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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://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 BSB</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="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">BSB</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 width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/berean/menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><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"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Berean Standard Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/bsb/heb/galatians/3.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Faith and Belief<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../james/2.htm#14">James 2:14–26</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/3-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified. <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/3-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law, or by hearing with faith? <A name="4"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/3-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Are you so foolish? After starting in the Spirit, are you now finishing in the flesh? <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/3-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Have you suffered so much for nothing, if it really was for nothing? <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/3-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Does God lavish His Spirit on you and work miracles among you because you practice the law, or because you hear and believe? <A name="7"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/3-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>So also, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/3-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Understand, then, that those who have faith are sons of Abraham. <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/3-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>The Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and foretold the gospel to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.”<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/3-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>So those who have faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith. <A name="11"></a><p class="hdg">Christ Has Redeemed Us<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>All 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.”<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/3-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Now it is clear that no one is justified before God by the law, because, “The righteous will live by faith.”<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">d</a></span> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/3-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>The law, however, is not based on faith; on the contrary, “The man who does these things will live by them.”<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">e</a></span> <A name="14"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/3-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Christ 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.”<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">f</a></span> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/3-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>He redeemed us in order that the blessing promised to Abraham<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">g</a></span> would come to the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit. <A name="16"></a><p class="hdg">The Purpose of the Law<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../romans/7.htm">Romans 7:1–6</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/3-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Brothers, let me put this in human terms. Even a human covenant, once it is ratified, cannot be canceled or amended. <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/3-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. The Scripture does not say, “and to seeds,” meaning many, but “and to your seed,”<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">h</a></span> meaning One, who is Christ. <A name="18"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/3-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>What 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. <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/3-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>For 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. <A name="20"></a><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 added because of transgressions, until the arrival of the seed to whom the promise referred. It was administered through angels by a mediator. <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/3-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>A mediator is unnecessary, however, for only one party; but God is one. <A name="22"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/3-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>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. <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/3-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>But the Scripture pronounces all things confined by sin, so that by faith in Jesus Christ the promise might be given to those who believe. <A name="24"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/3-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Before this faith came, we were held in custody under the law, locked up until faith should be revealed. <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/3-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>So the law became our guardian to lead us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith. <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/3-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian. <A name="27"></a><p class="hdg">Sons through Faith in Christ<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. <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/3-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/3-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for 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 Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the promise.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">6</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <a href="../genesis/15.htm#6">Genesis 15:6</a><br><span class="fnverse">8</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> See <a href="../genesis/12.htm#3">Genesis 12:3</a>, <a href="../genesis/18.htm#18">Genesis 18:18</a>, and <a href="../genesis/22.htm#18">Genesis 22:18</a>.<br><span class="fnverse">10</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> <a href="../deuteronomy/27.htm#26">Deuteronomy 27:26</a> (see also LXX)<br><span class="fnverse">11</span> <span class="footnotesbot">d</span> <a href="../habakkuk/2.htm#4">Habakkuk 2:4</a><br><span class="fnverse">12</span> <span class="footnotesbot">e</span> <a href="../leviticus/18.htm#5">Leviticus 18:5</a>; see also <a href="../ezekiel/20.htm#11">Ezekiel 20:11, 13, and 21</a>.<br><span class="fnverse">13</span> <span class="footnotesbot">f</span> <a href="../deuteronomy/21.htm#23">Deuteronomy 21:23</a> (see also LXX)<br><span class="fnverse">14</span> <span class="footnotesbot">g</span> Literally <i>the blessing of Abraham</i><br><span class="fnverse">16</span> <span class="footnotesbot">h</span> <a href="../genesis/12.htm#7">Genesis 12:7</a>; <a href="../genesis/13.htm#15">Genesis 13:15</a><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Standard Bible (BSB)</a> printed 2016, 2020, 2022, 2025 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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