Galatians 3

“O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath…” The question slows the passage down. Notice who is being pressed to answer, what the question assumes, and whether the next lines provide a response.

“This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?” The question slows the passage down. Notice who is being pressed to answer, what the question assumes, and whether the next lines provide a response.

“Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?” The question slows the passage down. Notice who is being pressed to answer, what the question assumes, and whether the next lines provide a response.

“Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if it be yet in vain.” The question slows the passage down. Notice who is being pressed to answer, what the question assumes, and whether the next lines provide a response.

“He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law…” The question slows the passage down. Notice who is being pressed to answer, what the question assumes, and whether the next lines provide a response.

“Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.” Naming Abraham and Even keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.” Naming Abraham and Know keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.” This line supplies a reason, result, or conclusion. It should stay attached to the claim or action that gives it meaning.

“For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth…” This line supplies a reason, result, or conclusion. It should stay attached to the claim or action that gives it meaning.

“But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one…” The number one makes the report concrete. Ask whether it measures time, people, distance, repetition, or completeness before deciding what weight it carries.

“That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the…” The promise, blessing, or covenant language needs its named recipient and scope. Those details prevent a personal word in the story from becoming a promise detached from context.

“Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man’s covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man…” The promise, blessing, or covenant language needs its named recipient and scope. Those details prevent a personal word in the story from becoming a promise detached from context.

“Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy…” The number one makes the report concrete. Ask whether it measures time, people, distance, repetition, or completeness before deciding what weight it carries.

“And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and…” The promise, blessing, or covenant language needs its named recipient and scope. Those details prevent a personal word in the story from becoming a promise detached from context.

“For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise.” This line supplies a reason, result, or conclusion. It should stay attached to the claim or action that gives it meaning.

“Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise…” The question slows the passage down. Notice who is being pressed to answer, what the question assumes, and whether the next lines provide a response.

“Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one.” The number one makes the report concrete. Ask whether it measures time, people, distance, repetition, or completeness before deciding what weight it carries.

“Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given…” The question slows the passage down. Notice who is being pressed to answer, what the question assumes, and whether the next lines provide a response.

“But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that…” The promise, blessing, or covenant language needs its named recipient and scope. Those details prevent a personal word in the story from becoming a promise detached from context.

“But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.” The line’s distinctive content terms include faith, kept, revealed. Its relationship to verses 22 and 24 shows what work it does in this passage.

“Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.” This line supplies a reason, result, or conclusion. It should stay attached to the claim or action that gives it meaning.

“But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.” The line’s distinctive content terms include faith, longer, schoolmaster. Its relationship to verses 26 shows what work it does in this passage.

“For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.” This line supplies a reason, result, or conclusion. It should stay attached to the claim or action that gives it meaning.

“For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.” This line supplies a reason, result, or conclusion. It should stay attached to the claim or action that gives it meaning.

“There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one…” The number one makes the report concrete. Ask whether it measures time, people, distance, repetition, or completeness before deciding what weight it carries.

“And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.” The promise, blessing, or covenant language needs its named recipient and scope. Those details prevent a personal word in the story from becoming a promise detached from context.