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O foolish Galatians !
Who has bewitched you ,
before whose eyes Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified ?
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Let me ask you only this :
Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law ,
or by hearing with faith ?
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Are you so foolish ?
Having begun with the Spirit ,
are you now ending with the flesh ?
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Did you experience so many things in vain ?--
if it really is in vain .
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Does he who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracles among you do so by works of the law ,
or by hearing with faith ?
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Thus Abraham "
believed God ,
and it was reckoned to him as righteousness ."
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So you see that it is men of faith who are the sons of Abraham .
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And 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 ."
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So then ,
those who are men of faith are blessed with Abraham who had faith .
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For all who rely on works of the law are under a curse ;
for it is written , "
Cursed be every one who does not abide by all things written in the book of the law ,
and do them ."
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Now it is evident that no man is justified before God by the law ;
for "
He who through faith is righteous shall live ";
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but the law does not rest on faith ,
for "
He who does them shall live by them ."
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Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law ,
having become a curse for us--for it is written , "
Cursed be every one who hangs on a tree "--
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that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles ,
that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith .