Galatians 3

1 O foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you? You, before whose very eyes Jesus Christ was placarded as crucified!

O foolish Galatians, who did bewitch you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was openly set forth crucified?

2 Answer me this one question. "When you received the Spirit, was it from doing what the Law commands or from believing the message heard?"

This only would I learn from you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?

3 Are you so without sense? After beginning with the Spirit, will you now end with the flesh?

Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now perfected in the flesh?

4 Did you have such experience to no purpose - if indeed it was really to no purpose?

Did ye suffer so many things in vain? if it be indeed in vain.

5 Does he then who supplies you with his Spirit and works miracles among you, do it because you do what the law commands of because you believe the message heard?

He therefore that supplieth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, [doeth he it] by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?

6 Even as Abraham believed God and it was counted to him for righteousness?

Even as Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned unto him for righteousness.

7 Notice then that the true sons of Abraham are children of faith.

Know therefore that they which be of faith, the same are sons of Abraham.

8 And the Scripture, anticipating God’s justification of the Gentiles by faith, announced the gospel to Abraham beforehand in the words, In thee shall all the Gentiles be blessed.

And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand unto Abraham, [saying], In thee shall all the nations be blessed.

9 So then they who are children of faith are blessed with Abraham the faithful;

So then they which be of faith are blessed with the faithful Abraham.

10 but a curse rests on those who have their root in the works of the Law; for it is written. Cursed is every one that continues not in all the things written in the Book of the Law, to do them.

For as many as are of the works of the law are under a curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one which continueth not in all things that are written in the book of the law, to do them.

11 And it is manifest that by the Law no man is justified in the sight of God. because The just shall live by faith,

Now that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, is evident: for, The righteous shall live by faith;

12 and the Law has nothing to do with faith, but declares, The man that has done these things shall live therein.

and the law is not of faith; but, He that doeth them shall live in them.

13 Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the Law by becoming a curse for us (for it is written, Cursed is every one who is hanged upon a tree),

Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:

14 to the end that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles, so that through faith we might receive the promised Spirit.

that upon the Gentiles might come the blessing of Abraham in Christ Jesus; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

15 Let me illustrate, brothers, from every-day life. When once a human testament is made, and formally ratified, no one sets it aside or adds to it.

Brethren, I speak after the manner of men: Though it be but a man’s covenant, yet when it hath been confirmed, no one maketh it void, or addeth thereto.

16 Now it was to Abraham that the promises were spoken, and to his offspring. God did not say, "offsprings" as if speaking of many, but "and to your offspring," as of one; and this is Christ.

Now to Abraham were the promises spoken, and to his seed. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.

17 I mean to say that the testament which God has already ratified could not be annulled by the Law which came four hundred and thirty years later, so as to make the Promise void.

Now this I say; A covenant confirmed beforehand by God, the law, which came four hundred and thirty years after, doth not disannul, so as to make the promise of none effect.

18 For if the inheritance comes from law, it no longer comes from a promise; but God did give it as a free gift to Abraham by a promise.

For if the inheritance is of the law, it is no more of promise: but God hath granted it to Abraham by promise.

19 To what purpose, then, was the Law? It was imposed later for the sake of transgressions, until the "Offspring" should come to whom the promise had been made. It was arranged through angels by the hand of a mediator.

What then is the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise hath been made; [and it was] ordained through angels by the hand of a mediator.

20 (Now a mediator implies more than one person, but God is only one.)

Now a mediator is not [a mediator] of one; but God is one.

21 Is the Law then opposed to the promises of God? Certainly not; for if a law had been given which could make alive, then righteousness would actually have come from law;

Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could make alive, verily righteousness would have been of the law.

22 but the Scripture has shut up the whole world in prison together under sin, in order that the promise due to faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who have faith.

Howbeit the scripture hath shut up all things under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.

23 Before the Faith came we were perpetual prisoners under the Law, in preparation for the destined faith about to be revealed.

But before faith came, we were kept in ward under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.

24 So the Law has been our tutor-slave our pedagogue to lead us to Christ, so that we may be justified by faith;

So that the law hath been our tutor [to bring us] unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

25 but now that the Faith is come, we are no longer under a tutor-slave.

But now that faith is come, we are no longer under a tutor.

26 You are all sons of God through your faith in Jesus Christ.

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

27 For all of you who were baptized into Christ, have clothed yourselves with Christ.

For as many of you as were baptized into Christ did put on Christ.

28 In him there is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

There can be neither Jew nor Greek, there can be neither bond nor free, there can be no male and female: for ye all are one [man] in Christ Jesus.

29 And if you belong to Christ, then you are the descendants of Abraham, heirs according to the promise.

And if ye are Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, heirs according to promise.