Chapter 3
1 Foolish Galatians , who has bewitched you not to obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was openly portrayed amongst 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 amongst 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 and 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 baptised 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 .