Galatians 3:1-14

By Faith, or by Works of the Law?

1 O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? z It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly a portrayed as crucified. 2 Let me ask you only this: b Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law or by c hearing with faith? 3 Are you so foolish? d Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by 1 the flesh? 4 e Did you suffer 2 so many things in vain - if indeed it was in vain? 5 Does he who supplies the Spirit to you and f works miracles among you do so g by works of the law, or by hearing with faith - 6 just as h Abraham "believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness"?

7 Know then that it is i those of faith who are j the sons of Abraham. 8 And the Scripture, foreseeing that k God would justify 3 the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, l "In you shall all the nations be blessed." 9 So then, those who are of faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.

The Righteous Shall Live by Faith

10 For all who rely on works of the law are m under a curse; for it is written, n "Cursed be everyone who does not o abide by all things written in the Book of the Law, and do them." 11 Now it is evident that p no one is justified before God by the law, for q "The righteous shall live by faith." 4 12 But the law is not of faith, rather r "The one who does them shall live by them." 13 Christ s redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us - for it is written, t "Cursed is everyone who is hanged u on a tree" - 14 so that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might v come to the Gentiles, so that w we might receive x the promised Spirit 5 through faith.

  1. Cross References
    Numbers 21:9
    So Moses made a bronze serpent and set it on a pole. And if a serpent bit anyone, he would look at the bronze serpent and live.
  2. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 1:23
    But we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles.
  3. Cross References
    Galatians 3:14
    So that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles, so that we might receive the promised Spirit through faith.
    Ephesians 1:13
    In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit.
    Hebrews 6:4
    For it is impossible, in the case of those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have shared in the Holy Spirit.
    Acts 15:8
    And God, who knows the heart, bore witness to them, by giving them the Holy Spirit just as he did to us.
  4. Cross References
    Romans 10:17
    So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.
  5. Cross References
    Philippians 1:6
    And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.
    Galatians 4:9
    But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how can you turn back again to the weak and worthless elementary principles of the world, whose slaves you want to be once more?
  6. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 15:2
    And by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you - unless you believed in vain.
    Hebrews 10:35
    Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward.
    2 John 1:8
    Watch yourselves, so that you may not lose what we have worked for, but may win a full reward.
  7. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 12:10
    To another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another the ability to distinguish between spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues.
  8. Cross References
    Galatians 3:2
    Let me ask you only this: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law or by hearing with faith?
  9. Cross References
    Genesis 15:6
    And he believed the Lord, and he counted it to him as righteousness.
    Romans 4:9
    Is this blessing then only for the circumcised, or also for the uncircumcised? We say that faith was counted to Abraham as righteousness.
    Romans 4:21 - 22
    Fully convinced that God was able to do what he had promised.
    Romans 4:3
    For what does the Scripture say? "Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.
  10. Cross References
    Genesis 15:6
    And he believed the Lord, and he counted it to him as righteousness.
  11. Cross References
    Galatians 3:9
    So then, those who are of faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.
  12. Cross References
    Luke 19:9
    And Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has come to this house, since he also is a son of Abraham.
  13. Cross References
    Romans 3:30
    Since God is one - who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith.
  14. Cross References
    Genesis 12:3
    I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.
  15. Cross References
    Genesis 12:3
    I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.
  16. Cross References
    Galatians 5:4
    You are severed from Christ, you who would be justified by the law; you have fallen away from grace.
    Romans 4:15
    For the law brings wrath, but where there is no law there is no transgression.
  17. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 27:26
    "'Cursed be anyone who does not confirm the words of this law by doing them.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
    Jeremiah 11:3
    You shall say to them, Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Cursed be the man who does not hear the words of this covenant
    Ezekiel 18:4
    Behold, all souls are mine; the soul of the father as well as the soul of the son is mine: the soul who sins shall die.
  18. Cross References
    Matthew 5:19
    Therefore whoever relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
  19. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 27:26
    "'Cursed be anyone who does not confirm the words of this law by doing them.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
  20. Cross References
    Galatians 2:16
    Yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.
  21. Cross References
    Romans 1:17
    For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, "The righteous shall live by faith.
    Hebrews 10:38
    But my righteous one shall live by faith, and if he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him.
    Habakkuk 2:4
    Behold, his soul is puffed up; it is not upright within him, but the righteous shall live by his faith.
  22. Cross References
    Habakkuk 2:4
    Behold, his soul is puffed up; it is not upright within him, but the righteous shall live by his faith.
  23. Cross References
    Leviticus 18:5
    You shall therefore keep my statutes and my rules; if a person does them, he shall live by them: I am the Lord.
    Romans 10:5
    For Moses writes about the righteousness that is based on the law, that the person who does the commandments shall live by them.
  24. Cross References
    Leviticus 18:5
    You shall therefore keep my statutes and my rules; if a person does them, he shall live by them: I am the Lord.
  25. Cross References
    Galatians 4:5
    To redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.
    Revelation 22:3
    No longer will there be anything accursed, but the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will worship him.
    2 Peter 2:1
    But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction.
  26. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 21:23
    His body shall not remain all night on the tree, but you shall bury him the same day, for a hanged man is cursed by God. You shall not defile your land that the Lord your God is giving you for an inheritance.
  27. Cross References
    Acts 5:30
    The God of our fathers raised Jesus, whom you killed by hanging him on a tree.
  28. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 21:23
    His body shall not remain all night on the tree, but you shall bury him the same day, for a hanged man is cursed by God. You shall not defile your land that the Lord your God is giving you for an inheritance.
  29. Cross References
    Romans 4:9
    Is this blessing then only for the circumcised, or also for the uncircumcised? We say that faith was counted to Abraham as righteousness.
    Romans 4:16
    That is why it depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his offspring - not only to the adherent of the law but also to the one who shares the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all.
    Galatians 3:28
    There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
  30. Cross References
    Galatians 3:2
    Let me ask you only this: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law or by hearing with faith?
  31. Cross References
    Acts 2:33
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    Isaiah 32:15
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    Isaiah 44:3
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    Joel 2:28
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    John 7:39
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    Ephesians 1:13
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