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^[a]You foolish ^(a)Galatians, who has bewitched you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ ^(b)was publicly portrayed as crucified?

This is the only thing I want to find out from you: did you receive the Spirit by the works of ^[b]the Law, or by ^[c](c)hearing with faith?

Are you so foolish? Having begun ^[d]by the Spirit, are you now ^[e]being perfected by the flesh?

Did you ^[f]suffer so many things in vain—^(d)if indeed it was in vain?

So then, does He who ^(e)provides you with the Spirit and ^(f)works ^[g]miracles among you, do it by the works of ^[h]the Law, or by ^[i](g)hearing with faith?

^[j]Even so ^(h)Abraham ⁽ⁱ⁾ believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness .

Therefore, ^[k]be sure that ^(j)it is those who are of faith who are ^(k)sons of Abraham.

The Scripture, foreseeing that God ^[l]would justify the ^[m]Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, "^(l) All the nations will be blessed in you . "

So then ^(m)those who are of faith are blessed with ^[n]Abraham, the believer.

For as many as are of the works of ^[o]the Law are under a curse; for it is written, "⁽ⁿ⁾ Cursed is everyone who does not abide by all things written in the book of the law, to perform them ."

Now that ^(o)no one is justified ^[p]by ^[q]the Law before God is evident; for, "^[r](p) The righteous man shall live by faith ."

^[s]However, the Law is not ^[t]of faith; on the contrary, "^(q) He who practices them shall live ^[u] by them ."

Christ ^(r)redeemed us from the curse of the Law, having become a curse for us—for it is written, "^(s) Cursed is everyone who hangs on ^(t) a ^[v] tree "—

in order that ^(u)in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might ^[w]come to the Gentiles, so that we ^(v)would receive ^(w)the promise of the Spirit through faith.