Galatians 3:2-10

2I want to learn only one thing from you. Did you receive the Spirit by your own efforts to follow the laws in the Scriptures or by believing what you heard?

3Are you that stupid? Did you begin in a spiritual way only to end up doing things in a human way?

4Did you suffer so much for nothing? ⌞I doubt⌟ that it was for nothing!

5Does God supply you with the Spirit and work miracles among you through your own efforts or through believing what you heard?

6Abraham serves as an example. He believed God, and that faith was regarded as the basis of Abraham’s approval by God.

7You must understand that people who have faith are Abraham’s descendants.

8Scripture saw ahead of time that God would give his approval to non-Jewish people who have faith. So Scripture announced the Good News to Abraham ahead of time when it said, “Through you all the people of the world will be blessed.”

9So people who believe are blessed together with Abraham, the man of faith.

10Certainly, there is a curse on all who rely on their own efforts because Scripture says, “Whoever doesn’t obey everything that is written in Moses’ Teachings is cursed.”