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OfoolishGalatians,who hath bewitchedyou, that ye shouldnotobey the truth,beforewhoseeyesJesusChrist hath been evidently set forth, crucifiedamongyou?
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Thisonlywould I learnofyou, Received ye the Spiritby the works of the law,orby the hearing of faith?
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Are yesofoolish? having begun in the Spirit, are yenow made perfect by the flesh?
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Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if it be yetinvain.
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He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit,andworkethmiraclesamongyou, doeth he it by the works of the law,orby the hearing of faith?
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Even asAbrahambelievedGod,and it was accounted[a] to himforrighteousness.
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Know yethereforethat they which are offaith, the sameare the children of Abraham.
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And the scripture,foreseeingthatGod would justify the heathenthroughfaith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham,saying,Intheeshallallnations be blessed.
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So then they which be offaith are blessedwithfaithfulAbraham.
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For as many asareof the works of the lawareunder the curse:for it is written, Cursed is every onethatcontinuethnotin all thingswhich are writtenin the book of the law to dothem.
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Butthat no man is justifiedby the law in the sight of God, it is evident:for, The just shall livebyfaith.
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And the lawisnotoffaith:but, The man that doeththem shall liveinthem.
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Christ hath redeemedusfrom the curse of the law, being made a curseforus:for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangethon a tree:
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That the blessing of Abraham might comeon the GentilesthroughJesusChrist;that we might receive the promise of the Spiritthroughfaith.
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Brethren, I speak after the manner ofmen; Though it be but a man'scovenant,[b] yet if it be confirmed, no mandisannulleth, or addeth thereto.
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Now to Abrahamandhisseedwere the promisesmade. He saithnot,And to seeds,asofmany;butasofone,And to thyseed,whichisChrist.
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Andthis I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed beforeofGodinChrist, the law, which was four hundredandthirtyyearsafter,cannotdisannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.
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Forif the inheritance be of the law, it is no moreofpromise:butGodgave it to Abrahambypromise.
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Whereforethen serveth the law? It was added because oftransgressions,tilltheseed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordainedbyangelsin the hand of a mediator.
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Now a mediatorisnot a mediator of one,butGodisone.
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Is the lawthenagainst the promises of God? God forbid*: forif there had been a lawgivenwhichcould have given life, verilyrighteousnessshould have beenby the law.
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But the scripture hath concludedallundersin,that the promisebyfaith of JesusChrist might be given to them that believe.
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Butbeforefaithcame, we were keptunder the law, shut upunto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.
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Wherefore the lawwasourschoolmaster to bring us untoChrist,that we might be justifiedbyfaith.
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But after that faith is come, we are no longer*under a schoolmaster.
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For ye areall the children of GodbyfaithinChristJesus.
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For as many of you as have been baptizedintoChrist have put onChrist.
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There isneitherJewnorGreek, there isneitherbondnorfree, there isneithermalenorfemale:foryearealloneinChristJesus.
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Andifye be Christ's,then are yeAbraham'sseed,andheirsaccording to the promise.