Paul explodes at the beginning Galatians 3 saying: "You foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you?" He was shocked by the Galatians' wanting to add the Jewish law to Christ! He asked them if they received the Spirit by observing the law or by faith in Christ? He points to Abraham who believed and it was credited to him as righteousness. And the Scripture foresaw the salvation of the Gentiles saying "All nations will be blessed through you". No-one is justified by the law... because the righteous shall live by faith... Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law... so that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus. "The law therefore was put in charge to lead us to Christ that we might be justified by faith... and now faith has come we are no longer under the supervision of the law... for you are sons of God through faith in Christ... there is neither Jew, Greek, slave, free, male nor female. But we are all one in Christ".
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