| Galatians 3 | ||
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| You foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed {as} crucified? | |
| This is the only thing I want to find out from you: did you receive the Spirit by the works of the Law, or by hearing with faith? | |
| Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh? | |
| Did you suffer so many things in vain--if indeed it was in vain? | |
| So then, does He who provides you with the Spirit and works miracles among you, do it by the works of the Law, or by hearing with faith? | |
| Even so Abraham BELIEVED GOD, AND IT WAS RECKONED TO HIM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS. | |
| Therefore, be sure that it is those who are of faith who are sons of Abraham. | |
| The Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, {saying,} "ALL THE NATIONS WILL BE BLESSED IN YOU." | |
| So then those who are of faith are blessed with Abraham, the believer. | |
| For as many as are of the works of the Law are under a curse; for it is written, "CURSED IS EVERYONE WHO DOES NOT ABIDE BY ALL THINGS WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF THE LAW, TO PERFORM THEM." | |
| Now that no one is justified by the Law before God is evident; for, "THE RIGHTEOUS MAN SHALL LIVE BY FAITH." | |
| However, the Law is not of faith; on the contrary, "HE WHO PRACTICES THEM SHALL LIVE BY THEM." | |
| Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law, having become a curse for us--for it is written, "CURSED IS EVERYONE WHO HANGS ON A TREE"-- | |
| in order that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles, so that we would receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. | |
| Brethren, I speak in terms of human relations: even though it is {only} a man's covenant, yet when it has been ratified, no one sets it aside or adds conditions to it. | |
| Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. He does not say, "And to seeds," as {referring} to many, but {rather} to one, "And to your seed," that is, Christ. | |
| What I am saying is this: the Law, which came four hundred and thirty years later, does not invalidate a covenant previously ratified by God, so as to nullify the promise. | |
| For if the inheritance is based on law, it is no longer based on a promise; but God has granted it to Abraham by means of a promise. | |
| Why the Law then? It was added because of transgressions, having been ordained through angels by the agency of a mediator, until the seed would come to whom the promise had been made. | |
| Now a mediator is not for one {party only;} whereas God is {only} one. | |
| Is the Law then contrary to the promises of God? May it never be! For if a law had been given which was able to impart life, then righteousness would indeed have been based on law. | |
| But the Scripture has shut up everyone under sin, so that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe. | |
| But before faith came, we were kept in custody under the law, being shut up to the faith which was later to be revealed. | |
| Therefore the Law has become our tutor {to lead us} to Christ, so that we may be justified by faith. | |
| But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor. | |
| For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. | |
| For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. | |
| There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. | |
| And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's descendants, heirs according to promise. |
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