For through the Spirit, by faith, we wait expectantly for the hope of righteousness.

This persuasion<n id="1" /> does not come from the one who calls you!

For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the<n id="1" /> slave woman and the other by the free woman.

But one, the son by the slave woman, was born by natural descent,<n id="1" /> while the other, the son by the free woman, was born through the promise.

so then, understand<n id="1" /> that those who believe are the sons of Abraham.<n id="2" />

So then those who believe<n id="1" /> are blessed along with Abraham the believer.

Thus the law had become our guardian<n id="1" /> until Christ, so that we could be declared righteous<n id="2" /> by faith.

because the person who sows to his own flesh<n id="1" /> will reap corruption<n id="2" /> from the flesh,<n id="3" /> but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit.

Now it is clear no one is justified before God by the law, because <i><b>the righteous one will live by faithb>i>.<n id="1" />

But the law is not based on faith,<n id="1" /> but <b><i>the one who doesi>b> the works of the law<n id="2" /> <b><i>will live by themi>b>.<n id="3" />

For if the inheritance is based on the law, it is no longer based on the promise, but God graciously gave<n id="1" /> it to Abraham through the promise.p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">From Paul,<n id="1" /> an apostle (not from men, nor by human agency, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised him from the dead)

But when the one<n id="1" /> who set me apart from birth<n id="2" /> and called me by his grace was pleased

Until<n id="1" /> certain people came from James, he had been eating with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he stopped doing this<n id="2" /> and separated himself<n id="3" /> because he was afraid of those who were pro-circumcision.<n id="4" />

And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, proclaimed the gospel to Abraham ahead of time,<n id="1" /> saying, &#8220;<b><i>All the nationsi>b><n id="2" /> <b><i>will be blessed in youi>b><sc>.&#8221;sc><n id="3" />

Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming<n id="1" /> a curse for us (because it is written, &#8220;<b><i>Cursed is everyone who hangs on a treei>b>&#8221;)<n id="2" />

But the scripture imprisoned<n id="1" /> everything and everyone<n id="2" /> under sin so that the promise could be given &#8211; because of the faithfulness<n id="3" /> of Jesus Christ &#8211; to those who believe.p>

But when the appropriate time<n id="1" /> had come, God sent out his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from this present evil age according to the will of our God and Father,

yet we know<n id="1" /> that no one<n id="2" /> is justified by the works of the law<n id="3" /> but by the faithfulness of Jesus Christ.<n id="4" /> And<n id="5" /> we have come to believe in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by the faithfulness of Christ<n id="6" /> and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no one<n id="7" /> will be justified.