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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 .
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To give a human example ,
brethren :
no one annuls even a man '
s will ,
or adds to it ,
once it has been ratified .
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Now the promises were made to Abraham and to his offspring .
It does not say , "
And to offsprings ,"
referring to many ;
but ,
referring to one , "
And to your offspring ,"
which is Christ .
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This is what I mean :
the law ,
which came four hundred and thirty years afterward ,
does not annul a covenant previously ratified by God ,
so as to make the promise void .
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For if the inheritance is by the law ,
it is no longer by promise ;
but God gave it to Abraham by a promise .
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Why then the law ?
It was added because of transgressions ,
till the offspring should come to whom the promise had been made ;
and it was ordained by angels through an intermediary .
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Now an intermediary implies more than one ;
but God is one .
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Is the law then against the promises of God ?
Certainly not ;
for if a law had been given which could make alive ,
then righteousness would indeed be by the law .
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But the scripture consigned all things to sin ,
that what was promised to faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe .
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Now before faith came ,
we were confined under the law ,
kept under restraint until faith should be revealed .
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So that the law was our custodian until Christ came ,
that we might be justified by faith .
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But now that faith has come ,
we are no longer under a custodian ;
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for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God ,
through faith .
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For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ .
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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 .
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And if you are Christ '
s ,
then you are Abraham '
s offspring ,
heirs according to promise .