15弟兄姊妹，我举个日常生活中的例子。世人的合约一经双方签订之后，就不能作废，也不能加添。16上帝曾向亚伯拉罕和他的后裔赐下应许，不过这里没有说“后裔们”——指许多人，而是说“你的后裔”——指一个人，就是基督。17我的意思是：四百三十年后颁布的律法不会废除上帝先前立下的约，以致应许落空。18倘若我们是靠守律法去承受产业，我们就不是倚靠上帝的应许。但上帝是凭应许把产业赐给了亚伯拉罕。19那么，为什么会有律法呢？律法是为了使人知罪而颁布的，等那位承受应许的后裔来到后，律法的任务就完成了。律法是通过天使交给一位中间人颁布的。20中间人代表双方，但上帝则单方面赐下应许。21这样看来，上帝的律法和上帝的应许是否互相矛盾呢？当然不是！如果赐下的律法能带给人生命，人就可以靠律法成为义人了。22但圣经说万物都在罪的权势下，为要使那些相信的人因为相信耶稣基督而得到应许*。23信耶稣的时代*还没有来临以前，律法暂时监管我们。等到信耶稣之道显明出来后，律法就不再监管我们。24因此，律法是我们的监护人，负责引领我们归向基督，使我们可以因信而被称为义人。25现在信耶稣的时代已经来临，我们不再受律法监管。26你们都借着信基督耶稣而成为上帝的儿女，27因为你们受洗归入基督就是披戴基督*。28从此不再分犹太人和希腊人，自由人和奴隶，男人和女人，因为你们都在基督耶稣里合而为一了。29你们若属于基督，就是亚伯拉罕的后裔，都是照着上帝的应许承受产业的人。
English Standard Version
By Faith, or by Works of the Law?
1O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified.2Let me ask you only this: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law or by hearing with faith?3Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by* the flesh?4Did you suffer* so many things in vain—if indeed it was in vain?5Does he who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracles among you do so by works of the law, or by hearing with faith—6just as Abraham “believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness”?7Know then that it is those of faith who are the sons of Abraham.8And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify* the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, “In you shall all the nations be blessed.”9So then, those who are of faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.
The Righteous Shall Live by Faith
10For all who rely on works of the law are under a curse; for it is written, “Cursed be everyone who does not abide by all things written in the Book of the Law, and do them.”11Now it is evident that no one is justified before God by the law, for “The righteous shall live by faith.”*12But the law is not of faith, rather “The one who does them shall live by them.”13Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree”—14so that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles, so that we might receive the promised Spirit* through faith.
The Law and the Promise
15To give a human example, brothers:* even with a man-made covenant, no one annuls it or adds to it once it has been ratified.16Now the promises were made to Abraham and to his offspring. It does not say, “And to offsprings,” referring to many, but referring to one, “And to your offspring,” who is Christ.17This is what I mean: the law, which came 430 years afterward, does not annul a covenant previously ratified by God, so as to make the promise void.18For if the inheritance comes by the law, it no longer comes by promise; but God gave it to Abraham by a promise.19Why then the law? It was added because of transgressions, until the offspring should come to whom the promise had been made, and it was put in place through angels by an intermediary.20Now an intermediary implies more than one, but God is one.21Is the law then contrary to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could give life, then righteousness would indeed be by the law.22But the Scripture imprisoned everything under sin, so that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.23Now before faith came, we were held captive under the law, imprisoned until the coming faith would be revealed.24So then, the law was our guardian until Christ came, in order that we might be justified by faith.25But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian,26for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith.27For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.28There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave* nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.29And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s offspring, heirs according to promise.
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