized int Christ, we are baptized into his death, that as he died and rose again so we should die unto sin, and walk in newness and holiness of life The putting on of Christ according to the gospel, consists not i outward imitation, but in a new birth, an entire change. He who make believers to be heirs, will provide for them. Therefore our care mus be to do the duties that belong to us, and all other cares we must cas upon God. And our special care must be for heaven; the things of thi life are but trifles. The city of God in heaven, is the portion of child's part. Seek to be sure of that above all things __________________________________________________________________
Greek Textus Receptus
ουκ 3756 PRT-N ενι 1762 5748 V-PXI-3S ιουδαιος 2453 A-NSM ουδε 3761 ADV ελλην 1672 N-NSM ουκ 3756 PRT-N ενι 1762 5748 V-PXI-3S δουλος 1401 N-NSM ουδε 3761 ADV ελευθερος 1658 A-NSM ουκ 3756 PRT-N ενι 1762 5748 V-PXI-3S αρσεν 730 N-NSN και 2532 CONJ θηλυ 2338 A-NSN παντες 3956 A-NPM γαρ 1063 CONJ υμεις 5210 P-2NP εις 1520 A-NSM εστε 2075 5748 V-PXI-2P εν 1722 PREP χριστω 5547 N-DSM ιησου 2424 N-DSM
Robertson's NT Word Studies
3:27 {Were baptized into Christ} (eis criston ebaptisqete). First aorist passive indicative of baptizw. Better, "were baptized unto Christ" in reference to Christ. {Did put on Christ} (criston enedusasqe). First aorist middle indicative of enduw (-nw). As a badge or uniform of service like that of the soldier. this verb is common in the sense of putting on garments (literally and metaphorically as here). See further in Paul (#Ro 13:14; Col 3:9f.; Eph 4:22-24; 6:11,14). In #1Th 5:8 Paul speaks of "putting on the breastplate of righteousness." He does not here mean that one enters into Christ and so is saved by means of baptism after the teaching of the mystery religions, but just the opposite. We are justified by faith in Christ, not by circumcision or by baptism. But baptism was the public profession and pledge, the soldier's _sacramentum_, oath of fealty to Christ, taking one's stand with Christ, the symbolic picture of the change wrought by faith already (#Ro 6:4-6).
