Galatians 3
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified.
1O insensati Galatæ, quis vos fascinavit non obedire veritati, ante quorum oculos Jesus Christus præscriptus est, in vobis crucifixus?
2I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law, or by hearing with faith?
2Hoc solum a vobis volo discere: ex operibus legis Spiritum accepistis, an ex auditu fidei?
3Are you so foolish? After starting in the Spirit, are you now finishing in the flesh?
3sic stulti estis, ut cum Spiritu cœperitis, nunc carne consummemini?
4Have you suffered so much for nothing, if it really was for nothing?
4tanta passi estis sine causa? si tamen sine causa.
5Does God lavish His Spirit on you and work miracles among you because you practice the law, or because you hear and believe?
5Qui ergo tribuit vobis Spiritum, et operatur virtutes in vobis: ex operibus legis, an ex auditu fidei?
6So also, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”
6Sicut scriptum est: Abraham credidit Deo, et reputatum est illi ad justitiam:
7Understand, then, that those who have faith are sons of Abraham.
7cognoscite ergo quia qui ex fide sunt, ii sunt filii Abrahæ.
8The Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and foretold the gospel to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.”
8Providens autem Scriptura quia ex fide justificat gentes Deus, prænuntiavit Abrahæ: Quia benedicentur in te omnes gentes.
9So those who have faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.
9Igitur qui ex fide sunt, benedicentur cum fideli Abraham.
10All who rely on works of the law are under a curse. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”
10Quicumque enim ex operibus legis sunt, sub maledicto sunt. Scriptum est enim: Maledictus omnis qui non permanserit in omnibus quæ scripta sunt in libro legis ut faciat ea.
11Now it is clear that no one is justified before God by the law, because, “The righteous will live by faith.”
11Quoniam autem in lege nemo justificatur apud Deum, manifestum est: quia justus ex fide vivit.
12The law, however, is not based on faith; on the contrary, “The man who does these things will live by them.”
12Lex autem non est ex fide, sed: Qui fecerit ea, vivet in illis.
13Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”
13Christus nos redemit de maledicto legis, factus pro nobis maledictum: quia scriptum est: Maledictus omnis qui pendet in ligno:
14He redeemed us in order that the blessing promised to Abraham would come to the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.
14ut in gentibus benedictio Abrahæ fieret in Christo Jesu, ut pollicitationem Spiritus accipiamus per fidem.
15Brothers, let me put this in human terms. Even a human covenant, once it is ratified, cannot be canceled or amended.
15Fratres (secundum hominem dico) tamen hominis confirmatum testamentum nemo spernit, aut superordinat.
16The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. The Scripture does not say, “and to seeds,” meaning many, but “and to your seed,” meaning One, who is Christ.
16Abrahæ dictæ sunt promissiones, et semini ejus. Non dicit: Et seminibus, quasi in multis: sed quasi in uno: Et semini tuo, qui est Christus.
17What I mean is this: The law that came 430 years later does not revoke the covenant previously established by God, so as to nullify the promise.
17Hoc autem dico, testamentum confirmatum a Deo: quæ post quadringentos et triginta annos facta est lex, non irritum facit ad evacuandam promissionem.
18For if the inheritance depends on the law, then it no longer depends on a promise; but God freely granted it to Abraham through a promise.
18Nam si ex lege hæreditas, jam non ex promissione. Abrahæ autem per repromissionem donavit Deus.
19Why then was the law given? It was added because of transgressions, until the arrival of the seed to whom the promise referred. It was administered through angels by a mediator.
19Quid igitur lex? Propter transgressiones posita est donec veniret semen, cui promiserat, ordinata per angelos in manu mediatoris.
20A mediator is unnecessary, however, for only one party; but God is one.
20Mediator autem unius non est: Deus autem unus est.
21Is the law, then, opposed to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come from the law.
21Lex ergo adversus promissa Dei? Absit. Si enim data esset lex, quæ posset vivificare, vere ex lege esset justitia.
22But the Scripture pronounces all things confined by sin, so that by faith in Jesus Christ the promise might be given to those who believe.
22Sed conclusit Scriptura omnia sub peccato, ut promissio ex fide Jesu Christi daretur credentibus.
23Before this faith came, we were held in custody under the law, locked up until faith should be revealed.
23Prius autem quam veniret fides, sub lege custodiebamur conclusi in eam fidem quæ revelanda erat.
24So the law became our guardian to lead us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
24Itaque lex pædagogus noster fuit in Christo, ut ex fide justificemur.
25Now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian.
25At ubi venit fides, jam non sumus sub pædagogo.
26You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.
26Omnes enim filii Dei estis per fidem, quæ est in Christo Jesu.
27For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.
27Quicumque enim in Christo baptizati estis, Christum induistis.
28There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
28Non est Judæus, neque Græcus: non est servus, neque liber: non est masculus, neque femina. Omnes enim vos unum estis in Christo Jesu.
29And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the promise.
29Si autem vos Christi, ergo semen Abrahæ estis, secundum promissionem hæredes.
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