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1. You people in Galatia were told very clearly about the death of Jesus Christ on the cross. But you were foolish; you let someone trick you.
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1. O G5599 foolish G453 Galatians G1052 , who G5101 hath bewitched G940 you G5209 , that ye should not G3361 obey G3982 the G3588 truth G225 , before G2596 whose G3739 eyes G3788 Jesus G2424 Christ G5547 hath been evidently set forth G4270 , crucified G4717 among G1722 you G5213 ?
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2. Tell me this one thing: How did you receive the Holy Spirit? Did you receive the Spirit by following the law? No, you received the Spirit because you heard the Good News and believed it.
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2. This G5124 only G3440 would G2309 I learn G3129 of G575 you G5216 , Received G2983 ye the G3588 Spirit G4151 by G1537 the works G2041 of the law G3551 , or G2228 by G1537 the hearing G189 of faith G4102 ?
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3. You began your life in Christ by the Spirit. Now are you trying to make it complete by your own power? That is foolish.
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3. Are G2075 ye so G3779 foolish G453 ? having begun G1728 in the Spirit G4151 , are ye now G3568 made perfect G2005 by the flesh G4561 ?
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4. Were all your experiences wasted? I hope not!
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4. Have ye suffered G3958 so many things G5118 in vain G1500 ? if G1489 it be yet G2532 in vain G1500 .
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5. Does God give you the Spirit and work miracles among you because you follow the law? No, he does these things because you heard the Good News and believed it.
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5. He therefore that ministereth G2023 G3767 to you G5213 the G3588 Spirit G4151 , and G2532 worketh G1754 miracles G1411 among G1722 you G5213 , doeth he it by G1537 the works G2041 of the law G3551 , or G2228 by G1537 the hearing G189 of faith G4102 ?
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6. The Scriptures say the same thing about Abraham: "Abraham believed God, and God accepted Abraham's faith, and that faith made him right with God."
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6. Even as G2531 Abraham G11 believed G4100 God G2316 , and G2532 it was accounted G3049 to him G846 for G1519 righteousness G1343 .
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7. So you should know that the true children of Abraham are those who have faith.
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7. Know G1097 ye therefore G686 that G3754 they G3588 which are of G1537 faith G4102 , the same G3778 are G1526 the children G5207 of Abraham G11 .
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8. The Scriptures, telling what would happen in the future, said that God would make the non-Jewish people right through their faith. This Good News was told to Abraham beforehand, as the Scripture says: "All nations will be blessed through you."
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8. And G1161 the G3588 Scripture G1124 , foreseeing G4275 that G3754 God G2316 would justify G1344 the G3588 heathen G1484 through G1537 faith G4102 , preached before the gospel G4283 unto Abraham G11 , saying, In G1722 thee G4671 shall all G3956 nations G1484 be blessed G1757 .
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9. So all who believe as Abraham believed are blessed just as Abraham was.
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9. So then G5620 they G3588 which be of G1537 faith G4102 are blessed G2127 with G4862 faithful G4103 Abraham G11 .
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10. But those who depend on following the law to make them right are under a curse, because the Scriptures say, "Anyone will be cursed who does not always obey what is written in the Book of the Law."
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10. For G1063 as many as G3745 are G1526 of G1537 the works G2041 of the law G3551 are G1526 under G5259 the curse G2671 : for G1063 it is written G1125 , Cursed G1944 is every one G3956 that G3739 continueth G1696 not G3756 in G1722 all things G3956 which are written G1125 in G1722 the G3588 book G975 of the G3588 law G3551 to do G4160 them G846 .
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11. Now it is clear that no one can be made right with God by the law, because the Scriptures say, "Those who are right with God will live by trusting in him."
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11. But G1161 that G3754 no man G3762 is justified G1344 by G1722 the law G3551 in the sight G3844 of God G2316 , it is evident G1212 : for G3754 , The G3588 just G1342 shall live G2198 by G1537 faith G4102 .
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12. The law is not based on faith. It says, "A person who obeys these things will live because of them."
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12. And G1161 the G3588 law G3551 is G2076 not G3756 of G1537 faith G4102 : but G235 , The G3588 man G444 that doeth G4160 them G846 shall live G2198 in G1722 them G846 .
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13. Christ took away the curse the law put on us. He changed places with us and put himself under that curse. It is written in the Scriptures, "Anyone whose body is displayed on a treen is cursed."
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13. Christ G5547 hath redeemed G1805 us G2248 from G1537 the G3588 curse G2671 of the G3588 law G3551 , being made G1096 a curse G2671 for G5228 us G2257 : for G1063 it is written G1125 , Cursed G1944 is every one G3956 that hangeth G2910 on G1909 a tree G3586 :
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14. Christ did this so that God's blessing promised to Abraham might come through Jesus Christ to those who are not Jews. Jesus died so that by our believing we could receive the Spirit that God promised.
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14. That G2443 the G3588 blessing G2129 of Abraham G11 might come G1096 on G1519 the G3588 Gentiles G1484 through G1722 Jesus G2424 Christ G5547 ; that G2443 we might receive G2983 the G3588 promise G1860 of the G3588 Spirit G4151 through G1223 faith G4102 .
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15. Brothers and sisters, let us think in human terms: Even an agreement made between two persons is firm. After that agreement is accepted by both people, no one can stop it or add anything to it.
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15. Brethren G80 , I speak G3004 after the manner G2596 of men G444 ; Though G3676 it be but a man G444 's covenant G1242 , yet if it be confirmed G2964 , no man G3762 disannulleth G114 , or G2228 addeth thereto G1928 .
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16. God made promises both to Abraham and to his descendant. God did not say, "and to your descendants." That would mean many people. But God said, "and to your descendant." That means only one person; that person is Christ.
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16. Now G1161 to Abraham G11 and G2532 his G846 seed G4690 were the G3588 promises G1860 made G4483 . He saith G3004 not G3756 , And G2532 to seeds G4690 , as G5613 of G1909 many G4183 ; but G235 as G5613 of G1909 one G1520 , And G2532 to thy G4675 seed G4690 , which G3739 is G2076 Christ G5547 .
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17. This is what I mean: God had an agreement with Abraham and promised to keep it. The law, which came four hundred thirty years later, cannot change that agreement and so destroy God's promise to Abraham.
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17. And G1161 this G5124 I say G3004 , that the covenant G1242 , that was confirmed before G4300 of G5259 God G2316 in G1519 Christ G5547 , the G3588 law G3551 , which was G1096 four hundred G5071 and G2532 thirty G5144 years G2094 after G3326 , cannot disannul G208 G3756 , that it should make the promise of none effect G2673 G3588 G1860 .
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18. If the law could give us Abraham's blessing, then the promise would not be necessary. But that is not possible, because God freely gave his blessings to Abraham through the promise he had made.
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18. For G1063 if G1487 the G3588 inheritance G2817 be of G1537 the law G3551 , it is no more G3765 of G1537 promise G1860 : but G1161 God G2316 gave G5483 it to Abraham G11 by G1223 promise G1860 .
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19. So what was the law for? It was given to show that the wrong things people do are against God's will. And it continued until the special descendant, who had been promised, came. The law was given through angels who used Moses for a mediatorn to give the law to people.
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19. Wherefore G5101 then G3767 serveth the G3588 law G3551 ? It was added G4369 because G5484 of transgressions G3847 , till G891 G3757 the G3588 seed G4690 should come G2064 to whom G3739 the promise was made G1861 ; and it was ordained G1299 by G1223 angels G32 in G1722 the hand G5495 of a mediator G3316 .
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20. But a mediator is not needed when there is only one side, and God is only one.
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20. Now G1161 a mediator G3316 is G2076 not G3756 a mediator of one G1520 , but G1161 God G2316 is G2076 one G1520 .
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21. Does this mean that the law is against God's promises? Never! That would be true only if the law could make us right. But God did not give a law that can bring life.
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21. Is the G3588 law G3551 then G3767 against G2596 the G3588 promises G1860 of God G2316 ? God forbid G1096 G3361 : for G1063 if G1487 there had been a law G3551 given G1325 which could G1410 have given life G2227 , verily G3689 G302 righteousness G1343 should have been G2258 by G1537 the law G3551 .
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22. Instead, the Scriptures showed that the whole world is bound by sin. This was so the promise would be given through faith to people who believe in Jesus Christ.
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22. But G235 the G3588 Scripture G1124 hath concluded G4788 all G3956 under G5259 sin G266 , that G2443 the G3588 promise G1860 by G1537 faith G4102 of Jesus G2424 Christ G5547 might be given G1325 to them that believe G4100 .
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23. Before this faith came, we were all held prisoners by the law. We had no freedom until God showed us the way of faith that was coming.
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23. But G1161 before faith G4102 came G2064 , we were kept G5432 under G5259 the law G3551 , shut up G4788 unto G1519 the G3588 faith G4102 which should afterwards G3195 be revealed G601 .
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24. In other words, the law was our guardian leading us to Christ so that we could be made right with God through faith.
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24. Wherefore G5620 the G3588 law G3551 was G1096 our G2257 schoolmaster G3807 to bring us unto G1519 Christ G5547 , that G2443 we might be justified G1344 by G1537 faith G4102 .
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25. Now the way of faith has come, and we no longer live under a guardian.
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25. But G1161 after that faith G4102 is come G2064 , we are G2070 no longer G3765 under G5259 a schoolmaster G3807 .
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