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Galatians 3:2-18

2ThisG3778 is the onlyG3441 thingG3441 I wantG2309 to findG3129 out from you: did you receiveG2983 the SpiritG4151 by the worksG2041 of 1the LawG3551, orG2228 by 23hearingG189 with faithG4102? 3Are you soG3779 foolishG453? Having begunG1728 4by the SpiritG4151, are you nowG3568 5being perfectedG2005 by the fleshG4561? 4Did you 6sufferG3958 soG5118 manyG5118 thingsG5118 in vainG1500--7ifG1487 indeedG1065G2532 it was in vainG1500? 5SoG3767 thenG3767, does He who 8providesG2023 you with the SpiritG4151 and 9worksG1754 10miraclesG1411 amongG1722 you, do it by the worksG2041 of 11the LawG3551, orG2228 by 1213hearingG189 with faithG4102?

614EvenG2531 soG2531 15AbrahamG11 16believedG4100 GodG2316, and it was reckonedG3049 to him as righteousnessG1343. 7ThereforeG686, 17be sureG1097 that 18it is thoseG3588 who are of faithG4102 whoG3778 are 19sonsG5207 of AbrahamG11. 8The ScriptureG1124, foreseeingG4275 that GodG2316 20would justifyG1344 the 21GentilesG1484 by faithG4102, preachedG4283 the gospelG4283 beforehandG4283 to AbrahamG11, saying, “22AllG3956 the nationsG1484 will be blessedG1757 in you.” 9SoG5620 thenG5620 23thoseG3588 who are of faithG4102 are blessedG2127 with 24AbrahamG11, the believerG4103.

10For as manyG3745 as are of the worksG2041 of 25the LawG3551 are underG5259 a curseG2671; for it is writtenG1125, “26CursedG1944 is everyoneG3956 whoG3739 does not abideG1696 by allG3956 thingsG3956 writtenG1125 in the bookG975 of the lawG3551, to performG4160 them.” 11NowG1161 that 27noG3762 oneG3762 is justifiedG1344 28by 29the LawG3551 beforeG3844 GodG2316 is evidentG1212; for, “3031The righteousG1342 manG1342 shall liveG2198 by faithG4102.” 1232HoweverG1161, the LawG3551 is not 33of faithG4102; on the contraryG235, “34He who practicesG4160 them shall liveG2198 35by them.” 13ChristG5547 36redeemedG1805 us from the curseG2671 of the LawG3551, having becomeG1096 a curseG2671 for us--for it is writtenG1125, “37CursedG1944 is everyoneG3956 who hangsG2910 on 38a 39treeG3586”-- 14in orderG2443 that 40in ChristG5547 JesusG2424 the blessingG2129 of AbrahamG11 might 41comeG1096 to the GentilesG1484, soG2443 that we 42would receiveG2983 43the promiseG1860 of the SpiritG4151 throughG1223 faithG4102.

1544BrethrenG80, 45I speakG3004 46in termsG2596 of humanG444 relationsG444: 47evenG3676 thoughG3676 it is only a man’sG444 48covenantG1242, yetG3676 when it has been ratifiedG2964, noG3762 oneG3762 setsG114 it asideG114 orG2228 addsG1928 49conditionsG1928 to it. 16NowG1161 the promisesG1860 were spokenG3004 50to AbrahamG11 and to his seedG4690. He does not sayG3004, “And to seedsG4690,” as referring to manyG4183, but rather to oneG1520, “51And to your seedG4690,” that is, ChristG5547. 17What I am sayingG3004 is thisG3778: the LawG3551, which cameG1096 52fourG5071 hundredG5071 and thirtyG5144 yearsG2094 laterG3326, does not invalidateG208 a covenantG1242 previouslyG4300 ratifiedG4300 by GodG2316, soG1519 as to nullifyG2673 the promiseG1860. 18For 53ifG1487 the inheritanceG2817 is 54basedG1537 on lawG3551, it is noG3765 longerG3765 55basedG1537 on a promiseG1860; but 56GodG2316 has grantedG5483 it to AbrahamG11 by meansG1223 of a promiseG1860.

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Notes

  1. 1. Galatians 3:2 Or law ↩
  2. 2. Galatians 3:2 Lit the hearing of faith ↩
  3. 3. Galatians 3:2 Rom 10:17 ↩
  4. 4. Galatians 3:3 Or with ↩
  5. 5. Galatians 3:3 Or ending with ↩
  6. 6. Galatians 3:4 Or experience ↩
  7. 7. Galatians 3:4 1 Cor 15:2 ↩
  8. 8. Galatians 3:5 2 Cor 9:10; Phil 1:19 ↩
  9. 9. Galatians 3:5 1 Cor 12:10 ↩
  10. 10. Galatians 3:5 Or works of power ↩
  11. 11. Galatians 3:5 Or law ↩
  12. 12. Galatians 3:5 Lit the hearing of faith ↩
  13. 13. Galatians 3:5 Rom 10:17 ↩
  14. 14. Galatians 3:6 Lit Just as ↩
  15. 15. Galatians 3:6 Rom 4:3 ↩
  16. 16. Galatians 3:6 Gen 15:6 ↩
  17. 17. Galatians 3:7 Lit know ↩
  18. 18. Galatians 3:7 Rom 4:16; Gal 3:9 ↩
  19. 19. Galatians 3:7 Luke 19:9; Gal 6:16 ↩
  20. 20. Galatians 3:8 Lit justifies ↩
  21. 21. Galatians 3:8 Lit nations ↩
  22. 22. Galatians 3:8 Gen 12:3 ↩
  23. 23. Galatians 3:9 Gal 3:7 ↩
  24. 24. Galatians 3:9 Lit the believing Abraham ↩
  25. 25. Galatians 3:10 Or law ↩
  26. 26. Galatians 3:10 Deut 27:26 ↩
  27. 27. Galatians 3:11 Gal 2:16 ↩
  28. 28. Galatians 3:11 Or in ↩
  29. 29. Galatians 3:11 Or law ↩
  30. 30. Galatians 3:11 Or But he who is righteous by faith shall live ↩
  31. 31. Galatians 3:11 Hab 2:4; Rom 1:17; Heb 10:38 ↩
  32. 32. Galatians 3:12 Or And ↩
  33. 33. Galatians 3:12 Or based on ↩
  34. 34. Galatians 3:12 Lev 18:5; Rom 10:5 ↩
  35. 35. Galatians 3:12 Or in ↩
  36. 36. Galatians 3:13 Gal 4:5 ↩
  37. 37. Galatians 3:13 Deut 21:23 ↩
  38. 38. Galatians 3:13 Acts 5:30 ↩
  39. 39. Galatians 3:13 Or cross; lit wood ↩
  40. 40. Galatians 3:14 Rom 4:9, 16; Gal 3:28 ↩
  41. 41. Galatians 3:14 Or occur ↩
  42. 42. Galatians 3:14 Gal 3:2 ↩
  43. 43. Galatians 3:14 Acts 2:33; Eph 1:13 ↩
  44. 44. Galatians 3:15 Acts 1:15; Rom 1:13; Gal 6:18 ↩
  45. 45. Galatians 3:15 Rom 3:5 ↩
  46. 46. Galatians 3:15 Lit according to man ↩
  47. 47. Galatians 3:15 Heb 6:16 ↩
  48. 48. Galatians 3:15 Or will or testament ↩
  49. 49. Galatians 3:15 Or a codicil ↩
  50. 50. Galatians 3:16 Luke 1:55; Rom 4:13, 16; 9:4 ↩
  51. 51. Galatians 3:16 Acts 3:25 ↩
  52. 52. Galatians 3:17 Gen 15:13f; Ex 12:40; Acts 7:6 ↩
  53. 53. Galatians 3:18 Rom 4:14 ↩
  54. 54. Galatians 3:18 Lit out of, from ↩
  55. 55. Galatians 3:18 Lit out of, from ↩
  56. 56. Galatians 3:18 Heb 6:14 ↩

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