Galatians 3 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

Justification by Faith

(cf. Rom. 4:1–25 )

Gal 3:1O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you that you should not obey the truth,[fn] before whose eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed among you[fn] as crucified?

Gal 3:2

Gal 3:2This only I want to learn from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?

Gal 3:3

Gal 3:3Are you so foolish? Having begun in the Spirit, are you now being made perfect by the flesh?

Gal 3:4

Gal 3:4Have you suffered so many things in vain—if indeed it was in vain?

Gal 3:5

Gal 3:5Therefore 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?—

Gal 3:6

Gal 3:6just as Abraham “believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.”[fn]

Gal 3:7

Gal 3:7Therefore know that only those who are of faith are sons of Abraham.

Gal 3:8

Gal 3:8And 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.”[fn]

Gal 3:9

Gal 3:9So then those who are of faith are blessed with believing Abraham.

The Law Brings a Curse

Gal 3:10

Gal 3:10For 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.”[fn]

Gal 3:11

Gal 3:11But that no one is justified by the law in the sight of God is evident, for “the just shall live by faith.”[fn]

Gal 3:12

Gal 3:12Yet the law is not of faith, but “the man who does them shall live by them.”[fn]

Gal 3:13

Gal 3:13Christ 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”[fn]),

Gal 3:14

Gal 3:14that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

The Changeless Promise

(cf. Gen. 12:1–3 )

Gal 3:15

Gal 3:15Brethren, 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.

Gal 3:16

Gal 3:16Now 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,”[fn] who is Christ.

Gal 3:17

Gal 3:17And 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,[fn] that it should make the promise of no effect.

Gal 3:18

Gal 3:18For if the inheritance is of the law, it is no longer of promise; but God gave it to Abraham by promise.

Purpose of the Law

Gal 3:19

Gal 3:19What 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.

Gal 3:20

Gal 3:20Now a mediator does not mediate for one only, but God is one.

Gal 3:21

Gal 3:21Is 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.

Gal 3:22

Gal 3:22But the Scripture has confined all under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.

Gal 3:23

Gal 3:23But before faith came, we were kept under guard by the law, kept for the faith which would afterward be revealed.

Gal 3:24

Gal 3:24Therefore the law was our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

Gal 3:25

Gal 3:25But after faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor.

Sons and Heirs

Gal 3:26

Gal 3:26For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.

Gal 3:27

Gal 3:27For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.

Gal 3:28

Gal 3:28There 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.

Gal 3:29

Gal 3:29And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.

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NKJV Footnotes

(3:1)

NU-Text omits that you should not obey the truth.

(3:1)

NU-Text omits among you.

(3:6)

Genesis 15:6

(3:8)

Genesis 12:3; 18:18; 22:18; 26:4; 28:14

Genesis 12:7; 13:15; 24:7

(3:17)

NU-Text omits in Christ.

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