3:1 O insensati Galatæ, quis vos fascinavit non obedire veritati, ante quorum oculos Jesus Christus præscriptus est, in vobis crucifixus ?

3:1 O senseless Galatians, who hath bewitched you that you should not obey the truth: before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been set forth, crucified among you?

3:2 Hoc solum a vobis volo discere : ex operibus legis Spiritum accepistis, an ex auditu fidei ?

3:2 This only would I learn of you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law or by the hearing of faith?

3:3 sic stulti estis, ut cum Spiritu cœperitis, nunc carne consummemini ?

3:3 Are you so foolish that, whereas you began in the Spirit, you would now be made perfect by the flesh?

3:4 tanta passi estis sine causa ? si tamen sine causa.

3:4 Have you suffered so great things in vain? If it be yet in vain.

3:5 Qui ergo tribuit vobis Spiritum, et operatur virtutes in vobis : ex operibus legis, an ex auditu fidei ?

3:5 He therefore who giveth to you the Spirit and worketh miracles among you: doth he do it by the works of the law or by the hearing of the faith?

3:6 Sicut scriptum est : Abraham credidit Deo, et reputatum est illi ad justitiam :

3:6 As it is written: Abraham believed God: and it was reputed to him unto justice.

3:7 cognoscite ergo quia qui ex fide sunt, ii sunt filii Abrahæ.

3:7 Know ye, therefore, that they who are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.

3:8 Providens autem Scriptura quia ex fide justificat gentes Deus, prænuntiavit Abrahæ : Quia benedicentur in te omnes gentes.

3:8 And the scripture, foreseeing that God justifieth the Gentiles by faith, told unto Abraham before: In thee shall all nations be blessed.

3:9 Igitur qui ex fide sunt, benedicentur cum fideli Abraham.

3:9 Therefore, they that are of faith shall be blessed with faithful Abraham.

3:10 Quicumque 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.

3:10 For as many as are of the works of the law are under a curse. For it is written: Cursed is every one that abideth, not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.

3:11 Quoniam autem in lege nemo justificatur apud Deum, manifestum est : quia justus ex fide vivit.

3:11 But that in the law no man is justified with God, it is manifest: because the just man liveth by faith.

3:12 Lex autem non est ex fide, sed : Qui fecerit ea, vivet in illis.

3:12 But the law is not of faith: but he that doth those things shall live in them.

3:13 Christus nos redemit de maledicto legis, factus pro nobis maledictum : quia scriptum est : Maledictus omnis qui pendet in ligno :

3:13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us (for it is written: Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree).

3:14 ut in gentibus benedictio Abrahæ fieret in Christo Jesu, ut pollicitationem Spiritus accipiamus per fidem.

3:14 That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Christ Jesus: that we may receive the promise of the Spirit by faith.

3:15 Fratres (secundum hominem dico) tamen hominis confirmatum testamentum nemo spernit, aut superordinat.

3:15 Brethren (I speak after the manner of man), yet a man's testament, if it be confirmed, no man despiseth nor addeth to it.

3:16 Abrahæ dictæ sunt promissiones, et semini ejus. Non dicit : Et seminibus, quasi in multis : sed quasi in uno : Et semini tuo, qui est Christus.

3:16 To Abraham were the promises made and to his seed. He saith not: And to his seeds as of many. But as of one: And to thy seed, which is Christ.

3:17 Hoc autem dico, testamentum confirmatum a Deo : quæ post quadringentos et triginta annos facta est lex, non irritum facit ad evacuandam promissionem.

3:17 Now this I say: that the testament which was confirmed by God, the law which was made after four hundred and thirty years doth not disannul, to make the promise of no effect.

3:18 Nam si ex lege hæreditas, jam non ex promissione. Abrahæ autem per repromissionem donavit Deus.

3:18 For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise. But God gave it to Abraham by promise.

3:19 Quid igitur lex ? Propter transgressiones posita est donec veniret semen, cui promiserat, ordinata per angelos in manu mediatoris.

3:19 Why then was the law? It was set because of transgressions, until the seed should come to whom he made the promise, being ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.

3:20 Mediator autem unius non est : Deus autem unus est.

3:20 Now a mediator is not of one: but God is one.

3:21 Lex ergo adversus promissa Dei ? Absit. Si enim data esset lex, quæ posset vivificare, vere ex lege esset justitia.

3:21 Was the law then against the promises of God: God forbid! For if there had been a law given which could give life, verily justice should have been by the law.

3:22 Sed conclusit Scriptura omnia sub peccato, ut promissio ex fide Jesu Christi daretur credentibus.

3:22 But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise, by the faith of Jesus Christ, might be given to them that believe.

3:23 Prius autem quam veniret fides, sub lege custodiebamur conclusi in eam fidem quæ revelanda erat.

3:23 But before the faith came, we were kept under the law shut up, unto that faith which was to be revealed.

3:24 Itaque lex pædagogus noster fuit in Christo, ut ex fide justificemur.

3:24 Wherefore the law was our pedagogue in Christ: that we might be justified by faith.

3:25 At ubi venit fides, jam non sumus sub pædagogo.

3:25 But after the faith is come, we are no longer under a pedagogue.

3:26 Omnes enim filii Dei estis per fidem, quæ est in Christo Jesu.

3:26 For you are all the children of God, by faith in Christ Jesus.

3:27 Quicumque enim in Christo baptizati estis, Christum induistis.

3:27 For as many of you as have been baptized in Christ have put on Christ.

3:28 Non est Judæus, neque Græcus : non est servus, neque liber : non est masculus, neque femina. Omnes enim vos unum estis in Christo Jesu.

3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek: there is neither bond nor free: there is neither male nor female. For you are all one in Christ Jesus.

3:29 Si autem vos Christi, ergo semen Abrahæ estis, secundum promissionem hæredes.

3:29 And if you be Christ's, then are you the seed of Abraham, heirs according to the promise.