1 Foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified? 2 I want to learn only this from you: did you receive the Spirit by works of the law or by hearing with faith? 3 Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being brought to completion by the flesh? 4 Did you suffer so much in vain—if indeed it was in vain? 5 So does the one who supplies you with the Spirit and works miracles among you do so by works of the law or by hearing with faith? 6 In the same way, Abraham “believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.” 7 Know, then, that those who are of faith are sons of Abraham. 8 And Scripture, foreseeing that God justifies the Gentiles by faith, proclaimed the gospel beforehand to Abraham: “All the nations will be blessed in you.” 9 So those who are of faith are blessed with Abraham, the man of faith. 10 For all who rely on works of the law are under a curse, for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all the things written in the book of the law, to do them.” 11 Now it is clear that no one is justified before God by the law, because “The righteous will live by faith.” 12 But the law is not based on faith; rather, “The one who does these things will live by them.” 13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, because it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree,” 14 so that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles, so that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. 15 Brothers and sisters, I speak in human terms: even a human covenant, once ratified, is not set aside or added to by anyone. 16 Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. It does not say, “And to seeds,” as referring to many, but as referring to one, “And to your seed,” who is Christ. 17 This is what I mean: the law, which came 430 years later, does not invalidate a covenant previously ratified by God, so as to nullify the promise. 18 For if the inheritance comes from the law, it no longer comes from a promise. But God graciously gave it to Abraham through a promise. 19 Why, then, the law? It was added because of transgressions, until the seed to whom the promise had been made should come, and it was ordained through angels by the hand of a mediator. 20 Now a mediator is not for one party alone, but God is one. 21 Is the law, then, against the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could give life, righteousness would indeed come from the law. 22 But Scripture confined everything under sin, so that the promise through faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe. 23 Before faith came, we were held in custody under the law, confined until the faith that was to be revealed. 24 So the law became our guardian until Christ came, so that we might be justified by faith. 25 But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian. 26 For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. 27 For all of you who were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 28 There is no Jew or Greek, no slave or free; there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29 And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's seed, heirs according to the promise.