Galatians 3 Inconsiderate Galatians! who hath bewitched you that you should not obey the truth; you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ crucified was evidently represented among you?

Thomson⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ Inconsiderate Galatians! who hath bewitched you that you should not obey the truth; you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ crucified was evidently represented among you? ² I wish to learn from you this only"Did you receive the spirit for works of law, or for the obedience of belief? ³ Are you so unwise? Having begun with spirit are you now perfecting your selves with flesh? ⁴ Have you suffered so many things in vain? But if indeed in vain; ⁵ doth he then, who ministereth the spirit to you abundantly, and worketh miracles among you, do this for works of law, or for the obedience of belief? ⁶ As Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him for righteousness, 7 know therefore, that they who are believers are children of Abraham. ⁸ The scripture indeed, foreseeing that God would justify the nations for belief, predicted to Abraham the glad tidings [in these words] "By thee all the nations shall be blessed." ⁹ So that they who are believers are blessed with the believing Abraham. ¹⁰ For as many as are of works of law are under a curse; for it is written, "Cursed is every one who will not persevere in all that. are written in the book of the law to do them." ¹¹ And that none is justified by law in the sight of God is evident, for "the just shall live because of faith." ¹² Now the law is not because of belief, but, "The man who doth these things shall live by them." ¹³ From this curse of the law Christ hath redeemed us, being made a curse for us; [for it is written, "Cursed, is every one who is suspended on a cross,"] ¹⁴ that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the nations by Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the spirit by means of this belief. ¹⁵ Brethren [I speak according to the practice of men] as no one disannulleth the covenant of a man, or superaddeth to it when it is ratified; ¹⁶ and the promises were made to Abraham and the seed of him [it is not said "and to the seeds" as if it was a covenant for many, but as if for one, and to the seed of thee; namely Christ] ¹⁷ now this I say that the law which was four hundred and thirty years after, doth not disannul a covenant ratified by God for Christ, so as to put a stop to the promise. ¹⁸ For if the inheritance be by law, it is no longer by promise; but God granted it freely by promise. ¹⁹ To what purpose then was the law? [b] On the account of transgressions it was superadded until the seed should come, to whom the promise was made; and it was introduced through angels by the hand of a mediator; ²⁰ but this mediator was not of one party. [a] But God is one party; ²¹ is then the law against the promises of God? [b] No by no means; for if a law had been given which could have put into a state of life, righteousness would assuredly have been by law. ²² But the scripture hath shut all up under sin, that the promise for belief in Jesus Christ might be granted to them who believe. ²³ Now before this belief came, we were under the custody of law, shut up together for the future belief to be revealed. ²⁴ So that the law was our tutor to guide us to Christ, that we might be justified for belief. ²⁵ But this belief being come, we are no longer under a tutor; ²⁶ for you are all children of God by means of this belief in Christ Jesus. ²⁷ For as many of you as have been baptized to Christ, have put on Christ, ²⁸ There is in him no distinction of Jew and Greek, no distinction of bondman and freeman, no distinction of male and female. For you are all one in Christ Jesus. ²⁹ And if you are Christ's, you are then the seed of Abraham and heirs according to promise.