Galatians 2:20-3:15

English Standard Version

²⁰ I have been ^(A)crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives ^(B)in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, ^(C)who loved me and ^(D)gave himself for me. ²¹ I do not nullify the grace of God, for ^(E)if righteousness^[a] were through the law, ^(F)then Christ died for no purpose.

By Faith, or by Works of the Law?

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

⁷ Know then that it is ^(P)those of faith who are ^(Q)the sons of Abraham. ⁸ And the Scripture, foreseeing that ^(R)God would justify^[d] the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, ^(S)“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 ^(T)under a curse; for it is written, ^(U)“Cursed be everyone who does not ^(V)abide by all things written in the Book of the Law, and do them.” ¹¹ Now it is evident that ^(W)no one is justified before God by the law, for ^(X)“The righteous shall live by faith.”^{[e] 12} But the law is not of faith, rather ^(Y)“The one who does them shall live by them.” ¹³ Christ ^(Z)redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, ^(AA)“Cursed is everyone who is hanged ^(AB)on a tree”— ¹⁴ so that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might ^(AC)come to the Gentiles, so that ^(AD)we might receive ^(AE)the promised Spirit^[f] through faith.

The Law and the Promise

^15 (AF)To give a human example, brothers:^{[g] (AG)}even with a man-made covenant, no one annuls it or adds to it once it has been ratified.