Parallel Bible results for "galatians 3:1-6"

Galatians 3:1-6

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1 You people in Galatia were told very clearly about the death of Jesus Christ on the cross. But you were foolish; you let someone trick you.
1 You foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified.
2 Tell me this one thing: How did you receive the Holy Spirit? Did you receive the Spirit by following the law? No, you received the Spirit because you heard the Good News and believed it.
2 I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by believing what you heard?
3 You began your life in Christ by the Spirit. Now are you trying to make it complete by your own power? That is foolish.
3 Are you so foolish? After beginning by means of the Spirit, are you now trying to finish by means of the flesh?
4 Were all your experiences wasted? I hope not!
4 Have you experienced so much in vain—if it really was in vain?
5 Does God give you the Spirit and work miracles among you because you follow the law? No, he does these things because you heard the Good News and believed it.
5 So again I ask, does God give you his Spirit and work miracles among you by the works of the law, or by your believing what you heard?
6 The Scriptures say the same thing about Abraham: "Abraham believed God, and God accepted Abraham's faith, and that faith made him right with God."
6 So also Abraham “believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”
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