Galatians 2:17-3:9

English Standard Version

¹⁷ But if, in our endeavor to be justified in Christ, we too were found ^(A)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 ^(B)died to the law, so that I might ^(C)live to God. ²⁰ I have been ^(D)crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives ^(E)in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, ^(F)who loved me and ^(G)gave himself for me. ²¹ I do not nullify the grace of God, for ^(H)if righteousness^[a] were through the law, ^(I)then Christ died for no purpose.

By Faith, or by Works of the Law?

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

⁷ Know then that it is ^(S)those of faith who are ^(T)the sons of Abraham. ⁸ And the Scripture, foreseeing that ^(U)God would justify^[d] the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, ^(V)“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.