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- You foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified?
- This is the only thing I want to find out from you: did you receive the Spirit by the works of the Law, or by hearing with faith?
- Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh?
- Did you suffer so many things in vain--if indeed it was in vain?
- So then, does He who provides you with the Spirit and works miracles among you, do it by the works of the Law, or by hearing with faith?
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- Even so Abraham BELIEVED GOD, AND IT WAS RECKONED TO HIM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS.
- Therefore, be sure that it is those who are of faith who are sons of Abraham.
- The Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, "ALL THE NATIONS WILL BE BLESSED IN YOU."
- So then those who are of faith are blessed with Abraham, the believer.
- For as many as are of the works of 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."
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- Now that no one is justified by the Law before God is evident; for, "THE RIGHTEOUS MAN SHALL LIVE BY FAITH."
- However, the Law is not of faith; on the contrary, "HE WHO PRACTICES THEM SHALL LIVE BY THEM."
- 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 TREE"--
- in order that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles, so that we would receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
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