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| 3:1 |
You foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed [as] crucified?
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| 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?
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| 3:3 |
Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh?
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| 3:4 |
Did you suffer so many things in vain-- if indeed it was in vain?
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| 3:5 |
Does He then, who provides you with the Spirit and works miracles among you, do it by the works of the Law, or by hearing with faith?
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| 3:6 |
Even so Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness.
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| 3:7 |
Therefore, be sure that it is those who are of faith who are sons of Abraham.
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| 3:8 |
And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, [saying], "All the nations shall be blessed in you."
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| 3:9 |
So then those who are of faith are blessed with Abraham, the believer.
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| 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."
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| 3:11 |
Now that no one is justified by the Law before God is evident; for, "The righteous man shall live by faith."
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| 3:12 |
However, the Law is not of faith; on the contrary, "He who practices them shall live by them."
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| 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 "--
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| 3:14 |
in order that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles, so that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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 should come to whom the promise had been made.
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| 3:20 |
Now a mediator is not for one [party only]; whereas God is [only] one.
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| 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.
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| 3:22 |
But the Scripture has shut up all men under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.
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| 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.
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| 3:24 |
Therefore the Law has become our tutor [to lead us] to Christ, that we may be justified by faith.
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| 3:25 |
But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor.
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| 3:26 |
For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.
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| 3:27 |
For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.
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| 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.
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| 3:29 |
And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's offspring, heirs according to promise.
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