CHAPTER 3
1 O
foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth,
before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among
you? 2 This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by
the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? 3 Are ye so
foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh? 4
Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if it be yet in vain. 5
He therefore that ministereth 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 accounteda to him for
righteousness. 7 Know ye therefore that they which are of faith,
the same are the children of Abraham. 8 And the scripture,
foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before
the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed. 9
So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham. 10
For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is
written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are
written in the book of the law to do them. 11 But that no man is
justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just
shall live by faith. 12 And the law is not of faith: but, The man
that doeth them shall live in them. 13 Christ hath redeemed us
from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed
is every one that hangeth on a tree: 14 That the blessing
of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might
receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. 15 Brethren, I
speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man’s covenantb,
yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto. 16
Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to
seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ. 17
And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in
Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot
disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect. 18 For
if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but
God gave it to Abraham by promise.
19
Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions,
till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was
ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator. 20 Now a mediator is
not a mediator of one, but God is one. 21 Is the law
then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given
which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.
22 But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise
by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe. 23
But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith
which should afterwards be revealed. 24 Wherefore the law was our
schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by
faith. 25 But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a
schoolmaster. 26 For ye are all the children of God by faith in
Christ Jesus. 27 For as many of you as have been baptized into
Christ have put on Christ. 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek,
there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are
all one in Christ Jesus. 29 And if ye be Christ’s, then are
ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.
The Holy Bible : King James Version. 1995. Oak
Harbor, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc.
a accounted:
or, imputed
b covenant:
or, testament
