1You stupid Galatians! I told you exactly how Jesus Christ was nailed to a cross. Has someone now put an evil spell on you?
12The Law isn't based on faith. It promises life only to people who obey its commands.
16That is how it is with the promises God made to Abraham and his descendant. The promises were not made to many descendants, but only to one, and that one is Christ.
17What I am saying is that the Law cannot change or cancel God's promise that was made 430 years before the Law was given.
19What is the use of the Law? It was given later to show that we sin. But it was only supposed to last until the coming of that descendant who was given the promise. In fact, angels gave the Law to Moses, and he gave it to the people.
20There is only one God, and the Law did not come directly from him.
Slaves and children21Does the Law disagree with God's promises? No, it doesn't! If any law could give life to us, we could become acceptable to God by obeying that law.
22But the Scriptures say that sin controls everyone, so that God's promises will be for anyone who has faith in Jesus Christ.
23The Law controlled us and kept us under its power until the time came when we would have faith.
24In fact, the Law was our teacher. It was supposed to teach us until we had faith and were acceptable to God.
25But once a person has learnt to have faith, there is no more need to have the Law as a teacher.
26All of you are God's children because of your faith in Christ Jesus.
27And when you were baptized, it was as though you had put on Christ in the same way you put on new clothes.
28Faith in Christ Jesus is what makes each of you equal with each other, whether you are a Jew or a Greek, a slave or a free person, a man or a woman.
29So if you belong to Christ, you are now part of Abraham's family, and you will be given what God has promised.
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