3You foolish Galatians! Who put a spell on you? Before your very eyes you had a clear description of the death of Jesus Christ on the cross!G5599G453G1052G5101G940G5209G3982G3361G3982G225G2596G3739G3788G2424G5547G4270G4717G1722G5213 2Tell me this one thing: did you receive God's Spirit by doing what the Law requires or by hearing the gospel and believing it?G5124G3440G2309G3129G575G5216G2983G4151G1537G2041G3551G2228G1537G189G4102 3How can you be so foolish! You began by God's Spirit; do you now want to finish by your own power?G2075G3779G453G1728G4151G2005G3568G2005G4561 4Did all your experience mean nothing at all? Surely it meant something!G3958G5118G1500G1489G2532G1500 5Does God give you the Spirit and work miracles among you because you do what the Law requires or because you hear the gospel and believe it?G3767G2023G5213G4151G2532G1754G1411G1722G5213G1537G2041G3551G2228G1537G189G4102 6Consider the experience of Abraham; as the scripture says, "He believed God, and because of his faith God accepted him as righteous."G2531G11G4100G2316G2532G3049G846G1519G1343 7You should realize, then, that the real descendants of Abraham are the people who have faith.G1097G686G3754G1537G4102G3778G1526G5207G11 8The scripture predicted that God would put the Gentiles right with himself through faith. And so the scripture announced the Good News to Abraham: "Through you God will bless all people."G1161G1124G4275G3754G2316G1344G1484G1537G4102G4283G11G3754G1722G4671G1757G3956G1484G1757 9Abraham believed and was blessed; so all who believe are blessed as he was.G5620G1537G4102G2127G4862G4103G11 10Those who depend on obeying the Law live under a curse. For the scripture says, "Whoever does not always obey everything that is written in the book of the Law is under God's curse!"G1063G3745G1526G1537G2041G3551G1526G5259G2671G1063G1125G1944G3956G3739G1696G3756G1722G3956G3588G1125G1722G975G3551G4160G846 11Now, it is clear that no one is put right with God by means of the Law, because the scripture says, "Only the person who is put right with God through faith shall live."G1161G3754G3762G1344G1722G3551G3844G2316G1212G3754G1342G2198G1537G4102 12But the Law has nothing to do with faith. Instead, as the scripture says, "Whoever {\I does everything the Law requires will live."G1161G3551G2076G3756G1537G4102G235G444G4160G846G2198G1722G846 13But by becoming a curse for us Christ has redeemed us from the curse that the Law brings; for the scripture says, "Anyone who is hanged on a tree is under God's curse."G5547G1805G2248G1537G2671G3551G1096G2671G5228G2257G1063G1125G1944G3956G2910G1909G3586 14Christ did this in order that the blessing which God promised to Abraham might be given to the Gentiles by means of Christ Jesus, so that through faith we might receive the Spirit promised by God.G2443G2129G11G1096G1519G1484G1722G2424G5547G2443G2983G1860G4151G1223G4102 15My friends, I am going to use an everyday example: when two people agree on a matter and sign an agreement, no one can break it or add anything to it.G80G3004G2596G444G3676G444G1242G2964G3762G114G2228G1928 16Now, God made his promises to Abraham and to his descendant. The scripture does not use the plural "descendants," meaning many people, but the singular "descendant," meaning one person only, namely, Christ.G1161G11G2532G846G4690G4483G1860G4483G3004G3756G2532G4690G5613G1909G4183G235G5613G1909G1520G2532G4675G4690G3739G2076G5547 17What I mean is that God made a covenant with Abraham and promised to keep it. The Law, which was given four hundred and thirty years later, cannot break that covenant and cancel God's promise.G1161G5124G3004G1242G4300G5259G2316G1519G5547G3551G1096G5071G2532G5144G2094G3326G3756G208G1519G2673G1860G2673 18For if God's gift depends on the Law, then it no longer depends on his promise. However, it was because of his promise that God gave that gift to Abraham.G1063G1487G2817G1537G3551G3765G1537G1860G1161G2316G5483G11G1223G1860 19What, then, was the purpose of the Law? It was added in order to show what wrongdoing is, and it was meant to last until the coming of Abraham's descendant, to whom the promise was made. The Law was handed down by angels, with a man acting as a go-between.G5101G3767G3551G4369G5484G3847G891G3739G4690G2064G3739G1861G1299G1223G32G1722G5495G3316 20But a go-between is not needed when only one person is involved; and God is one.G1161G3316G2076G3756G1520G1161G2316G2076G1520 21Does this mean that the Law is against God's promises? No, not at all! For if human beings had received a law that could bring life, then everyone could be put right with God by obeying it.G3551G3767G2596G1860G2316G3361G1096G1063G1487G1325G3551G1325G3588G1410G2227G3689G1343G302G2258G1537G3551 22But the scripture says that the whole world is under the power of sin; and so the gift which is promised on the basis of faith in Jesus Christ is given to those who believe.G235G1124G4788G3956G5259G266G2443G1860G1537G4102G2424G5547G1325G4100 23But before the time for faith came, the Law kept us all locked up as prisoners until this coming faith should be revealed.G1161G4253G4102G2064G5432G5259G3551G4788G1519G4102G3195G601 24And so the Law was in charge of us until Christ came, in order that we might then be put right with God through faith.G5620G3551G1096G2257G3807G1519G5547G2443G1344G1537G4102 25Now that the time for faith is here, the Law is no longer in charge of us.G1161G4102G2064G2070G2089G3765G5259G3807 26It is through faith that all of you are God's children in union with Christ Jesus.G1063G2075G3956G5207G2316G1223G4102G1722G5547G2424 27You were baptized into union with Christ, and now you are clothed, so to speak, with the life of Christ himself.G1063G3745G907G1519G5547G1746G5547 28So there is no difference between Jews and Gentiles, between slaves and free people, between men and women; you are all one in union with Christ Jesus.G1762G3756G2453G3761G1672G1762G3756G1401G3761G1658G1762G3756G730G2532G2338G1063G5210G2075G3956G1520G1722G5547G2424 29If you belong to Christ, then you are the descendants of Abraham and will receive what God has promised.G1161G1487G5210G5547G686G2075G11G4690G2532G2818G2596G1860
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