Galatians 3:14

Blessing of Abraham. That is, the blessing promised to Abraham. This was the covenant blessing of salvation through Jesus Christ (see on vs. 8, 9).

Come on the Gentiles. That is, become available to the Gentiles (see on v. 8).

Through Jesus Christ. Israel’s dereliction of duty had rather effectively prevented the Gentiles from receiving the blessing God intended them to obtain through the witness of the chosen people (see Vol. IV, pp. 30-33). This was, at first, because the latter adopted heathen religious practices, and later because they erected what amounted to an impermeable wall of partition between themselves and the Gentiles. It was only through Christ that the gospel blessing of salvation promised to Abraham became freely available to all men.

We. Paul here considers himself one with the Gentiles, as in v. 13 he speaks as a Jew.

The promise. Receiving “the promise of the Spirit” is probably equivalent to receiving “the blessing of Abraham ... through Jesus Christ” (see on vs. 2, 5). The Galatians had received the promised Spirit (Gal. 3:2; cf. John 16:7-14). Because the promise of the Spirit is received through faith (Gal. 3:2, 3), Gentiles are as eligible as Jews.