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Galaťanom 3

1 Nerozumní Galaťania, kto vám počaril? Veď vám bol pred očami zobrazený Ježiš Kristus ukrižovaný!2 Iba to by som sa rád od vás dozvedel: Dostali ste Ducha zo skutkov podľa zákona, alebo z poslušnosti viery?3 Takí ste hlúpi?! Začali ste Duchom a teraz končíte telom?4 Toľko ste zažili a nadarmo? Keby to bolo len nadarmo!5 A ten, ktorý vám dáva Ducha a robí medzi vami zázraky, robí to na základe skutkov podľa zákona, alebo z poslušnosti viery?6 Tak ako Abrahám uveril Bohu a počítalo sa mu to za spravodlivosť.7 Vedzte teda, že tí, čo sú z viery, sú Abrahámovými synmi.8 Písmo predvídalo, že Boh z viery ospravedlní pohanov, preto predpovedalo Abrahámovi: „V tebe budú požehnané všetky národy.“9 Teda tí, čo sú z viery, sú žehnaní s veriacim Abrahámom.10 No všetci, čo sú zo skutkov podľa zákona, sú pod kliatbou, veď je napísané: „Prekliaty je každý, kto nevytrvá vo všetkom, čo je napísané v knihe Zákona, aby to konal.“11 A je zjavné, že zákon neospravedlňuje nikoho pred Bohom, lebo spravodlivý bude žiť z viery.12 Zákon však nie je z viery, ale kto ich bude plniť, bude z nich žiť.13 Kristus nás vykúpil spod kliatby zákona tým, že sa za nás stal kliatbou, lebo je napísané: „Prekliaty je každý, kto visí na dreve,“14 aby v Kristovi Ježišovi prešlo Abrahámovo požehnanie na pohanov, aby sme skrze vieru dostali prisľúbeného Ducha.15 Bratia, hovorím to po ľudsky: Už potvrdený ľudský závet nik neruší, ani k nemu nič nepridáva.16 Prisľúbenia boli dané Abrahámovi a jeho potomstvu. Nehovorí: „A potomkom,“ akoby šlo o mnohých, ale o jedného: „A tvojmu potomstvu,“ a ním je Kristus.17 Ale hovorím toto: Zmluvu potvrdenú Bohom neruší zákon, vydaný po štyristotridsiatich rokoch, aby tak zmaril prisľúbenie.18 Lebo ak je dedičstvo zo zákona, už nie je z prisľúbenia. Ale Abrahámovi ho Boh daroval skrze prisľúbenie.19 Načo je teda zákon? Bol pridaný pre priestupky, kým nepríde potomstvo, ktorému bolo dané prisľúbenie, a bol vyhlásený skrze anjelov rukou prostredníka.20 Ale niet prostredníka tam, kde ide o jedného; a Boh je jeden.21 Je teda zákon proti Božím prisľúbeniam? Vôbec nie! Veď keby bol býval daný zákon, ktorý by mohol oživovať, potom by spravodlivosť bola naozaj zo zákona.22 Ale Písmo uzavrelo všetko pod hriech, aby veriaci dostali prisľúbenie z viery v Ježiša Krista.23 No kým neprišla viera, boli sme zajatci pod dozorom zákona pre tú vieru, ktorá sa mala zjaviť.24 A tak bol zákon naším vychovávateľom pre Krista, aby sme boli ospravedlnení z viery.25 Ale keď prišla viera, už nepodliehame vychovávateľovi.26 Veď skrze vieru v Ježišovi Kristovi ste všetci Božími synmi.27 Lebo všetci, čo ste pokrstení v Kristovi, Krista ste si obliekli.28 Už niet Žida ani Gréka, niet otroka ani slobodného, niet muža a ženy, lebo vy všetci ste jeden v Ježišovi Kristovi.29 A keď ste Kristovi, ste Abrahámovým potomstvom a podľa prisľúbenia dedičmi.

GALATIANS 3

Faith Is the Only Way

1 You stupid Galatians! I told you exactly how Jesus Christ was nailed to a cross. Has someone now put an evil spell on you? 2 I want to know only one thing. How were you given God's Spirit? Was it by obeying the Law of Moses or by hearing about Christ and having faith in him? 3 How can you be so stupid? Do you think that by yourself you can complete what God's Spirit started in you? 4 Have you gone through all of this for nothing? Is it all really for nothing?

5 God gives you his Spirit and works miracles in you. But does he do this because you obey the Law of Moses or because you have heard about Christ and have faith in him?
6  t The Scriptures say that God accepted Abraham because Abraham had faith. 7 t And so, you should understand that everyone who has faith is a child of Abraham.t 8 t Long ago the Scriptures said God would accept the Gentiles because of their faith. This is why God told Abraham the good news that all nations would be blessed because of him.

9 This means everyone who has faith will share in the blessings given to Abraham because of his faith.
10  t Anyone who tries to please God by obeying the Law is under a curse. The Scriptures say, “Everyone who doesn't obey everything in the Law is under a curse.”

11 t No one can please God by obeying the Law. The Scriptures also say, “The people God accepts because of their faith will live.”t
12  t The Law isn't based on faith. It promises life only to people who obey its commands. 13 t But Christ rescued us from the Law's curse, when he became a curse in our place. This is because the Scriptures say that anyone who is nailed to a tree is under a curse.

14 And because of what Jesus Christ has done, the blessing promised to Abraham was taken to the Gentiles. This happened so that by faith we would be given the promised Holy Spirit.

The Law and the Promise


15 My friends, I will use an everyday example to explain what I mean. Once someone agrees to something, no one else can change or cancel the agreement.t 16 That is how it is with the promises God made to Abraham and his descendant.t The promises were not made to many descendants, but only to one, and that one is Christ. 17 t What I am saying is that the Law cannot change or cancel God's promise made 430 years before the Law was given.

18 t If we have to obey the Law in order to receive God's blessings, those blessings don't really come to us because of God's promise. But God was kind to Abraham and made him a promise.
19 What is the use of the Law? It was given later to show that we sin. But it was only supposed to last until the coming of that descendantt who was given the promise. In fact, angels gave the Law to Moses, and he gave it to the people.

20 There is only one God, and the Law did not come directly from him.

Slaves and Children


21 Does the Law disagree with God's promises? No, it doesn't! If any law could give life to us, we could become acceptable to God by obeying that law.

22 But the Scriptures say that sin controls everyone, so that God's promises will be for anyone who has faith in Jesus Christ.
23 The Law controlled us and kept us under its power until the time came when we would have faith. 24 In fact, the Law was to be our teacher until Christ came. Then we could have faith and be acceptable to God.

25 But once a person has learned to have faith, there is no more need to have the Law as a teacher.
26 All of you are God's children because of your faith in Christ Jesus. 27 And when you were baptized, it was as though you had put on Christ in the same way you put on new clothes. 28 Faith in Christ Jesus is what makes each of you equal with each other, whether you are a Jew or a Greek, a slave or a free person, a man or a woman. 29 t So if you belong to Christ, you are now part of Abraham's family, t and you will be given what God has promised.