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BSB GAL Chapter 3

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Faith and Belief

(James 2:14–26)

3O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? Before [your very] eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed [as] crucified. 2I would like to learn just [one thing] from you: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law, or by hearing with faith?

3Are you so foolish? After starting in [the] Spirit, are you now finishing in [the] flesh? 4Have you suffered so much for nothing, if it really was for nothing? 5{Does} [God] lavish [His] Spirit on you and work miracles among you because [you] practice the law, or because [you] hear [and] believe?

6So also, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”[fn] 7Understand, then, that those who have faith are sons of Abraham. 8The Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, [and] foretold the gospel to Abraham “All nations will be blessed through you.”[fn] 9So those who have faith are blessed along with Abraham, the [man] of faith.

Christ Has Redeemed Us

10All who rely on works of the law are under a curse. For it is written “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”[fn] 11Now it is clear that no one is justified before God by [the] law, because, “The righteous will live by faith.”[fn] 12The law, however, is not based on faith; on the contrary, “The [man who] does these things will live by them.”[fn]

13Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”[fn] 14[He redeemed us] in order that the blessing promised to Abraham[fn] would come to the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.

The Purpose of the Law

(Romans 7:1–6)

15Brothers, let me put this in human terms Even a human covenant once it is ratified, cannot be canceled or amended. 16The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. [The Scripture ] does not say, “and to seeds,” meaning many, but “and to your seed,”[fn] meaning One, who is Christ.

17What I mean [is] this: [The] law that came 430 years later does not revoke [the] covenant previously established by God, so as to nullify the promise. 18For if the inheritance depends on [the] law, [then it] no longer depends on a promise; but God freely granted [it] to Abraham through a promise.

19Why then [ was ] the law [ given ]? It was added because of transgressions, until [the] arrival of the seed to whom [the] promise referred. It was administered through angels by a mediator. 20A mediator is unnecessary, however, [ for only ] one [ party ]; but God is one.

21[Is] the law, then, opposed to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness {would} certainly have come from [the] law. 22But the Scripture [ pronounces ] all things confined by sin, so that by faith in Jesus Christ the promise might be given to those who believe.

23Before [this] faith came, we were held in custody under the law, locked up until faith should be revealed. 24So the law became our guardian to lead us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith. 25Now [that] faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian.

Sons through Faith in Christ

26You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. 27For all of you [who] were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. 28There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male [nor] female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed [and] heirs according to [the] promise.


3:6 Genesis 15:6

3:8 See Genesis 12:3, Genesis 18:18, and Genesis 22:18.

3:10 Deuteronomy 27:26 (see also LXX)

3:11 Habakkuk 2:4

3:12 Leviticus 18:5; see also Ezekiel 20:11, 13, and 21.

3:13 Deuteronomy 21:23 (see also LXX)

3:14 Literally the blessing of Abraham

3:16 Genesis 12:7; Genesis 13:15

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