Galatians 3:4-6

New Living Translation

⁴Have you experienced^[a] so much for nothing? Surely it was not in vain, was it?

⁵I ask you again, does God give you the Holy Spirit and work miracles among you because you obey the law? Of course not! It is because you believe the message you heard about Christ.

⁶In the same way, “Abraham believed God, and God counted him as righteous because of his faith.”^[b]

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Footnotes

3:4 Or Have you suffered.
3:6 Gen 15:6.

Galatians 3:4-6

New International Version

⁴Have you experienced^[a] so much in vain—if it really was in vain? ⁵So again I ask, does God give you his Spirit and work miracles^(A) among you by the works of the law, or by your believing what you heard?^(B) ⁶So also Abraham “believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”^[b]^(C)