'O1foolish2Galatians!3Who4has bewitched6you?5It7wasbefore8[your] eyes9thatJesus10Christ11was publicly portrayed12ascrucified.13 Let me3ask4you6only2this:1Didyou receive12the10Spirit11by7works8of the law9or13by14hearing15[with] faith?16 Are you3so1foolish?2Having begun4by the Spirit,5are you8now6being perfected8by the flesh?7 Did you suffer2so many things1in vain3— if4indeed5it wasin vain?7 Doeshe1who supplies3the5Spirit6to you4and7works8miracles9among10you11do soby12works13of the law,14or15by16hearing17with faith —18 just as1Abraham2“believed3God,5and6it was counted7to him8as9righteousness”?10 Know1then2that3it isthose4of5faith6who7are9the sons8of Abraham.10 And2the3Scripture,4foreseeing1that5God12would justify8the9Gentiles10by6faith,7preached the gospel beforehand13to Abraham,15[saying],16“In18you19shall17all20the21nations22be blessed.”17 So then,1those2who areof3faith4are blessed5along with6Abraham,9the [man of]7faith.8 For2all1who[rely] on3works4of the law5are9under7a curse;8for11it is written,10“Cursed13beeveryone14who15doesnot16abide17by21all18things19written20in21the22Book23of the24Law,25anddo27them.”28 Now2it isevident10that1no one5is justified6before7God9by3the law,4for11“The12righteous13shall live16by14faith.”15 But2the1law3is5not4of6faith,7rather8“The one9who does10them11shall live12by13them.”14 Christ1redeemed3us2from4the5curse6of the7law8by becoming9a curse12for10us11— for13it is written,14“Cursed15iseveryone1617who is hanged18on19a tree”—20 so that1in10Christ11Jesus12the5blessing6of Abraham8might come9to2the3Gentiles,4so that13we might receive18the16promised15Spirit17through19faith.21 To give a human example,234brothers:1even5with a man-made6covenant,8no one9annuls it10or11adds to it12once it has been ratified.7 Now2the5promises6were made4to Abraham3and7to9his10offspring.9It does12not11say,12“And13to offsprings,”15[referring]16to17many,18but19[referring]20to21one,22“And23to25your26offspring,”25who27is28Christ.29 This1is whatI mean:3the9law,16which came154301113years14afterward,10doesnot17annul18a covenant4previously ratified5by6God,8so as1920to make21the22promise23void.21 For2if1the5inheritance6comesby3the law,4itno longer7comesby8promise;9but11God17gave15itto Abraham12by13a promise.14 Why1then2the3law?4It was added8because7of transgressions,6until9the12offspring13should come11to whom14the promise had been made,15andit was put in place16through17angels18by19an intermediary.21 Now2an1intermediary3[implies]6[more than] one,45but8God9is11one.10 Isthe1law3then2contrary to4the5promises6of God?8Certainly not!910For12if11a law14had been given13that could16give life,17thenrighteousness24would2122indeed18be22by19the law.20 But1the3Scripture4imprisoned2everything56under7sin,8so that9the10promise11by12faith13[in] Jesus14Christ15might be given16to those17who believe.18 Now3before1faith6came,4we were held captive9under7the7law,8imprisoned10until11the12coming13faith14would be revealed.15 So then,1the2law3was6our5guardian4[until]7Christ8came,in order that9we might be justified12by10faith.11 But2nowthat1faith4has come,1we are8no longer5under6a guardian,7 for2in9Christ10Jesus11you are5all1sons3of God,4through6faith.8 For2as many of1you [as] were baptized5into3Christ4have put on7Christ.6 There is2neither1Jew3nor4Greek,5there is7neither6slave8nor9free,10there is12no11male13and14female,15for17you18are20all16one19in21Christ22Jesus.23 And2if1you3areChrist’s,4then5you are9Abraham’s7offspring,8heirs12according to10promise.11