{"book":"Galatians","slug":"galatians","ch":3,"genre":"letter","sub":"Galatians","prev":"galatians/2","next":"galatians/4","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? Before [your very] eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed [as] crucified.","f":[],"h":"Faith and Belief","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"I would like to learn just [one thing] from you: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law, or by hearing with faith?","f":[]},{"v":3,"t":"Are you so foolish? After starting in [the] Spirit, are you now finishing in [the] flesh?","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":4,"t":"Have you suffered so much for nothing, if it really was for nothing?","f":[]},{"v":5,"t":"{Does} [God] lavish [His] Spirit on you and work miracles among you because [you] practice the law, or because [you] hear [and] believe?","f":[]},{"v":6,"t":"So also,“ Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”","f":["Genesis 15:6"],"style":"reg"},{"v":7,"t":"Understand, then, that those who have faith are sons of Abraham.","f":[]},{"v":8,"t":"The Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, [and] foretold the gospel to Abraham:“ All nations will be blessed through you.”","f":["See Genesis 12:3, Genesis 18:18, and Genesis 22:18."]},{"v":9,"t":"So those who have faith are blessed along with Abraham, the [man] of faith.","f":[]},{"v":10,"t":"All who rely on works of the law are under a curse. For it is written:“ Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”","f":["Deuteronomy 27:26 (see also LXX)"],"h":"Christ Has Redeemed Us","style":"reg"},{"v":11,"t":"Now it is clear that no one is justified before God by [the] law, because,“ The righteous will live by faith.”","f":["Habakkuk 2:4"]},{"v":12,"t":"The law, however, is not based on faith; on the contrary,“ The [man who] does these things will live by them.”","f":["Leviticus 18:5; see also Ezekiel 20:11, 13, and 21."]},{"v":13,"t":"Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written:“ Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”","f":["Deuteronomy 21:23 (see also LXX)"],"style":"reg"},{"v":14,"t":"[He redeemed us] in order that the blessing promised to Abraham would come to the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.","f":["Literally the blessing of Abraham"]},{"v":15,"t":"Brothers, let me put this in human terms. Even a human covenant, once it is ratified, cannot be canceled or amended.","f":[],"h":"The Purpose of the Law","style":"reg"},{"v":16,"t":"The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. [The Scripture ] does not say,“ and to seeds,” meaning many, but “ and to your seed,” meaning One, who is Christ.","f":["Genesis 12:7; Genesis 13:15"]},{"v":17,"t":"What I mean [is] this: [The] law that came 430 {} years later does not revoke [the] covenant previously established by God, so as to nullify the promise.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":18,"t":"For if the inheritance depends on [the] law, [then it] no longer depends on a promise; but God freely granted [it] to Abraham through a promise.","f":[]},{"v":19,"t":"Why then [ was ] the law [ given ]? It was added because of transgressions, until [the] arrival of the seed to whom [the] promise referred. It was administered through angels by a mediator.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":20,"t":"A mediator is unnecessary, however, [ for only ] one [ party ]; but God is one.","f":[]},{"v":21,"t":"[Is] the law, then, opposed to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness {would} certainly have come from [the] law.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":22,"t":"But the Scripture [ pronounces ] all things confined by sin, so that by faith in Jesus Christ the promise might be given to those who believe.","f":[]},{"v":23,"t":"Before [this] faith came, we were held in custody under the law, locked up until faith should be revealed.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":24,"t":"So the law became our guardian to lead us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.","f":[]},{"v":25,"t":"Now [that] faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian.","f":[]},{"v":26,"t":"You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.","f":[],"h":"Sons through Faith in Christ","style":"reg"},{"v":27,"t":"For all of you [who] were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.","f":[]},{"v":28,"t":"There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male [nor] female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.","f":[]},{"v":29,"t":"And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed [and] heirs according to [the] promise.","f":[]}]}