3:1 You foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed {as} crucified? |
3:2 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? |
3:3 Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh? |
3:4 Did you suffer so many things in vain--if indeed it was in vain? |
3:5 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? |
3:6 Even so Abraham BELIEVED GOD, AND IT WAS RECKONED TO HIM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS. |
3:7 Therefore, be sure that it is those who are of faith who are sons of Abraham. |
3:8 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." |
3:9 So then those who are of faith are blessed with Abraham, the believer. |
3:10 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." |
3:11 Now that no one is justified by the Law before God is evident; for, "THE RIGHTEOUS MAN SHALL LIVE BY FAITH." |
3:12 However, the Law is not of faith; on the contrary, "HE WHO PRACTICES THEM SHALL LIVE BY THEM." |
3:13 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--" |
3:14 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. |
3:15 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. |
3:16 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." |
3:17 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. |
3:18 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. |
3:19 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. |
3:20 Now a mediator is not for one {party only;} whereas God is {only} one. |
3:21 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. |
3:22 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. |
3:23 But before faith came, we were kept in custody under the law, being shut up to the faith which was later to be revealed. |
3:24 Therefore the Law has become our tutor {to lead us} to Christ, so that we may be justified by faith. |
3:25 But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor. |
3:26 For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. |
3:27 For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. |
3:28 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. |
3:29 And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's descendants, heirs according to promise. |