C.
The Spirit by faith in Christ versus the flesh by works of law
3:1—4:31
1.
The Spirit being the blessing of the promise by faith in Christ
3:1-14
Gal. 3
:1
3:1
O foolish
aGalatians,
bwho has bewitched you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was openly portrayed
1ccrucified?
Gal. 3
:2
3:2
This only I wish to learn from you, Did you
1receive the
2aSpirit out of the
3bworks of law or out of the
3chearing of
dfaith?
Gal. 3
:3
3:3
Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being
1perfected by the
2aflesh?
Gal. 3
:4
3:4
Have you
1asuffered so many things
bin vain, if indeed it was in vain?
Gal. 3
:5
3:5
He therefore who
1bountifully asupplies to you the
2bSpirit and
3cdoes works of power among you,
does He do it out of the
4dworks of law or out of the hearing of faith?
Gal. 3
:6
3:6
Even as
1a"Abraham
bbelieved God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.''
Gal. 3
:7
3:7
Know then that they who are of
1afaith, these are
2bsons of Abraham.
Gal. 3
:8
3:8
And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would
ajustify the Gentiles out of faith, announced the
1gospel beforehand to Abraham:
b"In you shall all the nations be
cblessed.''
Gal. 3
:9
3:9
So then they who are of
1afaith are
2blessed with
3believing Abraham.
Gal. 3
:10
3:10
For as many as are of the
aworks of law are under a
1bcurse; for it is written,
c"Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all the things written in the book of the law to do them.''
Gal. 3
:11
3:11
And that
1by law
ano one is justified before God is evident because,
b"The righteous one shall have life and
clive 2by faith'';
Gal. 3
:12
3:12
But the law is not of faith, yet,
a"He who does them shall live
1because of them.''
Gal. 3
:13
3:13
Christ has
aredeemed us out of the
bcurse of the law, having
1become a curse on our behalf; because it is written,
c"Cursed is every one hanging on a
2dtree'';
Gal. 3
:14
3:14
In order that the
1ablessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles
bin Christ Jesus, that we might
2creceive the
dpromise of the
3eSpirit through
ffaith.
2.
The law being the custodian of the heirs of the promise
3:15-29
Gal. 3
:15
3:15
Brothers, I speak
aaccording to man, though
it is a man's covenant, yet when it has been ratified, no one nullifies
it or makes additions
to it.
Gal. 3
:16
3:16
But ato Abraham were the
bpromises spoken and
cto his seed. He does not say, And to the seeds, as concerning many, but as concerning one: "And to your
dseed," who is
1eChrist.
Gal. 3
:17
3:17
And I say this: A
1covenant previously ratified by God, the
2law, having come
3afour hundred and thirty years after, does not annul so as to make the
bpromise of none effect.
Gal. 3
:18
3:18
For if the
1ainheritance is of law, it is no longer of promise; but to Abraham God has graciously given
it through
bpromise.
Gal. 3
:19
3:19
Why then the
alaw? It was
1added because of the
btransgressions until the
cseed should come to whom the promise was made, it being
2ordained through
dangels in the hand of a
3emediator.
Gal. 3
:20
3:20
But a
1amediator is not
a mediator for one, but God is
bone.
Gal. 3
:21
3:21
Is then the law against the promises of God?
aAbsolutely not! For if a law had been given which was able to
1give life,
2brighteousness would have indeed been of law.
Gal. 3
:22
3:22
But the Scripture has
1ashut up
2all under
bsin in order that the
cpromise out of
3dfaith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who
ebelieve.
Gal. 3
:23
3:23
But before
1afaith came we were
2bguarded cunder law, being
3dshut up
4unto the faith which was to be revealed.
Gal. 3
:24
3:24
So then the
alaw has become our
1child-conductor unto
bChrist that we might be justified out of
cfaith.
Gal. 3
:25
3:25
But since
afaith has come, we are
1no longer
bunder a child-conductor.
Gal. 3
:26
3:26
For you are all
1asons of God through
2bfaith cin Christ Jesus.
Gal. 3
:27
3:27
For as many of you as were
abaptized 1into Christ have
bput on Christ.
Gal. 3
:28
3:28
There 1cannot be
2aJew nor Greek, there cannot be
3slave nor free man, there cannot be
4bmale and female; for you are all
5cone din Christ Jesus.
Gal. 3
:29
3:29
And if you are of
aChrist, then you are
1Abraham's
bseed,
cheirs according to
2dpromise.
