3You foolish Galatians! Who put you under a spell? Was not Jesus the Messiah clearly portrayed before your very eyes as having been crucified -G5599G453G1052G5101G940G5209G3982G3361G3982G225G2596G3739G3788G2424G5547G4270G4717G1722G52132I want to learn only one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by doing the actions of the law or by believing what you heard -G5124G3440G2309G3129G575G5216G2983G4151G1537G2041G3551G2228G1537G189G41023Are you so foolish? Having started out with the Spirit, are you now ending up with the flesh -G2075G3779G453G1728G4151G2005G3568G2005G45614Did you suffer so much for nothing? (If it really was for nothing!)G3958G5118G1500G1489G2532G15005Does God supply you with the Spirit and work miracles among you because you do the actions of the law or because you believe what you heard -G3767G2023G5213G4151G2532G1754G1411G1722G5213G1537G2041G3551G2228G1537G189G41026In the same way, Abraham "believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness."G2531G11G4100G2316G2532G3049G846G1519G13437You see, then, that those who have faith are Abraham's real descendants.G1097G686G3754G1537G4102G3778G1526G5207G118Because the Scripture saw ahead of time that God would justify the gentiles by faith, it announced the gospel to Abraham beforehand when it said, "Through you all nations will be blessed."G1161G1124G4275G3754G2316G1344G1484G1537G4102G4283G11G3754G1722G4671G1757G3956G1484G17579Therefore, those who believe are blessed together with Abraham, the one who believed.7G5620G1537G4102G2127G4862G4103G11
No One is Justified by the Law
10Certainly all who depend on the actions of the law are under a curse. For it is written, "A curse on everyone who does not obey everything that is written in the book of the law!"G1063G3745G1526G1537G2041G3551G1526G5259G2671G1063G1125G1944G3956G3739G1696G3756G1722G3956G3588G1125G1722G975G3551G4160G84611Now it is obvious that no one is justified in the sight of God by the law, because "The righteous will live by faith."G1161G3754G3762G1344G1722G3551G3844G2316G1212G3754G1342G2198G1537G410212But the law has nothing to do with faith. Instead, "The person who keeps the commandments will have life in them."G1161G3551G2076G3756G1537G4102G235G444G4160G846G2198G1722G84613The Messiah redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written, "A curse on everyone who is hung on a tree!"G5547G1805G2248G1537G2671G3551G1096G2671G5228G2257G1063G1125G1944G3956G2910G1909G358614This happened in order that the blessing promised to Abraham would come to the gentiles through the Messiah Jesus, so that we might receive the promised Spirit through faith.10G2443G2129G11G1096G1519G1484G1722G2424G5547G2443G2983G1860G4151G1223G410215Brothers, let me use an example from everyday life. Once a person's will has been ratified, no one can cancel it or add conditions to it.G80G3004G2596G444G3676G444G1242G2964G3762G114G2228G192816Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his descendant. It doesn't say "descendants," referring to many, but "your descendant," referring to one person, who is the Messiah.G1161G11G2532G846G4690G4483G1860G4483G3004G3756G2532G4690G5613G1909G4183G235G5613G1909G1520G2532G4675G4690G3739G2076G554717This is what I mean: The law that came43 0 years later did not cancel the covenant that God ratified previously. The promise was never nullified.G1161G5124G3004G1242G4300G5259G2316G1519G5547G3551G1096G5071G2532G5144G2094G3326G3756G208G1519G2673G1860G267318For if the inheritance comes about through the law, it no longer comes about through the promise. But it was through a promise that God so graciously gave it to Abraham.G1063G1487G2817G1537G3551G3765G1537G1860G1161G2316G5483G11G1223G1860
The Purpose of the Law
19Why, then, was the law added? Because of transgressions, until the descendant came about to whom the promise pertained. It was put into effect through angels by means of a mediator.G5101G3767G3551G4369G5484G3847G891G3739G4690G2064G3739G1861G1299G1223G32G1722G5495G331620Now a mediator involves more than one party, but God is one.G1161G3316G2076G3756G1520G1161G2316G2076G152021So is the law in conflict with the promises of God? Of course not! For if a law had been given that could give us life, then certainly righteousness would come through the law.G3551G3767G2596G1860G2316G3361G1096G1063G1487G1325G3551G1325G3588G1410G2227G3689G1343G302G2258G1537G355122But the Scripture has captured everything by means of sin's net, so that what was promised by the faithfulness of the Messiah might be granted to those who believe.G235G1124G4788G3956G5259G266G2443G1860G1537G4102G2424G5547G1325G410023Now before faith came about, we were held in custody and confined under the law in preparation for the faith that was to be revealed.G1161G4253G4102G2064G5432G5259G3551G4788G1519G4102G3195G60124And so the law was our guardian until the Messiah came, so that we might be justified by faith.G5620G3551G1096G2257G3807G1519G5547G2443G1344G1537G410225But now that faith has come about, we are no longer under a guardian.G1161G4102G2064G2070G2089G3765G5259G3807
You are God’s Children
26For all of you are God's children through faith in the Messiah Jesus.G1063G2075G3956G5207G2316G1223G4102G1722G5547G242427Indeed, all of you who were baptized into the Messiah have clothed yourselves with the Messiah.G1063G3745G907G1519G5547G1746G554728Because all of you are one in the Messiah Jesus, a person is no longer a Jew or a Greek, a slave or a free person, a male or a female.G1762G3756G2453G3761G1672G1762G3756G1401G3761G1658G1762G3756G730G2532G2338G1063G5210G2075G3956G1520G1722G5547G242429And if you belong to the Messiah, then you are Abraham's descendants indeed, and heirs according to the promise.3G1161G1487G5210G5547G686G2075G11G4690G2532G2818G2596G1860
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