The Latin Vulgate VUL
New King James Version NKJV
1 o insensati Galatae quis vos fascinavit ante quorum oculos Iesus Christus proscriptus est crucifixus
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O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you that you should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed among you as crucified?
2 hoc solum volo a vobis discere ex operibus legis Spiritum accepistis an ex auditu fidei
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This only I want to learn from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
3 sic stulti estis cum Spiritu coeperitis nunc carne consummamini
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Are you so foolish? Having begun in the Spirit, are you now being made perfect by the flesh?
4 tanta passi estis sine causa si tamen sine causa
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Have you suffered so many things in vain--if indeed it was in vain?
5 qui ergo tribuit vobis Spiritum et operatur virtutes in vobis ex operibus legis an ex auditu fidei
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Therefore He who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracles among you, does He do it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?--
6 sicut Abraham credidit Deo et reputatum est ei ad iustitiam
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just as Abraham "believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness."
7 cognoscitis ergo quia qui ex fide sunt hii sunt filii Abrahae
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Therefore know that only those who are of faith are sons of Abraham.
8 providens autem scriptura quia ex fide iustificat gentes Deus praenuntiavit Abrahae quia benedicentur in te omnes gentes
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And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel to Abraham beforehand, saying, "In you all the nations shall be blessed."
9 igitur qui ex fide sunt benedicentur cum fideli Abraham
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So then those who are of faith are blessed with believing Abraham.
10 quicumque enim ex operibus legis sunt sub maledicto sunt scriptum est enim maledictus omnis qui non permanserit in omnibus quae scripta sunt in libro legis ut faciat ea
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For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse; for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all things which are written in the book of the law, to do them."
11 quoniam autem in lege nemo iustificatur apud Deum manifestum est quia iustus ex fide vivit
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But that no one is justified by the law in the sight of God is evident, for "the just shall live by faith."
12 lex autem non est ex fide sed qui fecerit ea vivet in illis
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Yet the law is not of faith, but "the man who does them shall live by them."
13 Christus nos redemit de maledicto legis factus pro nobis maledictum quia scriptum est maledictus omnis qui pendet in ligno
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Christ has 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"),
14 ut in gentibus benedictio Abrahae fieret in Christo Iesu ut pollicitationem Spiritus accipiamus per fidem
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that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
15 fratres secundum hominem dico tamen hominis confirmatum testamentum nemo spernit aut superordinat
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Brethren, I speak in the manner of men: Though it is only a man's covenant, yet if it is confirmed, no one annuls or adds to it.
16 Abrahae dictae sunt promissiones et semini eius non dicit et seminibus quasi in multis sed quasi in uno et semini tuo qui est Christus
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Now to Abraham and his Seed were the promises made. He does not say, "And to seeds," as of many, but as of one, "And to your Seed," who is Christ.
17 hoc autem dico testamentum confirmatum a Deo quae post quadringentos et triginta annos facta est lex non irritam facit ad evacuandam promissionem
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And this I say, that the law, which was four hundred and thirty years later, cannot annul the covenant that was confirmed before by God in Christ, that it should make the promise of no effect.
18 nam si ex lege hereditas iam non ex repromissione Abrahae autem per promissionem donavit Deus
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For if the inheritance is of the law, it is no longer of promise; but God gave it to Abraham by promise.
19 quid igitur lex propter transgressiones posita est donec veniret semen cui promiserat ordinata per angelos in manu mediatoris
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What purpose then does the law serve? It was added because of transgressions, till the Seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was appointed through angels by the hand of a mediator.
20 mediator autem unius non est Deus autem unus est
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Now a mediator does not mediate for one only, but God is one.
21 lex ergo adversus promissa Dei absit si enim data esset lex quae posset vivificare vere ex lege esset iustitia
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Is the law then against the promises of God? Certainly not! For if there had been a law given which could have given life, truly righteousness would have been by the law.
22 sed conclusit scriptura omnia sub peccato ut promissio ex fide Iesu Christi daretur credentibus
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But the Scripture has confined all under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.
23 prius autem quam veniret fides sub lege custodiebamur conclusi in eam fidem quae revelanda erat
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But before faith came, we were kept under guard by the law, kept for the faith which would afterward be revealed.
24 itaque lex pedagogus noster fuit in Christo ut ex fide iustificemur
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Therefore the law was our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
25 at ubi venit fides iam non sumus sub pedagogo
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But after faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor.
26 omnes enim filii Dei estis per fidem in Christo Iesu
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For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.
27 quicumque enim in Christo baptizati estis Christum induistis
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For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
28 non est Iudaeus neque Graecus non est servus neque liber non est masculus neque femina omnes enim vos unum estis in Christo Iesu
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There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
29 si autem vos Christi ergo Abrahae semen estis secundum promissionem heredes
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And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
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