Galatians 2:20–3:9

²⁰I have been ^tcrucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives ^uin me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, ^vwho loved me and ^wgave himself for me. ²¹I do not nullify the grace of God, for ^xif righteousness³ were through the law, ^ythen Christ died for no purpose.

By Faith, or by Works of the Law?

3O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? ^zIt was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly ^aportrayed as crucified. ²Let me ask you only this: ^bDid you receive the Spirit by works of the law or by ^chearing with faith? ³Are you so foolish? ^dHaving begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by¹ the flesh? ^4eDid you suffer² so many things in vain—if indeed it was in vain? ⁵Does he who supplies the Spirit to you and ^fworks miracles among you do so ^gby works of the law, or by hearing with faith— ⁶just as ^hAbraham “believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness”?

⁷Know then that it is ⁱthose of faith who are ^jthe sons of Abraham. ⁸And the Scripture, foreseeing that ^kGod would justify³ the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, ^l“In you shall all the nations be blessed.” ⁹So then, those who are of faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.