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CHAPTER 3

O

foolish

Galatians!

Who

has bewitched

you?

Before

your

eyes

Jesus

Christ

was clearly portrayed

as crucified.

I would like

to learn

just

one thing

from

you:

Did you receive

the

Spirit

by

works

of the Law,

or

by

hearing

with faith?

Are you

so

foolish?

After starting

in the Spirit,

are you now finishing

in the flesh?

Have you suffered

so much

for nothing,

if

it really was

for nothing?

Does God

lavish

His

Spirit

on you

and

work

miracles

among

you

because you

practice

the Law,

or

because you

hear

and believe?

So also,

“Abraham

believed

God,

and

it was credited

to him

as

righteousness.”

Understand,

then,

that

those who

have

faith

are

the sons

of Abraham.

The

Scripture

foresaw

that

God

would justify

the

Gentiles

by

faith,

and foretold the gospel

to Abraham:

“All

nations

will be blessed

through

you.”

So

those who

have

faith

are blessed

along with

Abraham,

the man

of faith.

All who

rely on

works

of the Law

are

under

a curse.

For

it is written:

“Cursed is

everyone

who

does not continue

to do

everything

written

in

the

Book

of the

Law."

And

it is clear

that

no one

is justified

before

God

by

the Law,

because,

“The

righteous

will live

by

faith.”

The

Law,

however,

is

not

based

on faith;

on the contrary,

“The man who

does

these things

will live

by

them.”

Christ

redeemed

us

from

the

curse

of the

Law

by becoming

a curse

for

us.

For

it is written:

“Cursed is

everyone

who

is hung

on

a tree.”

He redeemed us in order that

the

blessing promised

to Abraham

would come

to

the

Gentiles

in

Christ

Jesus,

so that

by

faith

we might receive

the

promise

of the

Spirit.

Brothers,

let me put this

in human terms.

Even

a human covenant,

once it is ratified,

cannot

be canceled

or

amended.

The

promises

were spoken

to Abraham

and

to

his

seed.

The Scripture does not say,

“and

to seeds,”

meaning

many,

but

“and

to

your

seed,”

meaning

One,

who

is

Christ.

What I mean

is this:

The Law

that came

430

years

later

does not revoke

the covenant

previously established

by

God,

so as

to cancel

the

promise.

For

if

the

inheritance

depends on

the Law,

then it no longer

depends on

a promise;

but

God

freely granted it

to Abraham

through

a promise.

Why

then

was the

Law given ?

It was added

because of

transgressions,

until

the arrival

of the

seed

to whom

the promise referred.

It was administered

through

angels

by

a mediator.

A mediator

is

unnecessary,

however,

if there is only one party ;

but

God

is

one.

Is the

Law,

then,

opposed to

the

promises

of God?

Absolutely not!

For

if

a law

had been given

that

could

impart life,

then

righteousness

would certainly

have come

from

the Law.

But

the

Scripture pronounces

all

things

confined

by

sin,

so that

by

faith

in Jesus

Christ

the

promise

might be given

to those who

believe.

Before

this

faith

came,

we were held in custody

under

the Law,

locked up

until

faith

should be

revealed.

So

the

Law

became

our

guardian

to lead us

to Christ,

that

we might be justified

by

faith.

Now

that

faith

has come,

we are

no longer

under

a guardian.

You are

all

sons

of God

through

faith

in

Christ

Jesus.

For

all of

you who were baptized

into

Christ

have clothed yourselves with

Christ.

There is

neither

Jew

nor

Greek,

slave

nor

free,

male

nor

female,

for

you

are

all

one

in

Christ

Jesus.

And

if

you belong

to Christ,

then

you are

Abraham’s

seed

and heirs

according to

the promise.

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