Galatians 2:15-3:9

English Standard Version Anglicised

Justified by Faith

¹⁵ We ourselves are Jews by birth and not ^(A)Gentile sinners; ¹⁶ yet we know that ^(B)a person is not justified^[a] by works of the law ^(C)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, ^(D)because by works of the law no one will be justified.

¹⁷ But if, in our endeavour to be justified in Christ, we too were found ^(E)to be sinners, is Christ then a servant of sin? Certainly not! ¹⁸ For if I rebuild what I tore down, I prove myself to be a transgressor. ¹⁹ For through the law I ^(F)died to the law, so that I might ^(G)live to God. ²⁰ I have been ^(H)crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives ^(I)in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, ^(J)who loved me and ^(K)gave himself for me. ²¹ I do not nullify the grace of God, for ^(L)if righteousness^[b] were through the law, ^(M)then Christ died for no purpose.

By Faith, or by Works of the Law?

3 O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? ^(N)It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly ^(O)portrayed as crucified. ² Let me ask you only this: ^(P)Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law or by ^(Q)hearing with faith? ³ Are you so foolish? ^(R)Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by^[c] the flesh? ^4 (S)Did you suffer^[d] so many things in vain—if indeed it was in vain? ⁵ Does he who supplies the Spirit to you and ^(T)works miracles among you do so ^(U)by works of the law, or by hearing with faith— ⁶ just as ^(V)Abraham “believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness”?

⁷ Know then that it is ^(W)those of faith who are ^(X)the sons of Abraham. ⁸ And the Scripture, foreseeing that ^(Y)God would justify^[e] the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, ^(Z)“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.