3:1  You foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ had become publicly portrayed as crucified?

3:2   This 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   Have you become so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, do you now desire to achieve perfection by the flesh?

3:4   Did you suffer so many things in vain-- if indeed it seemed 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 GOD RECKONED IT TO HIM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS.

3:7  Therefore, know that those of faith represent the real 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 RECEIVE BLESSING IN YOU."

3:9   So then those who live by faith will receive blessings with Abraham, the believer.

3:10  For as many as depend on the works of the Law fall under a curse; for the scriptures say, " EVERYONE WHO DOES NOT ABIDE BY ALL THINGS WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF THE LAW, TO PERFORM THEM RECEIVES A CURSE."

3:11   Now that no one receives justification by the Law before God becomes evident; for, " THE RIGHTEOUS MAN SHALL LIVE BY FAITH."

3:12   However, the Law does not take the place 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 the scripture says, " WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT EVERYONE WHO HANGS ON A TREE HAS RECEIVED A CURSE"--

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 represents only a man's covenant, yet when it they have ratified it, no one sets it aside or adds conditions to it.

3:16   Now when God spoke the promises 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," namely, Christ.

3:17   I say : 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 we base the inheritance on law, we no longer base it on a promise; but God has granted it to Abraham by means of a promise.

3:19   Why the Law then? God added the Law because of transgressions, having received ordination through angels by the agency of a mediator, until the seed would come to whom God had made the promise.

3:20   Now a mediator does not decide for one party only; whereas God represents only one principal in the mediation.

3:21  Does the Law then contravene against the promises of God? May it never happen! For if God had given a law was able to impart life, then righteousness would indeed have derived from law.

3:22   But the Scripture has shut up everyone under sin, so that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might accrue to those who believe.

3:23   But before faith came, we were kept in custody under the law, having acquiesced to the faith which later God revealed.

3:24   Therefore the Law has become our tutor to lead us to Christ, so that we may receive justification by faith.

3:25   But now that faith has come, we no longer need a tutor.

3:26   For you have all become sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.

3:27   For all of you who received baptism into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.

3:28   There exists neither Jew nor Greek, there exists neither slave nor free man, there exists neither male nor female; for you have all become one in Christ Jesus.

3:29   And if you belong to Christ, then you have become Abraham's descendants, heirs according to promise.