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

Galatians 3:1-6

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1 O foolish Galatians, by what strange powers have you been tricked, to whom it was made clear that Jesus Christ was put to death on the cross?
1 You foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified.
2 Give me an answer to this one question, Did the Spirit come to you through the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
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 Are you so foolish? having made a start in the Spirit, will you now be made complete in the flesh?
3 Are you so foolish? After beginning by means of the Spirit, are you now trying to finish by means of the flesh?
4 Did you undergo such a number of things to no purpose? if it is in fact to no purpose.
4 Have you experienced so much in vain—if it really was in vain?
5 He who gives you the Spirit, and does works of power among you, is it by the works of law, or by the hearing of faith?
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 Even as Abraham had faith in God, and it was put to his account as righteousness.
6 So also Abraham “believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”
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