Galatians 3

¹O foolish Galatians ! Who has bewitched you ? It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was portrayed as crucified .

²Let me ask you only this : Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law or by hearing with faith ?

³Are you so foolish ? Having begun by the Spirit , are you now being perfected by the flesh ?

⁴Did you suffer so many things in vain — if indeed it was in vain ?

⁵Does he who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracles among you do so by works of the law , or by hearing with faith —

⁶just as Abraham believed God , and it was counted to him as righteousness ?

⁷Know then that it is those of faith who are the sons of Abraham .

⁸And the Scripture , foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith , preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham , saying , In you shall all the nations be blessed .

⁹So then , those who are of faith are blessed along with Abraham , the man of faith .

¹⁰For all who rely on works of the law are under a curse ; for it is written , Cursed be everyone who does not abide by all things written in the Book of the Law , and do them .

¹¹Now it is evident that no one is justified before God by the law , for The righteous shall live by faith .

¹²But the law is not of faith , rather The one who does them shall live by them .

¹³Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us — for it is written , Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree —

¹⁴so that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham come to the Gentiles , so that we might receive the promised Spirit through faith .

¹⁵To give a human example , brothers : even with a man-made covenant , no one annuls it or adds to it once it has been ratified .

¹⁶Now the promises were made to Abraham and to his offspring . It does not say , And to offsprings , referring to many , but referring to one , And to your offspring , who is Christ .

¹⁷This is what I mean : the law , which came 430 years afterward , does not annul a covenant previously ratified by God , so as to make the promise void .

¹⁸For if the inheritance comes by the law , it no longer comes by promise ; but God gave it to Abraham by a promise .

¹⁹Why then the law ? It was added because of transgressions , until the offspring should come to whom the promise had been made , and it was put in place through angels by an intermediary .

²⁰Now an intermediary implies more than one , but God is one .

²¹Is the law then contrary to the promises of God ? Certainly not ! For if a law had been given that could give life , then righteousness would indeed be by the law .

²²But the Scripture imprisoned everything under sin , so that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe .

²³Now before faith came , we were held captive under the law , imprisoned until the coming faith would be revealed .

²⁴So then , the law was our guardian until Christ came, in order that we might be justified by faith .

²⁵But now that faith has come , we are no longer under a guardian ,

²⁶for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God , through faith .

²⁷For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ .

²⁸There is neither Jew nor Greek , there is neither slave nor free , there is no male and female , for you are all one in Christ Jesus .

²⁹And if you are Christ’s , then you are Abraham’s offspring , heirs according to promise .