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I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness were through the law, then Christ died for no purpose.

just as Abraham "believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness"?

And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, "In you shall all the nations be blessed."

Now it is evident that no one is justified before God by the law, for "The righteous shall live by faith."

This is what I mean: the law, which came 430 years afterward, does not annul a covenant previously ratified by God, so as to make the promise void.

For if the inheritance comes by the law, it no longer comes by promise; but God gave it to Abraham by a promise.

Now an intermediary implies more than one, but God is one.

Is the law then contrary to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could give life, then righteousness would indeed be by the law.

for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith.

But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law,

And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, "Abba! Father!"

So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God.

Formerly, when you did not know God, you were enslaved to those that by nature are not gods.

But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how can you turn back again to the weak and worthless elementary principles of the world, whose slaves you want to be once more?

and though my condition was a trial to you, you did not scorn or despise me, but received me as an angel of God, as Christ Jesus.

envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap.

And as for all who walk by this rule, peace and mercy be upon them, and upon the Israel of God.

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints who are in Ephesus, and are faithful in Christ Jesus:

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.