Послание к Галатам 3

1 о, несмысленнии галате, кто вы прельстил есть не покоритися истине, имже пред очима Иисус Христос преднаписан бысть, в вас распят?2 Сие едино хощу уведети от вас: от дел ли закона духа приясте, или от слуха веры?3 Тако ли несмысленни есте? наченше духом, ныне плотию скончаваете?4 Толика пострадасте туне? Аще точию и туне.5 Подаяй убо вам духа и действуяй силы в вас, от дел ли закона, или от слуха веры?6 Якоже авраам верова Богу, и вменися ему в правду.7 Разумейте убо, яко сущии от веры, сии суть сынове авраамли.8 Предувидевшее же писание, яко от веры оправдает языки Бог, прежде благовествова аврааму, яко благословятся о тебе вси языцы.9 Темже сущии от веры, благословятся с верным авраамом:10 елицы бо от дел закона суть, под клятвою суть. Писано бо есть: проклят всяк, иже не пребудет во всех писанных в книзе законней, яко творити я.11 А яко в законе никтоже оправдается от Бога, яве, яко праведный от веры жив будет.12 Закон же несть от веры: но сотворивый та человек жив будет в них.13 Христос ны искупил есть от клятвы законныя, быв по нас клятва: писано бо есть: проклят всяк висяй на древе:14 да в языцех благословение авраамле будет о Христе Иисусе, да обетование духа приимем верою.15 Братие, по человеку глаголю: обаче человеческаго предутвержденна завета никтоже отметает или приповелевает.16 Аврааму же речени быша обеты, и семени его. Не глаголет же: и семенем, яко о мнозех, но яко о едином: и семени твоему, иже есть Христос.17 Сие же глаголю, завета предутвержденнаго от Бога во Христа, бывый по летех четыриста и тридесятих закон не отметает, во еже разорити обетование.18 Аще бо от закона наследие, не ктому уже от обетования: аврааму же обетованием дарова Бог.19 Что убо закон? Преступлений ради приложися, дондеже приидет семя, емуже обетовася, вчинен ангелы, рукою ходатая.20 Ходатай же единаго несть, Бог же един есть.21 Закон ли убо противу обетованием Божиим? Да не будет. Аще бо дан бысть закон могий оживити, воистинну от закона бы была правда:22 но затвори писание всех под грехом, да обетование от веры Иисус Христовы дастся верующым.23 Прежде же пришествия веры, под законом стрегоми бехом, затворени в хотящую веру открытися.24 Темже закон пестун нам бысть во Христа, да от веры оправдимся:25 пришедшей же вере, уже не под пестуном есмы.26 Вси бо вы Сынове Божии есте верою о Христе Иисусе:27 елицы бо во Христа крестистеся, во Христа облекостеся.28 Несть иудей, ни еллин: несть раб, ни свободь: несть мужеский пол, ни женский: вси бо вы едино есте о Христе Иисусе.29 Аще ли вы Христовы, убо авраамле семя есте, и по обетованию наследницы.

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.