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         <div class="label">3</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Faith or Works of the Law</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GAL.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">You foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GAL.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by believing what you heard? </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GAL.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Are you so foolish? After beginning by means of the Spirit, are you now trying to finish by means of the flesh?</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">3:3 </span><span class="ft">In contexts like this, the Greek word for </span><span class="fq">flesh </span><span class="ft">(<span class="tl">sarx</span>) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit.</span></span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GAL.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Have you experienced</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">3:4 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">suffered</span></span></span><span class="content"> so much in vain&#8212;if it really was in vain? </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GAL.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">So again I ask, does God give you his Spirit and work miracles among you by the works of the law, or by your believing what you heard? </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GAL.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">So also Abraham &#8220;believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">3:6 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="GEN.15.6">Gen. 15:6</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GAL.3.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GAL.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Understand, then, that those who have faith are children of Abraham. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GAL.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and announced the gospel in advance to Abraham: &#8220;All nations will be blessed through you.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">3:8 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="GEN.12.3">Gen. 12:3</span>; <span class="ref" usfm="GEN.18.18">18:18</span>; <span class="ref" usfm="GEN.22.18">22:18</span></span></span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GAL.3.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">So those who rely on faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GAL.3.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GAL.3.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">For all who rely on the works of the law are under a curse, as it is written: &#8220;Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">3:10 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="DEU.27.26">Deut. 27:26</span></span></span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GAL.3.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Clearly no one who relies on the law is justified before God, because &#8220;the righteous will live by faith.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">3:11 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="HAB.2.4">Hab. 2:4</span></span></span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GAL.3.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The law is not based on faith; on the contrary, it says, &#8220;The person who does these things will live by them.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">3:12 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="LEV.18.5">Lev. 18:5</span></span></span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GAL.3.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: &#8220;Cursed is everyone who is hung on a pole.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">3:13 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="DEU.21.23">Deut. 21:23</span></span></span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GAL.3.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">He redeemed us in order that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Law and the Promise</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GAL.3.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GAL.3.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Brothers and sisters, let me take an example from everyday life. Just as no one can set aside or add to a human covenant that has been duly established, so it is in this case. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GAL.3.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. Scripture does not say &#8220;and to seeds,&#8221; meaning many people, but &#8220;and to your seed,&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">3:16 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="GEN.12.7">Gen. 12:7</span>; <span class="ref" usfm="GEN.13.15">13:15</span>; <span class="ref" usfm="GEN.24.7">24:7</span></span></span></span><span class="content"> meaning one person, who is Christ. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GAL.3.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">What I mean is this: The law, introduced 430 years later, does not set aside the covenant previously established by God and thus do away with the promise. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GAL.3.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">For if the inheritance depends on the law, then it no longer depends on the promise; but God in his grace gave it to Abraham through a promise.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GAL.3.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GAL.3.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Why, then, was the law given at all? It was added because of transgressions until the Seed to whom the promise referred had come. The law was given through angels and entrusted to a mediator. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GAL.3.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">A mediator, however, implies more than one party; but God is one.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GAL.3.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GAL.3.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Is the law, therefore, opposed to the promises of God? Absolutely not! For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come by the law. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GAL.3.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">But Scripture has locked up everything under the control of sin, so that what was promised, being given through faith in Jesus Christ, might be given to those who believe.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Children of God</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GAL.3.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GAL.3.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Before the coming of this faith,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">3:22,23 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">through the faithfulness of Jesus&#8230; </span><span class="fv">23 </span><span class="fqa">Before faith came</span></span></span><span class="content"> we were held in custody under the law, locked up until the faith that was to come would be revealed. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GAL.3.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">So the law was our guardian until Christ came that we might be justified by faith. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GAL.3.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Now that this faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GAL.3.25"></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GAL.3.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith, </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GAL.3.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="GAL.3.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="GAL.3.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham&#8217;s seed, and heirs according to the promise.</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch17" data-usfm="PRO.17">
         <div class="label">17</div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.17.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Better a dry crust with peace and quiet</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.17.1"><span class="content">than a house full of feasting, with strife.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.17.1"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.17.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.17.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">A prudent servant will rule over a disgraceful son</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.17.2"><span class="content">and will share the inheritance as one of the family.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.17.2"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.17.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.17.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.17.3"><span class="content">but the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> tests the heart.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.17.3"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.17.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.17.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">A wicked person listens to deceitful lips;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.17.4"><span class="content">a liar pays attention to a destructive tongue.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.17.4"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.17.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.17.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Whoever mocks the poor shows contempt for their Maker;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.17.5"><span class="content">whoever gloats over disaster will not go unpunished.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.17.5"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.17.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.17.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Children&#8217;s children are a crown to the aged,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.17.6"><span class="content">and parents are the pride of their children.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.17.6"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.17.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.17.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Eloquent lips are unsuited to a godless fool&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.17.7"><span class="content">how much worse lying lips to a ruler!</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.17.7"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.17.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.17.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">A bribe is seen as a charm by the one who gives it;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.17.8"><span class="content">they think success will come at every turn.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.17.8"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.17.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.17.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Whoever would foster love covers over an offense,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.17.9"><span class="content">but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.17.9"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.17.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.17.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">A rebuke impresses a discerning person</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.17.10"><span class="content">more than a hundred lashes a fool.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.17.10"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.17.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.17.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Evildoers foster rebellion against God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.17.11"><span class="content">the messenger of death will be sent against them.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.17.11"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.17.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.17.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.17.12"><span class="content">than a fool bent on folly.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.17.12"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.17.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.17.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Evil will never leave the house</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.17.13"><span class="content">of one who pays back evil for good.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.17.13"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.17.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.17.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Starting a quarrel is like breaching a dam;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.17.14"><span class="content">so drop the matter before a dispute breaks out.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.17.14"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.17.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.17.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Acquitting the guilty and condemning the innocent&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.17.15"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> detests them both.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.17.15"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.17.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.17.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Why should fools have money in hand to buy wisdom,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.17.16"><span class="content">when they are not able to understand it?</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.17.16"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.17.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.17.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">A friend loves at all times,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.17.17"><span class="content">and a brother is born for a time of adversity.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.17.17"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.17.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.17.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">One who has no sense shakes hands in pledge</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.17.18"><span class="content">and puts up security for a neighbor.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.17.18"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.17.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.17.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Whoever loves a quarrel loves sin;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.17.19"><span class="content">whoever builds a high gate invites destruction.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.17.19"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.17.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.17.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">One whose heart is corrupt does not prosper;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.17.20"><span class="content">one whose tongue is perverse falls into trouble.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.17.20"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.17.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.17.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">To have a fool for a child brings grief;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.17.21"><span class="content">there is no joy for the parent of a godless fool.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.17.21"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.17.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.17.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">A cheerful heart is good medicine,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.17.22"><span class="content">but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.17.22"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.17.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.17.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The wicked accept bribes in secret</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.17.23"><span class="content">to pervert the course of justice.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.17.23"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.17.23"></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.17.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">A discerning person keeps wisdom in view,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.17.24"><span class="content">but a fool&#8217;s eyes wander to the ends of the earth.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.17.24"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.17.24"></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.17.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">A foolish son brings grief to his father</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.17.25"><span class="content">and bitterness to the mother who bore him.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.17.25"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.17.25"></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.17.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">If imposing a fine on the innocent is not good,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.17.26"><span class="content">surely to flog honest officials is not right.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.17.26"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.17.26"></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.17.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The one who has knowledge uses words with restraint,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.17.27"><span class="content">and whoever has understanding is even-tempered.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.17.27"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.17.27"></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.17.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Even fools are thought wise if they keep silent,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.17.28"><span class="content">and discerning if they hold their tongues.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.17.28"></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MRK.5.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">As Jesus was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed begged to go with him. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MRK.5.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Jesus did not let him, but said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Go home to your own people and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MRK.5.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">So the man went away and began to tell in the Decapolis</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">5:20 </span><span class="ft">That is, the Ten Cities</span></span></span><span class="content"> how much Jesus had done for him. And all the people were amazed.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MRK.5.20"></span></div>
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