Galatians 3, Additional Reading Deuteronomy 30

Thursday, September 26, 2024
 

Faith Brings Righteousness

3 [a]You foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified? 2 This is the only thing I want to find out from you: did you receive the Spirit by the works of [b]the Law, or by [c]hearing with faith? 3 Are you so foolish? Having begun [d]by the Spirit, are you now [e]being perfected by the flesh? 4 Did you [f]suffer so many things in vain—if indeed it was in vain? 5 So then, does He who provides you with the Spirit and works [g]miracles among you, do it by the works of [h]the Law, or by [i]hearing with faith?

6 [j]Even so Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness. 7 Therefore, [k]be sure that it is those who are of faith who are sons of Abraham. 8 The Scripture, foreseeing that God [l]would justify the [m]Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, “All the nations will be blessed in you.” 9 So then those who are of faith are blessed with [n]Abraham, the believer.

10 For as many as are of the works of [o]the Law are under a curse; for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who does not abide by all things written in the book of the law, to perform them.” 11 Now that no one is justified [p]by [q]the Law before God is evident; for, “[r]The righteous man shall live by faith.” 12 [s]However, the Law is not [t]of faith; on the contrary, “He who practices them shall live [u]by them.” 13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law, having become a curse for us—for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a [v]tree”— 14 in order that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might [w]come to the Gentiles, so that we would receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

Intent of the Law

15 Brethren, I speak [x]in terms of human relations: even though it is only a man’s [y]covenant, yet when it has been ratified, no one sets it aside or adds [z]conditions to it. 16 Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. He does not say, “And to seeds,” as referring to many, but rather to one, “And to your seed,” that is, Christ. 17 What I am saying is this: the Law, which came four hundred and thirty years later, does not invalidate a covenant previously ratified by God, so as to nullify the promise. 18 For if the inheritance is [aa]based on law, it is no longer [ab]based on a promise; but God has granted it to Abraham by means of a promise.

19 Why the Law then? It was added [ac]because of transgressions, having been ordained through angels by the [ad]agency of a mediator, until the seed would come to whom the promise had been made. 20 Now a mediator is not [ae]for one party only; whereas God is only one. 21 Is the Law then contrary to the promises of God? May it never be! For if a law had been given which was able to impart life, then righteousness [af]would indeed have been [ag]based on law. 22 But the Scripture has shut up [ah]everyone under sin, so that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.

23 But before faith came, we were kept in custody under the law, being shut up to the faith which was later to be revealed. 24 Therefore the Law has become our tutor to lead us to Christ, so that we may be justified by faith. 25 But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a [ai]tutor. 26 For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. 27 For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is [aj]neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29 And if you [ak]belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s [al]descendants, heirs according to promise.

Footnotes

  1. Galatians 3:1 Lit O
  2. Galatians 3:2 Or law
  3. Galatians 3:2 Lit the hearing of faith
  4. Galatians 3:3 Or with
  5. Galatians 3:3 Or ending with
  6. Galatians 3:4 Or experience
  7. Galatians 3:5 Or works of power
  8. Galatians 3:5 Or law
  9. Galatians 3:5 Lit the hearing of faith
  10. Galatians 3:6 Lit Just as
  11. Galatians 3:7 Lit know
  12. Galatians 3:8 Lit justifies
  13. Galatians 3:8 Lit nations
  14. Galatians 3:9 Lit the believing Abraham
  15. Galatians 3:10 Or law
  16. Galatians 3:11 Or in
  17. Galatians 3:11 Or law
  18. Galatians 3:11 Or But he who is righteous by faith shall live
  19. Galatians 3:12 Or And
  20. Galatians 3:12 Or based on
  21. Galatians 3:12 Or in
  22. Galatians 3:13 Or cross; lit wood
  23. Galatians 3:14 Or occur
  24. Galatians 3:15 Lit according to man
  25. Galatians 3:15 Or will or testament
  26. Galatians 3:15 Or a codicil
  27. Galatians 3:18 Lit out of, from
  28. Galatians 3:18 Lit out of, from
  29. Galatians 3:19 Or for the sake of defining
  30. Galatians 3:19 Lit hand
  31. Galatians 3:20 Lit of one
  32. Galatians 3:21 Or would indeed be
  33. Galatians 3:21 Lit out of, from
  34. Galatians 3:22 Lit things
  35. Galatians 3:25 Lit child-conductor
  36. Galatians 3:28 Lit not male and female
  37. Galatians 3:29 Lit are Christ’s
  38. Galatians 3:29 Lit seed
 
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Restoration Promised

30 “So it shall be when all of these things have come upon you, the blessing and the curse which I have set before you, and you [a]call them to mind in all nations where the Lord your God has banished you, 2 and you return to the Lord your God and [b]obey Him with all your heart and soul according to all that I command you today, you and your sons, 3 then the Lord your God will restore [c]you from captivity, and have compassion on you, and will gather you again from all the peoples where the Lord your God has scattered you. 4 If your outcasts are at the ends of the [d]earth, from there the Lord your God will gather you, and from there He will [e]bring you back. 5 The Lord your God will bring you into the land which your fathers possessed, and you shall possess it; and He will prosper you and multiply you more than your fathers.

6 “Moreover the Lord your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your [f]descendants, to love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, so that you may live. 7 The Lord your God will [g]inflict all these curses on your enemies and on those who hate you, who persecuted you. 8 And you shall again [h]obey the Lord, and observe all His commandments which I command you today. 9 Then the Lord your God will [i]prosper you abundantly in all the work of your hand, in the [j]offspring of your [k]body and in the [l]offspring of your cattle and in the [m]produce of your ground, for the Lord will again rejoice over you for good, just as He rejoiced over your fathers; 10 [n]if you [o]obey the Lord your God to keep His commandments and His statutes which are written in this book of the law, [p]if you turn to the Lord your God with all your heart and soul.

11 “For this commandment which I command you today is not too difficult for you, nor is it [q]out of reach. 12 It is not in heaven, [r]that you should say, ‘Who will go up to heaven for us to get it for us and make us hear it, that we may observe it?’ 13 Nor is it beyond the sea, [s]that you should say, ‘Who will cross the sea for us to get it for us and make us hear it, that we may observe it?’ 14 But the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, that you may observe it.

Choose Life

15 “See, I have set before you today life and [t]prosperity, and death and [u]adversity; 16 in that I command you today to love the Lord your God, to walk in His ways and to keep His commandments and His statutes and His judgments, that you may live and multiply, and that the Lord your God may bless you in the land where you are entering to possess it. 17 But if your heart turns away and you will not obey, but are drawn away and worship other gods and serve them, 18 I declare to you today that you shall surely perish. You will not prolong your days in the land where you are crossing the Jordan to enter [v]and possess it. 19 I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. So choose life in order that you may live, you and your [w]descendants, 20 by loving the Lord your God, by obeying His voice, and by holding fast to Him; for [x]this is your life and the length of your days, [y]that you may live in the land which the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give them.”

Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 30:1 Lit cause them to return to your heart
  2. Deuteronomy 30:2 Lit listen to His voice
  3. Deuteronomy 30:3 Lit your captivity
  4. Deuteronomy 30:4 Lit sky
  5. Deuteronomy 30:4 Lit take you
  6. Deuteronomy 30:6 Lit seed
  7. Deuteronomy 30:7 Lit put
  8. Deuteronomy 30:8 Lit listen to the voice of
  9. Deuteronomy 30:9 Lit make you have excess for good
  10. Deuteronomy 30:9 Lit fruit
  11. Deuteronomy 30:9 Lit womb
  12. Deuteronomy 30:9 Lit fruit
  13. Deuteronomy 30:9 Lit fruit
  14. Deuteronomy 30:10 Or for you will
  15. Deuteronomy 30:10 Lit listen to the voice of
  16. Deuteronomy 30:10 Or for you will
  17. Deuteronomy 30:11 Lit far off
  18. Deuteronomy 30:12 Lit to say
  19. Deuteronomy 30:13 Lit to say
  20. Deuteronomy 30:15 Lit good
  21. Deuteronomy 30:15 Lit evil
  22. Deuteronomy 30:18 Lit to
  23. Deuteronomy 30:19 Lit seed
  24. Deuteronomy 30:20 Lit that
  25. Deuteronomy 30:20 Lit to dwell

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