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Galatians 3

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Galatians 3 . 1

1 O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified.TOSKGalatians 3:1

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2 I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law, or by hearing with faith?TOSKGalatians 3:2

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3 Are you so foolish? After starting in the Spirit, are you now finishing in the flesh?TOSKGalatians 3:3

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4 Have you suffered so much for nothing, if it really was for nothing?TOSKGalatians 3:4

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5 Does God lavish His Spirit on you and work miracles among you because you practice the law, or because you hear and believe?TOSKGalatians 3:5

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6 So also, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”IPGenesis 15:6TOSKGalatians 3:6TTAbraham (Father of Faith) Church as Israel (New Covenant People) Covenant Succession (Inheritance and Election) Rahab and Jericho (Faith Saves Gentiles) Remnant (Faithful Few Preserved) Seed Promise (Redemption Through Offspring) These are the Generations of (Covenant Genealogy)

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7 Understand, then, that those who have faith are sons of Abraham.TOSKGalatians 3:7TTIsaac (Child of Promise)

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8 The Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and foretold the gospel to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.”IPGenesis 12:3TOSKGalatians 3:8TTAbraham (Father of Faith) Church as Israel (New Covenant People) Covenant Succession (Inheritance and Election) Gentile Inclusion (Light to the Nations) Rahab and Jericho (Faith Saves Gentiles) Remnant (Faithful Few Preserved) Seed Promise (Redemption Through Offspring) These are the Generations of (Covenant Genealogy)

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9 So those who have faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.TOSKGalatians 3:9

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10 All who rely on works of the law are under a curse. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”IPDeuteronomy 27:26TOSKGalatians 3:10TTBronze Serpent (Lifted Up for Healing) Covenant Violations (Prophetic Indictments)

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11 Now it is clear that no one is justified before God by the law, because, “The righteous will live by faith.”IPHabakkuk 2:4TOSKGalatians 3:11TTCovenant Succession (Inheritance and Election) Remnant (Faithful Few Preserved)

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12 The law, however, is not based on faith; on the contrary, “The man who does these things will live by them.”IPHabakkuk 2:4TOSKGalatians 3:12TTCovenant Succession (Inheritance and Election) Remnant (Faithful Few Preserved)

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13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”IPDeuteronomy 21:23TOSKGalatians 3:13TTAbraham (Father of Faith) Bronze Serpent (Lifted Up for Healing) Covenant Succession (Inheritance and Election) Remnant (Faithful Few Preserved) Babylonian Exile (Judgment and Discipline) Two Covenants (Law and Promise)

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14 He redeemed us in order that the blessing promised to Abraham would come to the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.IPGenesis 12:3TOSKGalatians 3:14

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15 Brothers, let me put this in human terms. Even a human covenant, once it is ratified, cannot be canceled or amended.TOSKGalatians 3:15

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16 The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. The Scripture does not say, “and to seeds,” meaning many, but “and to your seed,” meaning One, who is Christ.IPGenesis 13:15 Genesis 22:18TOSKGalatians 3:16TTAbraham (Father of Faith) Church as Israel (New Covenant People) Covenant Succession (Inheritance and Election) Isaac (Child of Promise) Remnant (Faithful Few Preserved) Seed Promise (Redemption Through Offspring) These are the Generations of (Covenant Genealogy) Seth (Appointed Seed)LTSeed and Offspring

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17 What I mean is this: The law that came 430 years later does not revoke the covenant previously established by God, so as to nullify the promise.TOSKGalatians 3:17TTTwo Covenants (Law and Promise)

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18 For if the inheritance depends on the law, then it no longer depends on a promise; but God freely granted it to Abraham through a promise.TOSKGalatians 3:18

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19 Why then was the law given? It was added because of transgressions, until the arrival of the seed to whom the promise referred. It was administered through angels by a mediator.IPDeuteronomy 5:5TOSKGalatians 3:19

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20 A mediator is unnecessary, however, for only one party; but God is one.TOSKGalatians 3:20

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21 Is the law, then, opposed to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come from the law.TOSKGalatians 3:21

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22 But the Scripture pronounces all things confined by sin, so that by faith in Jesus Christ the promise might be given to those who believe.TOSKGalatians 3:22

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23 Before this faith came, we were held in custody under the law, locked up until faith should be revealed.TOSKGalatians 3:23

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24 So the law became our guardian to lead us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.TOSKGalatians 3:24

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25 Now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian.TOSKGalatians 3:25

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26 You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.TOSKGalatians 3:26TTCovenant Succession (Inheritance and Election) Seed Promise (Redemption Through Offspring)

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27 For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.TOSKGalatians 3:27TTCoats of Skins (Covering of Shame)

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28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.TOSKGalatians 3:28TTRahab and Jericho (Faith Saves Gentiles)