## The Righteous Shall Live by Faith 

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O foolish Galatians, who bewitched you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed _as_ crucified? 

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This is the only thing I want to learn from you: did you receive the Spirit by the works of the Law, or by hearing with faith? 

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Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh? 

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Did you suffer so many things for nothing--if indeed it was for nothing? 

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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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Just as Abraham believed God and it was counted to him as righteousness, 

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so know that those who are of faith, those are sons of Abraham. 

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And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, proclaimed the gospel beforehand to Abraham, _saying_, "All the nations will be blessed in you." 

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So then those who are of faith are blessed with Abraham, the believer. 

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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 do them." 

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Now that no one is justified by the Law before God is evident, for "The righteous shall live by faith." 

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However, the Law is not of faith; rather, "He who does them shall live by them." 

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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"-- 

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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. 

## The Promise by Faith 

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Brothers, I speak in human terms: even though it is _only_ a man's covenant, yet when it has been ratified, no one sets it aside or adds conditions to it. 

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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. 

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And what I am saying is this: the Law, which came 430 years later, does not invalidate a covenant previously ratified by God, so as to abolish the promise. 

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For if the inheritance is by law, it is no longer by promise, but God has granted it to Abraham through promise. 

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Why the Law then? It was added because of trespasses, having been ordained through angels by the hand of a mediator, until the seed would come to whom the promise had been made. 

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Now a mediator is not for one _person only_, whereas God is one. 

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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 would indeed be by law. 

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But the Scripture has shut up everyone under sin, so that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe. 

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But before faith came, we were held in custody under the Law, being shut up for the coming faith to be revealed. 

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Therefore the Law has become our tutor unto Christ, so that we may be justified by faith. 

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But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor. 

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For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. 

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For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. 

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There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 

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And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's seed, heirs according to promise.