Legacy Standard Bible

Galatians 2:15-21

15“We are aJews by nature and not bsinners from among the Gentiles; 16nevertheless 1knowing that aa man is not justified by the works of the Law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by bfaith in Christ and not by the works of the Law; since cby the works of 2the Law no 3flesh will be justified. 17“But if, while seeking to be justified in Christ, we ourselves have also been found asinners, is Christ then a minister of sin? bMay it never be! 18“For if I rebuild what I have once destroyed, I aprove myself to be a transgressor. 19“For through 1the Law I adied to 2the Law, so that I might live to God. 20“I have been acrucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but bChrist lives in me. And the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in cthe Son of God, who dloved me and egave Himself up for me. 21“I do not set aside the grace of God, for aif righteousness comes through 1the Law, then Christ died needlessly.”

Galatians 3:1-14

The Righteous Shall Live by Faith

3O foolish aGalatians, who bewitched you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ bwas publicly portrayed as crucified? 2This is the only thing I want to learn from you: did you receive the Spirit by the works of 1the Law, or by 2,ahearing with faith? 3Are you so foolish? Having begun 1by the Spirit, are you now 2being perfected by the flesh? 4Did you 1suffer so many things for nothing—aif indeed it was for nothing? 5So then, does He who aprovides you with the Spirit and bworks 1miracles among you, do it by the works of 2the Law, or by 3,chearing with faith?
6Just as aAbraham bbelieved God and it was counted to him as righteousness, 7so know that athose who are of faith, those are bsons of Abraham. 8And the Scripture, foreseeing that God 1would justify the 2Gentiles by faith, proclaimed the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, “aAll the nations will be blessed in you.” 9So then athose who are of faith are blessed with 1Abraham, the believer.
10For as many as are of the works of 1the Law are under a curse, for it is written, “aCursed is everyone who does not abide by all things written in the book of the law, to do them.” 11Now that ano one is justified 1by 2the Law before God is evident, 3for “bThe righteous shall live by faith.” 121However, the Law is not 2of faith; rather, “aHe who does them shall live 3by them.” 13Christ aredeemed us from the curse of the Law, having become a curse for us—for it is written, “bCursed is everyone who hangs on ca 1tree”— 14in order that ain Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might 1come to the Gentiles, so that we bwould receive cthe promise of the Spirit through faith.