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1 # O <5599> foolish <453> Galatians <1052>, who <5101> hath bewitched <940> (5656) you <5209> , that ye should <3982> <0> not <3361> obey <3982> (5745) the truth <225>, before <2596> whose <3739> eyes <3788> Jesus <2424> Christ <5547> hath been evidently set forth <4270> (5648), crucified <4717> (5772) among <1722> you <5213>?
2 This <5124> only <3440> would <2309> (5719) I learn <3129> (5629) of <575> you <5216>, Received ye <2983> (5627) the Spirit <4151> by <1537> the works <2041> of the law <3551>, or <2228> by <1537> the hearing <189> of faith <4102>?
The Spirit is always only received by faith. We can never qualify through a state of sunlessness.
3 Are ye <2075> (5748) so <3779> foolish <453>? having begun <1728> (5666) in the Spirit <4151> , are ye <2005> <0> now <3568> made perfect <2005> (5727) by the flesh <4561>?
4 Have ye suffered <3958> (5627) so many things <5118> in vain <1500>? if it be yet <1489> <2532> in vain <1500>.
5 He therefore <3767> that ministereth <2023> (5723) to you <5213> the Spirit <4151>, and <2532> worketh <1754> (5723) miracles <1411> among <1722> you <5213>, doeth he it by <1537> the works <2041> of the law <3551>, or <2228> by <1537> the hearing <189> of faith <4102>?
It takes faith to operate in spiritual gifts
6 # Even as <2531> Abraham <11> believed <4100> (5656) God <2316>, and <2532> it was accounted <3049> (5681) to him <846> for <1519> righteousness <1343>.
7 Know ye <1097> (5719) (5720) therefore <686> that <3754> they which are of <1537> faith <4102> , the same <3778> are <1526> (5748) the children <5207> of Abraham <11>.
8 And <1161> the scripture <1124>, foreseeing <4275> (5631) that <3754> God <2316> would justify <1344> (5719) the heathen <1484> through <1537> faith <4102>, preached before the gospel <4283> (5662) unto Abraham <11>, saying, <3754> In <1722> thee <4671> shall <1757> <0> all <3956> nations <1484> be blessed <1757> (5701).
9 So then <5620> they which be of <1537> faith <4102> are blessed <2127> (5743) with <4862> faithful <4103> Abraham <11>.
10 For <1063> as many as <3745> are <1526> (5748) of <1537> the works <2041> of the law <3551> are <1526> (5748) under <5259> the curse <2671>: for <1063> it is written <1125> (5769), Cursed <1944> is every one <3956> that <3739> continueth <1696> (5719) not <3756> in <1722> all things <3956> which <3588> are written <1125> (5772) in <1722> the book <975> of the law <3551> to do <4160> (5658) them <846>.
Keeping the Law brings a curse
11 But <1161> that <3754> no man <3762> is justified <1344> (5743) by <1722> the law <3551> in the sight <3844> of God <2316>, it is evident <1212>: for <3754>, The just <1342> shall live <2198> (5695) by <1537> faith <4102>.
12 And <1161> the law <3551> is <2076> (5748) not <3756> of <1537> faith <4102>: but <235>, The man <444> that doeth <4160> (5660) them <846> shall live <2198> (5695) in <1722> them <846> .
13 Christ <5547> hath redeemed <1805> (5656) us <2248> from <1537> the curse <2671> of the law <3551>, being made <1096> (5637) a curse <2671> for <5228> us <2257>: for <1063> it is written <1125> (5769), Cursed <1944> is every one <3956> that hangeth <2910> (5734) on <1909> a tree <3586>:
14 That <2443> the blessing <2129> of Abraham <11> might come <1096> (5638) on <1519> the Gentiles <1484> through <1722> Jesus <2424> Christ <5547>; that <2443> we might receive <2983> (5632) the promise <1860> of the Spirit <4151> through <1223> faith <4102>.
15 Brethren <80>, I speak <3004> (5719) after the manner of <2596> men <444>; Though it be but <3676> a man's <444> covenant <1242>, yet if it be confirmed <2964> (5772), no man <3762> disannulleth <114> (5719), or <2228> addeth thereto <1928> (5736).
16 Now <1161> to Abraham <11> and <2532> his <846> seed <4690> were <4483> <0> the promises <1860> made <4483> (5681). He saith <3004> (5719) not <3756>, And <2532> to seeds <4690>, as <5613> of <1909> many <4183>; but <235> as <5613> of <1909> one <1520>, And <2532> to thy <4675> seed <4690>, which <3739> is <2076> (5748) Christ <5547>.
17 And <1161> this <5124> I say <3004> (5719), that the covenant <1242>, that was confirmed before <4300> (5772) of <5259> God <2316> in <1519> Christ <5547>, the law <3551>, which was <1096> (5756) four hundred <5071> and <2532> thirty <5144> years <2094> after <3326>, cannot <3756> disannul <208> (5719) , that <1519> it should make <2673> <0> the promise <1860> of none effect <2673> (5658).
18 For <1063> if <1487> the inheritance <2817> be of <1537> the law <3551>, it is no more <3765> of <1537> promise <1860>: but <1161> God <2316> gave <5483> (5766) it to Abraham <11> by <1223> promise <1860>.
19 # Wherefore <5101> then <3767> serveth the law <3551>? It was added <4369> (5681) because of <5484> transgressions <3847>, till <891> <3739> the seed <4690> should come <2064> (5632) to whom <3739> the promise was made <1861> (5766); and it was ordained <1299> (5651) by <1223> angels <32> in <1722> the hand <5495> of a mediator <3316>.
20 Now <1161> a mediator <3316> is <2076> (5748) not <3756> a mediator of one <1520>, but <1161> God <2316> is <2076> (5748) one <1520>.
21 Is the law <3551> then <3767> against <2596> the promises <1860> of God <2316>? God forbid <3361> <1096> (5636): for <1063> if <1487> there had been <1325> <0> a law <3551> given <1325> (5681) which <3588> could <1410> (5740) have given life <2227> (5658), verily <3689> righteousness <1343> should <302> have been <2258> (5713) by <1537> the law <3551>.
22 But <235> the scripture <1124> hath concluded <4788> (5656) all <3956> under <5259> sin <266> , that <2443> the promise <1860> by <1537> faith <4102> of Jesus <2424> Christ <5547> might be given <1325> (5686) to them that believe <4100> (5723).
23 But <1161> before <4253> faith <4102> came <2064> (5629), we were kept <5432> (5712) under <5259> the law <3551>, shut up <4788> (5772) unto <1519> the faith <4102> which should afterwards <3195> (5723) be revealed <601> (5683).
24 Wherefore <5620> the law <3551> was <1096> (5754) our <2257> schoolmaster <3807> to bring us unto <1519> Christ <5547>, that <2443> we might be justified <1344> (5686) by <1537> faith <4102>.
25 But <1161> after that faith <4102> is come <2064> (5631), we are <2070> (5748) no longer <2089> <3765> under <5259> a schoolmaster <3807>.
26 For <1063> ye are <2075> (5748) all <3956> the children <5207> of God <2316> by <1223> faith <4102> in <1722> Christ <5547> Jesus <2424>.
27 For <1063> as many of you as <3745> have been baptized <907> (5681) into <1519> Christ <5547> have put on <1746> (5668) Christ <5547>.
28 There is <1762> (5748) neither <3756> Jew <2453> nor <3761> Greek <1672>, there is <1762> (5748) neither <3756> bond <1401> nor <3761> free <1658>, there is <1762> (5748) neither <3756> male <730> nor <2532> female <2338>: for <1063> ye <5210> are <2075> (5748) all <3956> one <1520> in <1722> Christ <5547> Jesus <2424>.
29 And <1161> if <1487> ye <5210> be Christ's <5547>, then <686> are ye <2075> (5748) Abraham's <11> seed <4690>, and <2532> heirs <2818> according <2596> to the promise <1860>.