Galatians 3:1-13 ▼

1 You foolish Galatians! Who put you under a spell? Was not Jesus the Messiah clearly portrayed before your very eyes as having been crucified?

2 I want to learn only one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by doing the actions of the Law or by believing what you heard?

3 Are you so foolish? Having started out with the Spirit, are you now ending up with the flesh?

4 Did you suffer so much for nothing? (If it really was for nothing!)

5 Does God supply you with the Spirit and work miracles among you because you do the actions of the Law or because you believe what you heard?

6 In the same way, Abraham |believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.|

7 You see, then, that those who have faith are Abraham's real descendants.

8 Because the Scripture saw ahead of time that God would justify the gentiles by faith, it announced the gospel to Abraham beforehand when it said, |Through you all nations will be blessed.|

9 Therefore, those who believe are blessed together with Abraham, the one who believed.

10 Certainly all who depend on the actions of the Law are under a curse. For it is written, |A curse on everyone who does not obey everything that is written in the Book of the Law!|

11 Now it is obvious that no one is justified in the sight of God by the Law, because |The righteous will live by faith.|

12 But the Law has nothing to do with faith. Instead, |The person who keeps the commandments will have life in them.|

13 The Messiah redeemed us from the curse of the Law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written, |A curse on everyone who is hung on a tree!|