O foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was openly portrayed  ¹crucified?

This only I wish to learn from you, Did you  ¹receive the  ²Spirit out of the  ³works of law or out of the  ³hearing of faith?

Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being  ¹perfected by the  ²flesh?

Have you  ¹suffered so many things in vain, if indeed it was in vain?

He therefore who  ¹bountifully supplies to you the  ²Spirit and  ³does works of power among you, does He do it out of the  ⁴works of law or out of the hearing of faith?

Even as  ¹“Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.”

Know then that they who are of  ¹faith, these are  ²sons of Abraham.

And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles out of faith, announced the  ¹gospel beforehand to Abraham: “In you shall all the nations be blessed.”

So then they who are of  ¹faith are  ²blessed with  ³believing Abraham.

For as many as are of the works of law are under a  ¹curse; for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all the things written in the book of the law to do them.”

And that  ¹by law no one is justified before God is evident because, “The righteous one shall have life and live  ²by faith”;

But the law is not of faith, yet, “He who does them shall live  ¹because of them.”

Christ has redeemed us out of the curse of the law, having  ¹become a curse on our behalf; because it is written, “Cursed is everyone hanging on a  ²tree”;

In order that the  ¹blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might  ²receive the promise of the  ³Spirit through faith.

Brothers, I speak according to man, though it is a man's covenant, yet when it has been ratified, no one nullifies it or makes additions to it.

But to Abraham were the promises spoken and to his seed. He does not say, “And to the seeds,” as concerning many, but as concerning one: “And to your seed,” who is  ¹Christ.

And I say this: A  ¹covenant previously ratified by God, the  ²law, having come  ³four hundred and thirty years after, does not annul so as to make the promise of none effect.

For if the  ¹inheritance is of law, it is no longer of promise; but to Abraham God has graciously given it through promise.

Why then the law? It was  ¹added because of the transgressions until the seed should come to whom the promise was made, it being  ²ordained through angels in the hand of a  ³mediator.

But a  ¹mediator is not a mediator for one, but God is one.

Is then the law against the promises of God? Absolutely not! For if a law had been given which was able to  ¹give life,  ²righteousness would have indeed been of law.

But the Scripture has  ¹shut up  ²all under sin in order that the promise out of  ³faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.

But before  ¹faith came we were  ²guarded under law, being  ³shut up  ⁴unto the faith which was to be revealed.

So then the law has become our  ¹child-conductor unto Christ that we might be justified out of faith.

But since faith has come, we are  ¹no longer under a child-conductor.

For you are all  ¹sons of God through  ²faith in Christ Jesus.

For as many of you as were baptized  ¹into Christ have put on Christ.

There  ¹cannot be  ²Jew nor Greek, there cannot be  ³slave nor free man, there cannot be  ⁴male and female; for you are all  ⁵one in Christ Jesus.

And if you are of Christ, then you are  ¹Abraham's seed, heirs according to  ²promise.

If you see the oppression of the poor and the wresting of justice and righteousness in a province, do not be astonished at the matter; for one higher official watches over another high official, and there are higher officials over them.

And a king who cultivates the field is always an advantage for a land.

He who loves silver will not be satisfied with silver, nor he who loves abundance with income. This is also vanity.

When goods increase, those who eat them increase; so what advantage do their owners have except to see them with their eyes?

Sweet is the sleep of the laborer, whether he eats little or much; but the fullness of the rich will not let him sleep.

There is a grievous evil that I have seen under the sun: riches kept by their owner to his own hurt,

And those riches were lost in a bad venture; and having begotten a son, he had nothing in his hand.

As he came forth from his mother's womb, he will return naked as he came; and he will take nothing of his labor that he may carry in his hand.

And this also is a grievous evil: in all points, as he came, so will he go; so what is the advantage to him who has labored for the wind?

Throughout all his days he also eats in darkness and has much vexation and sickness and resentment.

Here is what I have seen to be good and what is pleasant: to  ¹eat and to drink and to taste enjoyment in all his labor by which he labors under the sun during the few days of his life, which God has given him; for this is his portion.

Moreover, for every man to whom God has given riches and wealth, and has empowered him to eat of them and to take his portion and to rejoice in his labor — this is the gift of God.

For he will not  ¹brood much over the days of his life, because God keeps him occupied with the gladness of his heart.

There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it is heavy upon man:

A man to whom God gives riches, wealth, and honor, so that nothing is lacking to his soul of all that he desires, and yet God does not empower him to eat of it, but a stranger eats it. This is vanity and an evil plague.

If a man begets a hundred children and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul is not filled with good and even does not get a proper burial, I say that the stillborn is better off than he;

For it comes in vanity and goes off in darkness, and in darkness its name is covered;

Moreover it has not seen the sun and does not know anything; this one has rest rather than that one.

Indeed, even if he lives a thousand years twice and does not taste enjoyment, do not all go to one place?

All a man's labor is for his mouth, and yet his appetite is not filled.

For what advantage does the wise man have over the fool? What advantage does the poor man have in knowing how to walk before the living?

Better is seeing with the eyes than wandering with the soul. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.

That which is has already been  ¹determined, and it is known what man is and that he cannot contend with him who is stronger than he.

For there are many things, which will increase vanity. What is the advantage to man?

For who knows what is good for a man in life during the few days of his vain life, which he will spend as a shadow? For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?