Galatians 3Book 48 of 66 · 29 verses · MBT primary, NKJV fallback where MBT pending

  1. You foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you — before whose eyes Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified?
  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?
  3. Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh?
  4. Did you suffer so many things in vain — if indeed it was in vain?
  5. So then, does He who supplies you with the Spirit and works miracles among you, do it by the works of the Law, or by hearing with faith?
  6. Just as Abraham believed God — and it was reckoned to him as righteousness.
  7. Therefore, recognize this: that those who are of faith are sons of Abraham.
  8. And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, "All the nations will be blessed in you."
  9. So then, those who are of faith are blessed with Abraham, the believer.
  10. For all who 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."
  11. Now that no one is justified by the Law before God is evident — for, "The righteous one shall live by faith."
  12. And the Law is not of faith. Rather, "The one who does these things 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. so that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles, and that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
  15. Brothers, I speak in human terms: even with a man's covenant, when it has been ratified, no one sets it aside or adds conditions to it.
  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," who is Christ.
  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.
  18. For if the inheritance is based on the Law, it is no longer based on a promise — but God has granted it to Abraham by means of a promise.
  19. Why the Law then? It was added because of transgressions — until the Seed should come, to whom the promise had been made — and it was ordained through angels by the agency of a mediator.
  20. Now a mediator is not for one party only — whereas God is one.
  21. Is the Law then contrary to the promises of God? Absolutely not! For if a law had been given which was able to impart life, then righteousness would indeed have been based on law.
  22. But the Scripture has shut up everyone 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 kept in custody under the Law — being shut up to the faith which was later to be revealed.
  24. Therefore the Law has become our tutor to lead us to Christ — so that we may be justified by faith.
  25. But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor.
  26. For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.
  27. For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.
  28. There is neither Jew nor Greek; there is neither slave nor free; there is neither male nor female — for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
  29. And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's offspring — heirs according to promise.