²⁰I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live I live by believing in God’s Son, who loved me and took the punishment for my sins. ²¹I don’t reject God’s kindness.^bIf we receive God’s approval by obeying the laws in the Scriptures, then Christ’s death was pointless.

3RD CHAPTER

God Approves of Those Who Believe

¹You stupid people of Galatia! Who put you under an evil spell? Wasn’t Christ Jesus’ crucifixion clearly described to you? ²I want to learn only one thing from you. Did you receive the Spirit by your own efforts to follow the laws in the Scriptures or by believing what you heard? ³Are you that stupid? Did you begin in a spiritual way only to end up doing things in a human way? ⁴Did you suffer so much for nothing? ⸤I doubt⸥ that it was for nothing! ⁵Does God supply you with the Spirit and work miracles among you through your own efforts or through believing what you heard?

⁶Abraham serves as an example. He believed God, and that faith was regarded as the basis of Abraham’s approval by God. ⁷You must understand that people who have faith are Abraham’s descendants. ⁸Scripture saw ahead of time that God would give his approval to non-Jewish people who have faith. So Scripture announced the Good News to Abraham ahead of time when it said, “Through you all the people of the world will be blessed.” ⁹So people who believe are blessed together with Abraham, the man of faith.

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Galatians 2:20: I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

Footnotes

b 2:21 Or “grace.”