Galatians 3

1 O foolish Galatians, who bewitched you not to obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was earlier described among you, crucified?

O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you that you not be persuaded by the Truth—Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed among you as having been crucified, before your very eyes!

2 I only want to learn this from you. Did ye receive the Spirit from works of law, or from a listening ear of faith?

Just tell me one thing: Did you receive the Spirit by works of law, or by hearing of faith?

3 Are ye so foolish, having begun in Spirit, are ye now made perfect by flesh?

Can you be so foolish? Having begun in spirit, do you finish in flesh?

4 Did ye suffer so many things in vain? If it is indeed in vain.

Have you suffered so much for nothing—if it really was for nothing?

5 He therefore who supplies the Spirit to you and who works miracles among you, is it from works of law or from a listening ear of faith?

Furthermore, He who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracles among you, is He activated by works of law, or by hearing of faith?—

6 Just as Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him for righteousness.

just as Abraham ‘believed God and it was credited to him as righteousness.’

7 Ye know therefore that those from faith, these are sons of Abraham.

Now you must know that only those who are of faith are ‘sons’ of Abraham.

8 And the scripture having foreseen that God makes the Gentiles righteous from faith, proclaimed the good news in advance to Abraham: In thee all the nations will be blessed.

Further, the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the nations by faith, proclaimed the Gospel in advance to Abraham: “All the nations will be blessed through you.”

9 So then those from faith are blessed with the faithful Abraham.

So then, those who are of faith are blessed along with Abraham, the faithful.

10 For as many as are from works of law are under a curse, for it is written, Cursed is every man who does not continue in all things written in the book of the law, to do them.

Now as many as are ‘by works of law’ are under a curse; because it stands written, “Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all the things written in the Book of the Law, to do them.”

11 But that no man is made righteous by law before God, is evident, because, The righteous man will live from faith.

Further, it is evident that no one is justified by law before God, because “the righteous one will live by faith.”

12 And the law is not from faith, but the man who does them will live in them.

While the law is not of faith but, “the man who does them will live by them.”

13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us. For it is written, Cursed is every man who hangs on a tree.

Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse in our place—because it stands written, “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree”—

14 So that the blessing of Abraham might occur for the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, so that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through the faith.

so that the blessing of Abraham might come to the nations/Gentiles through Christ Jesus; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through the faith.

15 Brothers (I speak according to a man), in the same way of a man, no man annuls or adds to a contract that has been ratified.

Brothers: as a man I speak a covenant; though only of a man, once it has been ratified no one annuls or adds to it.

16 Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. He does not say, And to the seeds, as of many, but as of one, And to thy seed, who is Christ.

But to Abraham were spoken the promises, and to his Seed. He does not say “and to seeds,” as about many, but “and to your seed,” as about one, who is Christ.

17 And I say this, a covenant previously confirmed by God in Christ, the law, which happened four hundred and thirty years after, does not annul in order to make the promise useless.

Further, I say this: a covenant confirmed beforehand by God in Christ cannot be annulled by the law that came four hundred and thirty years later, so as to make the promise of no effect.

18 For if the inheritance is from law, it is no longer from promise. But God has given it to Abraham through promise.

For if the inheritance were of law, it would no longer be of promise, but God granted it to Abraham by promise.

19 Why then the law? It was added on account of transgressions, until the seed would come to whom it was promised, which was arranged through agents in the hand of a mediator.

Why then the law? It was added on account of the transgressions, until the Seed should come to whom the inheritance had been promised; and it was ordered through angels by the hand of a mediator.

20 Now a mediator is not of one, but God is one.

(Now that mediator is not for just one, but God is one.)

21 Is the law therefore against the promises of God? May it not happen! For if a law was given that could make alive, truly righteousness would be from law.

Is the law then against the promises of God? Of course not! Rather, if a law had been given that was capable of imparting life, truly righteousness would have been by the law.

22 But scripture confined all things under sin, so that the promise from faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.

But the Scripture imprisoned everything under sin, so that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.

23 But before faith came we were kept in custody under law, having been confined for faith that was going to be revealed.

Now before this faith came, we were kept in custody under the law, in confinement until the coming faith was revealed.

24 So that the law became our schoolmaster for Christ, so that we might be made righteous from faith.

So then, the law became our guardian until Christ, so that we might be justified by faith.

25 But faith having come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.

Now that the faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian.

26 For ye are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.

So all of you are sons of God through the faith in Christ Jesus.

27 For as many as were immersed into Christ have put on Christ.

As many of you as were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ

28 There is no Jew nor Greek, there is no bondman nor freeman, there is no male and female, for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

—there is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no ‘male and female’; all of you are one in Christ Jesus—

29 And if ye are Christ's, then ye are Abraham's seed and heirs according to promise.

so if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed and heirs according to the promise.