O foolishGalatians, who hathbewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, beforewhoseeyesJesusChristhathbeenevidently set forth, crucifiedamong you?
And the scripture, foreseeingthat God wouldjustify the heathenthroughfaith, preachedbefore the gospeluntoAbraham, saying, In theeshall all nations be blessed.
For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one thatcontinueth not in all thingswhich are written in the book of the law to do them.
And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmedbefore of God in Christ, the law, which was fourhundred and thirtyyearsafter, cannotdisannul, that it shouldmake the promise of noneeffect.
Whereforethenserveth the law? It was addedbecause of transgressions, till the seedshouldcome to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
Is the law thenagainst the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law givenwhichcouldhavegivenlife, verilyrighteousnessshouldhavebeen by the law.