Poslanica Galaæanima 3
Zakon i vjera u Krista
1 O nerazumni Galaćani! Tko li vas je to začarao - vas kojima je raspeti Isus Krist bio tako jasno predočen?2 Samo mi jedno recite: jeste li Svetoga Duha primili izvršavajući odredbe Zakona? Niste; primili ste ga kad ste prihvatili vjeru u Krista.3 Zar ste toliko bezumni da, pošto ste započeli život u Duhu, sada završavate u tjelesnosti - pokušavajući djelima ugoditi Bogu?
4 Toliko ste toga pretrpjeli zbog evanđelja! Zar je sve to bilo uzalud?
5 Daje li vam Bog Svetog Duha i čini li među vama čuda zato što ste poslušni Mojsijevu zakonu? Nipošto! Čini to zato što vjerujete poruci o Kristu koju ste čuli.6 Isto je tako "Abraham povjerovao Bogu, i Bog ga je proglasio pravednim zbog njegove vjere".
7 Prava su Abrahamova djeca dakle svi oni koji iskreno vjeruju u Boga.
8 U Svetome pismu naviješteno je da će Bog i pogane opravdati po vjeri. Bog je to odavna navijestio Abrahamu kad je rekao: "Blagoslovit ću kroz tebe sve narode."
9 Svi dakle koji vjeruju u Isusa Krista dijele s Abrahamom blagoslov koji je on primio zbog svoje vjere.
10 Ali koji se za opravdanje pred Bogom pouzdaju u Zakon, pod prokletstvom su jer u Svetome pismu piše: "Proklet bio svatko tko ne sluša i ne vrši sve ove zapovijedi zapisane u Božjoj knjizi Zakona."11 Iz toga je jasno da se nitko nikad ne može pred Bogom opravdati vršeći Zakon. Jer u Svetome pismu piše: "Pravednik će živjeti po vjeri."12 Zakon pak ne polazi od vjere, nego za svoje odredbe kaže: "Držite ih se pa ćete u njima naći život!"13 Krist nas je otkupio od prokletstva Zakona tako što ga je, viseći na križu, preuzeo na sebe - jer u Svetome pismu piše: "Proklet je svatko tko visi na drvetu."
14 Zato Bog sada može i druge narode blagosloviti istim blagoslovom koji je obećao Abrahamu: da po vjeri prime obećanje Svetoga Duha.
Zakon i obećanje
15 Braćo draga, i kad ljudi međusobno sklope savez, on se ne poništava i ne mijenja.16 Bog je dao obećanje Abrahamu i njegovu "sjemenu", njegovu potomku. To se ne odnosi na više njih, već samo na jednoga njegova potomka - na Krista.17 Želim vam reći ovo: Zakon koji je Bog dao Mojsiju 430 godina poslije nije mogao poništiti valjani Božji savez s Abrahamom.
18 Kad bi se baštinikom moglo postati samo držanjem Zakona, onda to ne bi bilo po Božjem obećanju. A Bog je Abrahamu dao baštinu po obećanju.
19 Čemu onda uopće Zakon? Kako bi ljudima pokazao da su grešnici. Ali on je trebao trajati dok ne dođe potomak kojemu je dano Božje obećanje. Osim toga, Zakon je ljudima dan preko posrednika - preko anđela i Mojsija.
20 Ali kad je Bog dao obećanje Abrahamu, učinio je to sam, bez posredništva anđela ili čovjeka, jer Bog je jedan.
21 Proturječi li, onda, Božji zakon Božjim obećanjima? Nipošto! Kad bi nam Zakon mogao dati novi život, mogli bismo biti opravdani pred Bogom držeći ga se.
22 Ali Sveto pismo kaže da smo svi zarobljenici grijeha te da Božja obećanja možemo primiti jedino vjerujući u Isusa Krista.
23 Dok nismo spoznali da se vjerom u Krista možemo opravdati pred Bogom, Zakon nas je čuvao poput zatočenika za tu vjeru.
Vjerom smo postali Božja djeca
24 Drugim riječima: židovski zakoni bili su poput učitelja i vodiča sve dok nije došao Krist. A sada smo pred Bogom opravdani vjerom u Krista.25 Otkako imamo vjeru u Krista, ne treba nam više čuvar.26 Jer sad smo svi postali Božjom djecom kroz vjeru u Isusa Krista27 i svi koji smo kršteni u Kristu zaodjenuti smo njime.28 Nije više važno je li tko Židov ili poganin, rob ili slobodan čovjek, pa čak ni muškarac ili žena - jer svi ste jedno u Kristu Isusu.
29 Sada kad pripadate Kristu, svi ste prava Abrahamova djeca. Njegovi ste baštinici i sva obećanja koja mu je Bog dao pripadaju i vama.
Galatians 3
Justification by Law or by Faith?
1 Yout foolish Galatians! Who has cast a spellt on you? Before your eyes Jesus Christ was vividly portrayedt as crucified!2 The only thing I want to learn from you is this: Did you receive the Spirit by doing the works of the lawt or by believing what you heard?t3 Are you so foolish? Although you begant witht the Spirit, are you now trying to finisht by human effort?t4 Have you suffered so many things for nothing? – if indeed it was for nothing.
5 Does God then givet you the Spirit and work miracles among you by your doing the works of the lawt or by your believing what you heard?t
6 Just as Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,s7 so then, understandt that those who believe are the sons of Abraham.t8 And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, proclaimed the gospel to Abraham ahead of time,t saying, “All the nationstwill be blessed in you,"s9 So then those who believet are blessed along with Abraham the believer.10 For all whot rely on doing the works of the law are under a curse, because it is written, “Cursed is everyone who does not keep on doing everything written in the book of the law.”ts11 Now it is clear no one is justified before God by the law, because the righteous one will live by faith.t12 But the law is not based on faith,t but the one who does the works of the lawtwill live by them.s13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becomingt a curse for us (because it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”)s
14 in order that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham would come to the Gentiles,t so that we could receive the promise of the Spirit by faith.
Inheritance Comes from Promises and not Law
15 Brothers and sisters,t I offer an example from everyday life:t When a covenantt has been ratified,t even though it is only a human contract, no one can set it aside or add anything to it.16 Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his descendant.t Scripturet does not say, “and to the descendants,”t referring to many, but “and to your descendant,”ts referring to one, who is Christ.17 What I am saying is this: The law that came four hundred thirty years later does not cancel a covenant previously ratified by God,s so as to invalidate the promise.
18 For if the inheritance is based on the law, it is no longer based on the promise, but God graciously gavet it to Abraham through the promise.
19 Why then was the law given?t It was addeds because of transgressions,s until the arrival of the descendantt to whom the promise had been made. It was administeredt through angels by an intermediary.t20 Now an intermediary is not for one party alone, but God is one.t21 Is the law therefore opposed to the promises of God?s Absolutely not! For if a law had been given that was able to give life, then righteousness would certainly have come by the law.t
22 But the scripture imprisonedt everything and everyonet under sin so that the promise could be given – because of the faithfulnessts of Jesus Christ – to those who believe.
Sons of God Are Heirs of Promise
23 Now before faitht came we were held in custody under the law, being kept as prisonersst until the coming faith would be revealed.24 Thus the law had become our guardiant until Christ, so that we could be declared righteoust by faith.25 But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian.t26 For in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God through faith.t27 For all of you whot were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slavet nor free, there is neither male nor femalet – for all of you are one in Christ Jesus.
29 And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s descendants,t heirs according to the promise.