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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Galatians 3 WEY</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/galatians/3.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/galatians/3-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">WEY</a> > Galatians 3</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../galatians/2.htm" title="Galatians 2">◄</a> Galatians 3 <a href="../galatians/4.htm" title="Galatians 4">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Weymouth New testament</div><div class="chap"><a name="1" id="1"></a><p class="hdg">Faith and Belief<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../genesis/15.htm">Genesis 15:1-7</a>; <a href="../romans/4.htm">Romans 4:1-12</a>; <a href="../hebrews/11.htm#8">Hebrews 11:8-19</a>; <a href="../james/2.htm#14">James 2:14-26</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/3-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>You foolish Galatians! Whose sophistry has bewitched you—you to whom Jesus Christ has been vividly portrayed as on the Cross? <span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/3-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Answer me this one question, "Is it on the ground of your obedience to the Law that you received the Spirit, or is it because, when you heard, you believed?" <span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/3-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now going to reach perfection through what is external? <span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/3-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Have you endured such sufferings to no purpose—if indeed it has been to no purpose? <span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/3-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>He who gives you His Spirit and works miracles among you—does He do so on the ground of your obedience to the Law, or is it the result of your having heard and believed:</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/3-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>even as Abraham believed God, and his faith was placed to his account as righteousness? <span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/3-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Notice therefore that those who possess faith are true sons of Abraham. <span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/3-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And the Scripture, foreseeing that in consequence of faith God would declare the nations to be free from guilt, sent beforehand the Good News to Abraham, saying, "In you all the nations shall be blessed." <span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/3-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>So we see that it is those who possess faith that are blessed with believing Abraham.</p> <a name="10" id="10"></a><p class="hdg">Christ Redeemed Us<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../deuteronomy/21.htm#22">Deuteronomy 21:22-23</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>All who are depending upon their own obedience to the Law are under a curse, for it is written, "Cursed is every one who does not remain faithful to all the precepts of the Law, and practise them." <span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/3-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>It is evident, too, that no one can find acceptance with God simply by obeying the Law, because "the righteous shall live by faith," <span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/3-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>and the Law has nothing to do with faith. It teaches that "he who does these things shall live by doing them." <span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/3-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Christ has purchased our freedom from the curse of the Law by becoming accursed for us—because "Cursed is every one who is hanged upon a tree." <span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/3-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Our freedom has been thus purchased in order that in Christ Jesus the blessing belonging to Abraham may come upon the nations, so that through faith we may receive the promised Spirit.</p> <a name="15" id="15"></a><p class="hdg">The Purpose of the Law<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../romans/7.htm">Romans 7:1-6</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/3-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Brethren, even a covenant made by a man—to borrow an illustration from daily life—when once formally sanctioned is not liable to be set aside or added to. <span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/3-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>(Now the promises were given to Abraham and to his seed. God did not say 'and to seeds,' as if speaking of many, but 'and to your seed,' since He spoke of only one—and this is Christ.) <span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/3-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>I mean that the Covenant which God had already formally made is not abrogated by the Law which was given four hundred and thirty years later—so as to annul the promise. <span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/3-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>For if the inheritance comes through obedience to Law, it no longer comes because of a promise. But, as a matter of fact, God has granted it to Abraham in fulfilment of a promise.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/3-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Why then was the Law given? It was imposed later on for the sake of defining sin, until the seed should come to whom God had made the promise; and its details were laid down by a mediator with the help of angels. <span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/3-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>But there cannot be a mediator where only one individual is concerned. <span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/3-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>God, however, is only one. Is the Law then opposed to the promises of God? No, indeed; for if a Law had been given which could have conferred Life, righteousness would certainly have come by the Law. <span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/3-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>But Scripture has shown that all mankind are the prisoners of sin, in order that the promised blessing, which depends on faith in Jesus Christ, may be given to those who believe.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/3-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Before this faith came, we Jews were perpetual prisoners under the Law, living under restraints and limitations in preparation for the faith which was soon to be revealed. <span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/3-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>So that the Law has acted the part of a tutor-slave to lead us to Christ, in order that through faith we may be declared to be free from guilt. <span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/3-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>But now that this faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor-slave.</p> <p class="hdg">Sons Through Faith in Christ</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/3-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus; <span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/3-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>for all of you who have been baptized into Christ, have clothed yourselves with Christ. <span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/3-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>In Him the distinctions between Jew and Gentile, slave and free man, male and female, disappear; you are all one in Christ Jesus. <span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/3-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>And if you belong to Christ, then you are indeed true descendants of Abraham, and are heirs in fulfilment of the promise.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Weymouth New testament<br /><br /><a href="//intbible.com">Section Headings Courtesy INT Bible<br />© 2012, Used by Permission</a><span class="p"><br /><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../galatians/2.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Galatians 2"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Galatians 2" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../galatians/4.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Galatians 4"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Galatians 4" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/galatians/3-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframe120.htm" width="122" height="602" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br /></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>