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1 Foolish
Galatians, who
has bewitched you
not to obey
the truth, before
whose eyes Jesus
Christ was openly
portrayed among
you as crucified?
2 I
just want to
learn this from
you: Did you
receive the Spirit
by the works
of the law,
or by hearing of
faith?
3 Are
you so foolish?
Having begun in
the Spirit, are
you now completed
in the flesh?
4 Did
you suffer so
many things in
vain, if it
is indeed in
vain?
5 He
therefore who
supplies the
Spirit to you
and does miracles
among you, does
he do it
by the works
of the law,
or by hearing of
faith?
6 Even
so, Abraham “believed
God, and it
was counted to
him for
righteousness.”
7 Know
therefore that
those who are
of faith are
children of Abraham.
8 The
Scripture, foreseeing that
God would justify
the Gentiles by
faith, preached
the Good News
beforehand to Abraham,
saying, “In you
all the nations
will be
blessed.”
9 So
then, those who
are of faith
are blessed with
the faithful Abraham.
10 For
as many as
are of the
works of the
law are under
a curse. For
it is written, “Cursed
is everyone
who doesn’t
continue in all
things that are
written in the
book of the
law, to do
them.”
11 Now
that no man
is justified by
the law before
God is evident,
for, “The
righteous will
live by
faith.”
12 The
law is not
of faith, but, “The
man who does
them will live
by them.”
13 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,”
14 that
the blessing
of Abraham might
come on the
Gentiles through
Christ Jesus, that
we might receive
the promise of
the Spirit through
faith.
15 Brothers,
speaking of human
terms, though it
is only a man’s
covenant, yet when
it has been
confirmed, no
one makes it void
or adds to
it.
16 Now
the promises were
spoken to Abraham
and to
his offspring.
He doesn’t say, “To
descendants”, as of many,
but as of
one, “To
your offspring”,
which is Christ.
17 Now
I say this:
A covenant confirmed beforehand
by God in Christ,
the law, which
came four hundred
thirty years after,
does not annul, so
as to make
the promise of
no effect.
18 For
if the inheritance
is of the
law, it is
no more of
promise; but God
has granted it
to Abraham by
promise.
19 Then
why is there
the law? It
was added because
of transgressions,
until the offspring
should come to
whom the promise
has been made. It
was ordained
through angels by
the hand of
a mediator.
20 Now
a mediator is
not between one,
but God is
one.
21 Is
the law then
against the
promises of God?
Certainly not! For
if there had
been a law
given which could
make alive, most
certainly righteousness
would have been
of the law.
22 But
the Scripture
imprisoned all
things under sin,
that the promise
by faith in
Jesus Christ might
be given to
those who believe.
23 But
before faith came,
we were kept
in custody under
the law, confined
for the faith
which should
afterwards be revealed.
24 So
that the law
has become our
tutor to bring
us to Christ,
that we might
be justified by
faith.
25 But
now that faith
has come, we
are no longer
under a tutor.
26 For
you are all
children of God,
through faith in
Christ Jesus.
27 For
as many of
you as
were baptized into
Christ have put
on Christ.
28 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.
29 If
you are Christ’s,
then you
are Abraham’s offspring and
heirs according to
promise.