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1 O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified.
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1 You foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified.
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2 Let me ask you only this: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law or by hearing with faith?
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2 I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by observing the law, or by believing what you heard?
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3 Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh?
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3 Are you so foolish? After beginning with the Spirit, are you now trying to attain your goal by human effort?
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4 Did you suffer so many things in vain--if indeed it was in vain?
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4 Have you suffered so much for nothing--if it really was for nothing?
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5 Does he who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracles among you do so by works of the law, or by hearing with faith--
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5 Does God give you his Spirit and work miracles among you because you observe the law, or because you believe what you heard?
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6 just as Abraham "believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness"?
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6 Consider Abraham: "He believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness."
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7 Know then that it is those of faith who are the sons of Abraham.
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7 Understand, then, that those who believe are children of Abraham.
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8 And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, "In you shall all the nations be blessed."
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8 The Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and announced the gospel in advance to Abraham: "All nations will be blessed through you."
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9 So then, those who are of faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.
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9 So those who have faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.
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