become the children of God by virtue of πίστις. He goes on to say: “Whoever was baptized into Christ, you put on Christ. There is no more Jew nor Greek, there is no more slave nor free, there is no male and female. For you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s offspring, heirs according to the promise” (Gal. 3:27–29). Numerous important questions arise from verses 28–29. At present, however, it suffices to observe simply that here Paul goes well beyond the