Galatians 2:20–3:9

²⁰I have been crucified with Christ^p and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me.^q The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God,^r who loved me^s and gave himself for me.^{t 21}I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law,^u Christ died for nothing!”^e

Faith or Works of the Law

3You foolish^v Galatians!^w Who has bewitched you?^x Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified.^{y 2}I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit^z by the works of the law,^a or by believing what you heard?^{b 3}Are you so foolish? After beginning by means of the Spirit, are you now trying to finish by means of the flesh?^{a 4}Have you experienced^b so much in vain—if it really was in vain? ⁵So again I ask, does God give you his Spirit and work miracles^c among you by the works of the law, or by your believing what you heard?^{d 6}So also Abraham “believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”^ce

⁷Understand, then, that those who have faith^f are children of Abraham.^{g 8}Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and announced the gospel in advance to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.”^{dh 9}So those who rely on faithⁱ are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.^j