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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.
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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.
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You began your life in Christ by the Spirit. Now are you trying to make it complete by your own power? That is foolish.
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Were all your experiences wasted? I hope not!
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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.
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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."
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So you should know that the true children of Abraham are those who have faith.
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The Scriptures, telling what would happen in the future, said that God would make the non-Jewish people right through their faith. This Good News was told to Abraham beforehand, as the Scripture says: "All nations will be blessed through you."
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So all who believe as Abraham believed are blessed just as Abraham was.
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But those who depend on following the law to make them right are under a curse, because the Scriptures say, "Anyone will be cursed who does not always obey what is written in the Book of the Law."