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The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Galatians

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Galatians 3

¹O foolish Galatians! Who bewitched you* [so as] not to be obeying the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed among you* [as] having been crucified? ²This only I want to learn from you*: did you* receive the Spirit by works of [the] Law or by hearing with faith? ³Are you* so foolish? Having begun in [or, by] [the] Spirit, are you* now being completed [or, perfected] in [or, by] [the] flesh? ⁴Did you* endure so many things for nothing--if indeed [it was] really for nothing? ⁵Therefore, the One supplying the Spirit to you* and supernaturally working miraculous powers [or, miracles] among you*, [is He doing so] by works of [the] Law or by hearing with faith?

⁶Just as “Abraham believed [or, trusted] God and it was accounted to him for righteousness.” [Gen 15:6] ⁷Consequently, be knowing that the [ones justified] by faith, these are sons [and daughters] of Abraham. ⁸Now the Scripture having foreseen that God justifies [or, declares righteous] the nations by faith, proclaimed the Gospel beforehand to Abraham, [saying], “All the nations will be blessed in you.” [Gen 12:3] ⁹Therefore, the [ones justified] by faith are blessed with the faithful [or, believing] Abraham.

¹⁰For as many as are [trying to be justified] by works of [the] Law are under a curse, for it has been written, “Under a curse [fig., Condemned by God] [is] every[one] not remaining in [fig., carefully obeying] all the [things] having been written in the Scroll of the Law to do them.” [Deut 27:26] ¹¹Now that no one is justified [or, declared righteous] before God by [the] Law is evident, because “The [person] righteous by faith will live [or, “The righteous [person] will live by faith].” [Hab 2:4] ¹²But the Law is not by faith, but “The person having done them [i.e., all the commandments of the Law] will live by them.” [Lev 18:5] ¹³Christ redeemed us [or, set us free] from the curse of the Law, having become a curse on our behalf--for it has been written, “Under a curse [fig., Condemned by God] [is] every[one] hanging upon a tree”-- [Deut 21:23] ¹⁴so that the blessing of Abraham shall come to the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, so that we shall receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

¹⁵Brothers [and sisters], I speak according to human [standards]; likewise, a covenant having been put into effect [by] a person, no one regards [it] as nothing [or, makes [it] void] or adds to [it]. ¹⁶But the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his Seed. He does not say, “And to seeds,” as by many, but as by One, “And to your Seed,” which is Christ. [Gen 12:7; 13:15] ¹⁷Now this I say: the Law having come four hundred and thirty years later does not nullify a covenant previously confirmed by God to Christ, so as to make the promise of no effect [or, to cancel the promise]. ¹⁸For if the inheritance [comes] by [the] Law, [it is] no longer by promise, but God has graciously given [it] to Abraham by means of promise.

¹⁹Why then the Law? It was added on account of transgressions, until the Seed should come to whom it had been promised, having been set in order [or, ordained] by means of angels by [the] hand of a mediator [i.e., Moses]. ²⁰But the mediator is not for one [i.e., for only one party], but God is one [i.e., God is the only active party in the promise; or, the one and same God that gave the Law made the promise]. ²¹Therefore, [is] the Law against the promises of God? Absolutely not! For if a law [had been] given which was able to make alive, [then] righteousness would indeed be by law. ²²But the Scripture confined all under sin, so that the promise shall be given by faith in Jesus Christ to the ones believing.

²³But before faith came, we were being guarded [or, being kept in protective custody] under [the] Law, having been confined to the faith about to be revealed. ²⁴Therefore, the Law has became our tutor [to lead us] to Christ, so that by faith we shall be justified [or, declared righteous]. ²⁵But since faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor. ²⁶For you* are all sons [and daughters] of God by means of faith in Christ Jesus. ²⁷For as many as were baptized [or, immersed] into Christ put on [or, clothed themselves with] Christ. ²⁸There is not Jew nor Greek, there is not slave nor free, there is not male and female, for you* are all one in Christ Jesus. [cp. Col 3:11] ²⁹Now since you* [are] of Christ, consequently, you* are seed [fig., descendents] of Abraham and heirs according to promise.

Scripture taken from the Analytical-Literal Translation of the New Testament of the Holy Bible: Third Edition.
Copyright © 2007 by Gary F. Zeolla of Darkness to Light ministry (www.zeolla.org/christian).
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