1901 American Standard Version (ASV)

Galatians 3

1 He asketh what moved them to leave the faith, and hang upon the Law? 6 They that believe are justified, 9 and blessed with Abraham. 10 And this he sheweth by many reasons.

 3:1 ¶ O foolish Galatians, who did bewitch you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was openly set forth crucified?

 3:2 This only would I learn from you. Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?

 3:3 Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now perfected in the flesh?

 3:4 Did ye suffer so many things in vain? if it be indeed in vain.

 3:5 He therefore that supplieth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, [doeth he it] by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?

 3:6 Even as Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned unto him for righteousness.

 3:7 Know therefore that they that are of faith, the same are sons of Abraham.

 3:8 And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand unto Abraham, [saying], In thee shall all the nations be blessed.

 3:9 So then they that are of faith are blessed with the faithful Abraham.

 3:10 For as many as are of the works of the law are under a curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one who continueth not in all things that are written in the book of the law, to do them.

 3:11 Now that no man is justified by the law before God, is evident: for, The righteous shall live by faith;

 3:12 and the law is not of faith; but, He that doeth them shall live in them.

 3:13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us; for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:

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

 3:15 Brethren, I speak after the manner of men: Though it be but a man's covenant, yet when it hath been confirmed, no one maketh it void, or addeth thereto.

 3:16 Now to Abraham were the promises spoken, and to his seed. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.

 3:17 Now this I say: A covenant confirmed beforehand by God, the law, which came four hundred and thirty years after, doth not disannul, so as to make the promise of none effect.

 3:18 For if the inheritance is of the law, it is no more of promise: but God hath granted it to Abraham by promise.

 3:19 What then is the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise hath been made; [and it was] ordained through angels by the hand of a mediator.

 3:20 Now a mediator is not [a mediator] of one; but God is one.

 3:21 Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could make alive, verily righteousness would have been of the law.

 3:22 But the scriptures shut up all things under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.

 3:23 But before faith came, we were kept in ward under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.

 3:24 So that the law is become our tutor [to bring us] unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

 3:25 But now that faith is come, we are no longer under a tutor.

 3:26 For ye are all sons of God, through faith, in Christ Jesus.

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

 3:28 There can be neither Jew nor Greek, there can be neither bond nor free, there can be no male and female; for ye all are one [man] in Christ Jesus.

 3:29 And if ye are Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, heirs according to promise.