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Galatians 3

The Righteous Shall Live by Faith

O foolish ^aGalatians, who bewitched you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ ^bwas publicly portrayed as crucified? 2 This is the only thing I want to learn from you: did you receive the Spirit by the works of ¹the Law, or by ²^ahearing with faith? 3 Are you so foolish? Having begun ¹by the Spirit, are you now ²being perfected by the flesh? 4 Did you ¹suffer so many things for nothing—^aif indeed it was for nothing? 5 So then, does He who ^aprovides you with the Spirit and ^bworks ¹miracles among you, do it by the works of ²the Law, or by ³^chearing with faith?
6 Just as ^aAbraham ^bbelieved God and it was counted to him as righteousness, 7 so know that ^athose who are of faith, those are ^bsons of Abraham. 8 And the Scripture, foreseeing that God ¹would justify the ²Gentiles by faith, proclaimed the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, “^aAll the nations will be blessed in you.” 9 So then ^athose who are of faith are blessed with ¹Abraham, the believer.
10 For as many as are of the works of ¹the Law are under a curse, for it is written, “^aCursed is everyone who does not abide by all things written in the book of the law, to do them.” 11 Now that ^ano one is justified ¹by ²the Law before God is evident, ³for “^bThe righteous shall live by faith.” 12 ¹However, the Law is not ²of faith; rather, “^aHe who does them shall live ³by them.” 13 Christ ^aredeemed us from the curse of the Law, having become a curse for us—for it is written, “^bCursed is everyone who hangs on ^ca ¹tree”— 14 in order that ^ain Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might ¹come to the Gentiles, so that we ^bwould receive ^cthe promise of the Spirit through faith.

The Promise by Faith

15 ^aBrothers, ^bI speak ¹in human terms: ^ceven though it is only a man’s ²covenant, yet when it has been ratified, no one sets it aside or adds ³conditions to it. 16 Now the promises were spoken ^ato Abraham and to his seed. He does not say, “And to seeds,” as referring to many, but rather to one, “And ^bto your seed,” that is, Christ. 17 And what I am saying is this: the Law, which came ^a430 years later, does not invalidate a covenant previously ratified by God, so as to abolish the promise. 18 For ^aif the inheritance is by law, it is no longer by promise, but ^bGod has granted it to Abraham through promise.
19 ^aWhy the Law then? It was added ¹because of trespasses, having been ^bordained through angels ^cby the hand of a mediator, until ^dthe seed would come to whom the promise had been made. 20 Now ^aa mediator is not ¹for one person only, whereas God is one. 21 Is the Law then contrary to the promises of God? ^aMay it never be! For ^bif a law had been given which was able to impart life, then righteousness would indeed be by law. 22 But the Scripture has ^ashut up ¹everyone under sin, so that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.
23 But before faith came, we were held in custody under the Law, ^abeing shut up for the coming faith to be revealed. 24 Therefore the Law has become our ^atutor unto Christ, so that ^bwe may be justified by faith. 25 But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a ¹^atutor. 26 For you are all ^asons of God through faith in ^bChrist Jesus. 27 For all of you who were ^abaptized into Christ have ^bclothed yourselves with Christ. 28 ^aThere is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is no ^bmale and female, for ^cyou are all one in ^dChrist Jesus. 29 And if ^ayou ¹belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s ²seed, heirs according to ^bpromise.

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