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Gálatas 3
Almeida Revista e Corrigida 2009
Gálatas 3
Almeida Revista e Corrigida 2009
A lei é impotente para salvar, mas conduz a Cristo e à fé
3 Ó insensatos gálatas! Quem vos fascinou para não obedecerdes à verdade, a vós, perante os olhos de quem Jesus Cristo foi já representado como crucificado? 2 Só quisera saber isto de vós: recebestes o Espírito pelas obras da lei ou pela pregação da fé? 3 Sois vós tão insensatos que, tendo começado pelo Espírito, acabeis agora pela carne? 4 Será em vão que tenhais padecido tanto? Se é que isso também foi em vão. 5 Aquele, pois, que vos dá o Espírito e que opera maravilhas entre vós o faz pelas obras da lei ou pela pregação da fé?
6 É o caso de Abraão, que creu em Deus, e isso lhe foi imputado como justiça. 7 Sabei, pois, que os que são da fé são filhos de Abraão. 8 Ora, tendo a Escritura previsto que Deus havia de justificar pela fé os gentios, anunciou primeiro o evangelho a Abraão, dizendo: Todas as nações serão benditas em ti. 9 De sorte que os que são da fé são benditos com o crente Abraão. 10 Todos aqueles, pois, que são das obras da lei estão debaixo da maldição; porque escrito está: Maldito todo aquele que não permanecer em todas as coisas que estão escritas no livro da lei, para fazê-las. 11 E é evidente que, pela lei, ninguém será justificado diante de Deus, porque o justo viverá da fé. 12 Ora, a lei não é da fé, mas o homem que fizer estas coisas por elas viverá. 13 Cristo nos resgatou da maldição da lei, fazendo-se maldição por nós, porque está escrito: Maldito todo aquele que for pendurado no madeiro; 14 para que a bênção de Abraão chegasse aos gentios por Jesus Cristo e para que, pela fé, nós recebamos a promessa do Espírito.
15 Irmãos, como homem falo. Se o testamento de um homem for confirmado, ninguém o anula nem lhe acrescenta alguma coisa. 16 Ora, as promessas foram feitas a Abraão e à sua posteridade. Não diz: E às posteridades, como falando de muitas, mas como de uma só: E à tua posteridade, que é Cristo. 17 Mas digo isto: que tendo sido o testamento anteriormente confirmado por Deus, a lei, que veio quatrocentos e trinta anos depois, não o invalida, de forma a abolir a promessa. 18 Porque, se a herança provém da lei, já não provém da promessa; mas Deus, pela promessa, a deu gratuitamente a Abraão. 19 Logo, para que é a lei? Foi ordenada por causa das transgressões, até que viesse a posteridade a quem a promessa tinha sido feita, e foi posta pelos anjos na mão de um medianeiro. 20 Ora, o medianeiro não o é de um só, mas Deus é um. 21 Logo, a lei é contra as promessas de Deus? De nenhuma sorte; porque, se dada fosse uma lei que pudesse vivificar, a justiça, na verdade, teria sido pela lei. 22 Mas a Escritura encerrou tudo debaixo do pecado, para que a promessa pela fé em Jesus Cristo fosse dada aos crentes.
23 Mas, antes que a fé viesse, estávamos guardados debaixo da lei e encerrados para aquela fé que se havia de manifestar. 24 De maneira que a lei nos serviu de aio, para nos conduzir a Cristo, para que, pela fé, fôssemos justificados. 25 Mas, depois que a fé veio, já não estamos debaixo de aio. 26 Porque todos sois filhos de Deus pela fé em Cristo Jesus; 27 porque todos quantos fostes batizados em Cristo já vos revestistes de Cristo. 28 Nisto não há judeu nem grego; não há servo nem livre; não há macho nem fêmea; porque todos vós sois um em Cristo Jesus. 29 E, se sois de Cristo, então, sois descendência de Abraão e herdeiros conforme a promessa.
Galatians 3
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Galatians 3
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Faith or Works of the Law
3 You foolish(A) Galatians!(B) Who has bewitched you?(C) Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified.(D) 2 I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit(E) by the works of the law,(F) or by believing what you heard?(G) 3 Are you so foolish? After beginning by means of the Spirit, are you now trying to finish by means of the flesh?[a] 4 Have you experienced[b] so much in vain—if it really was in vain? 5 So again I ask, does God give you his Spirit and work miracles(H) among you by the works of the law, or by your believing what you heard?(I) 6 So also Abraham “believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”[c](J)
7 Understand, then, that those who have faith(K) are children of Abraham.(L) 8 Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and announced the gospel in advance to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.”[d](M) 9 So those who rely on faith(N) are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.(O)
10 For all who rely on the works of the law(P) are under a curse,(Q) as it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”[e](R) 11 Clearly no one who relies on the law is justified before God,(S) because “the righteous will live by faith.”[f](T) 12 The law is not based on faith; on the contrary, it says, “The person who does these things will live by them.”[g](U) 13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law(V) by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a pole.”[h](W) 14 He redeemed us in order that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus,(X) so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.(Y)
The Law and the Promise
15 Brothers and sisters,(Z) let me take an example from everyday life. Just as no one can set aside or add to a human covenant that has been duly established, so it is in this case. 16 The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed.(AA) Scripture does not say “and to seeds,” meaning many people, but “and to your seed,”[i](AB) meaning one person, who is Christ. 17 What I mean is this: The law, introduced 430 years(AC) later, does not set aside the covenant previously established by God and thus do away with the promise. 18 For if the inheritance depends on the law, then it no longer depends on the promise;(AD) but God in his grace gave it to Abraham through a promise.
19 Why, then, was the law given at all? It was added because of transgressions(AE) until the Seed(AF) to whom the promise referred had come. The law was given through angels(AG) and entrusted to a mediator.(AH) 20 A mediator,(AI) however, implies more than one party; but God is one.
21 Is the law, therefore, opposed to the promises of God? Absolutely not!(AJ) For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come by the law.(AK) 22 But Scripture has locked up everything under the control of sin,(AL) so that what was promised, being given through faith in Jesus Christ, might be given to those who believe.
Children of God
23 Before the coming of this faith,[j] we were held in custody(AM) under the law, locked up until the faith that was to come would be revealed.(AN) 24 So the law was our guardian until Christ came(AO) that we might be justified by faith.(AP) 25 Now that this faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian.(AQ)
26 So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God(AR) through faith, 27 for all of you who were baptized into Christ(AS) have clothed yourselves with Christ.(AT) 28 There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free,(AU) nor is there male and female,(AV) for you are all one in Christ Jesus.(AW) 29 If you belong to Christ,(AX) then you are Abraham’s seed,(AY) and heirs(AZ) according to the promise.(BA)
Footnotes
- Galatians 3:3 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit.
- Galatians 3:4 Or suffered
- Galatians 3:6 Gen. 15:6
- Galatians 3:8 Gen. 12:3; 18:18; 22:18
- Galatians 3:10 Deut. 27:26
- Galatians 3:11 Hab. 2:4
- Galatians 3:12 Lev. 18:5
- Galatians 3:13 Deut. 21:23
- Galatians 3:16 Gen. 12:7; 13:15; 24:7
- Galatians 3:23 Or through the faithfulness of Jesus … 23 Before faith came
Galatians 3
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Galatians 3
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3 O you Galatians, have you no sense at all? Who has fooled you? You knew, just as if you had seen him with your own eyes, that Jesus Christ was killed on a cross.
2 Here is one thing I want to ask you. You received the Holy Spirit. Was that because you obeyed the law [given to the Jews by Moses]? No, it was because you heard God's word and believed it.
3 Have you no sense at all? You began living your new life by the power of the Spirit. And are you now trying to finish living it by your own power [to keep the law]?
4 So many things happened to you. Was it all for nothing? Surely it was not for nothing.
5 God gives you the Spirit. He does wonderful works among you. Does he do this because you obey the law? No, he does it because you heard the word of God and believed it.
6 So it was with Abraham. The holy writings say `He believed God, and that was why God called him a good man.'
7 You see then, the people who believe God are children of Abraham.
8 The holy writings say that he will put people right with himself if they believe him, even those who are not Jews. It was written down before God did it. The holy writings told the good news to Abraham ahead of time. It said, `God will make you a blessing to all nations and people.'
9 Abraham believed God and was blessed. And so those who believe God are blessed too, along with him.
10 A curse is on all people who are trying to become good by obeying the law. The holy writings say, `Everyone is cursed who does not always obey everything that is written in the book of the law and do it.'
11 Now, you can see this. No man is called a good man by God because he obeys the law. The holy writings say, `Those who are right with God shall live by faith.'
12 The law does not ask people to believe. It says, `He who obeys the laws will live because of them.'
13 Christ has saved us from the curse which the law put on us. He took the curse on himself. It should have been on us. The holy writings say, `A curse be on everyone who hangs on a tree!'
14 Christ Jesus did this so that those who are not Jews will have the blessing which Abraham had. He did this so that when we believe, we will receive the Spirit who was promised to us.
15 My brothers, it is the same as when a man makes a promise. He makes it good and strong. Then no one can break it or add anything to it.
16 God made his promises to Abraham and to his Son. The promise does not have the words, `and to his sons,' for that means many sons. But it says, `and to his Son,' and that Son is Christ.
17 Here is what I mean. The law was given [to Moses] four hundred and thirty years after God gave that promise to Abraham. But it cannot break the strong promise which God made. And the law cannot change God's promise.
18 Do we get what God has promised us by obeying the law? If we do, then we are not getting it by his promise. But God gave it to Abraham by his promise.
19 Why then was the law made? God gave it after he made the promise, because so many people were doing what was wrong. The law was to be in power only until the Son came, the one to whom the promise was made. The law was handed down by God's angels with the help of a middle man.
20 To need the help of a middle man there must be more than one person making the agreement. But God is the only one who made the promise.
21 Is the law against the promises of God? No, it is not! If a law had been given that could give people life, then surely people would have become good people by the law.
22 But the holy writings say it is like this. The whole world is in prison, kept there by the wrong things they have done. This was done so that people who believe in Jesus Christ would have the blessing. This blessing was promised to those who believe.
23 Before one came for us to believe in, the law held us in prison like slaves. We were kept there until the one to believe in should come.
24 The law watched over us, as if we were children, until Christ came. Then God would put us right with himself through faith in Christ.
25 But now that one has come for us to believe in, the law does not watch over us any longer.
26 You are all God's children because you have believed in Christ Jesus.
27 All of you who have been baptised into Christ have taken Christ as your own.
28 There is no longer any difference between a Jew and one who is not a Jew; between a slave and a free man; between a man and a woman. When you are in the body of Christ Jesus, you are all alike.
29 If you belong to Christ, you are Abraham's children. And if you are Abraham's children, you will receive the blessing that God has promised.
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