Mga Taga-Galacia 3
3
Ang Kautusan at ang Pananampalataya kay Kristo
1Ano ba naman kayong mga taga-Galacia! Sino ang gumayuma sa inyo, at naniwala kayo sa kanila? Hindi baʼt malinaw na ipinangaral ko sa inyo ang tungkol sa pagkamatay ni Hesu-Kristo sa krus? 2Ito ngayon ang gusto kong itanong sa inyo: Tinanggap ba ninyo ang Espiritu sa pamamagitan ng pagsunod sa Kautusan, o sa pamamagitan ng pagsampalataya ninyo dahil sa Magandang Balita na narinig ninyo? 3Talagang hindi nga kayo makaintindi! Nagsimula kayo bilang mananampalataya sa pamamagitan ng kapangyarihan ng Espiritu, bakit ngayon pinipilit ninyong magpakabanal sa pamamagitan ng sarili ninyong pagsisikap? 4Wala na bang halaga sa inyo ang naranasan ninyo? Mawawalan na lang ba ito ng kabuluhan? 5Hindi baʼt ibinigay sa inyo ng Diyos ang kanyang Espiritu, at sa pamamagitan niyaʼy gumagawa kayo ng mga himala? Tinanggap ba ninyo ito dahil sa pagsunod sa Kautusan o dahil sumampalataya kayo sa Magandang Balita na napakinggan ninyo?
6Tingnan nʼyo ang nangyari kay Abraham. Ayon sa Kasulatan, “Sumampalataya siya sa Diyos, kaya itinuring siyang matuwid.”#3:6 Gen. 15:16.
7Malinaw na ang mga sumasampalataya sa Diyos ang siyang mga tunay na anak ni Abraham. 8Noon pa man, sinasabi na sa Kasulatan na ituturing na matuwid ng Diyos ang mga Hentil sa pamamagitan ng pananampalataya nila. At ang Magandang Balitang itoʼy ipinahayag ng Diyos kay Abraham nang sabihin niya, “Pagpapalain ko ang lahat ng bansa sa pamamagitan mo.”#3:8 Gen. 12:3; 18:18; 22:18. 9Sumampalataya si Abraham sa Diyos at pinagpala siya. Kaya lahat ng sumasampalataya sa Diyos ay pinagpapala rin tulad ni Abraham.
10Ngunit ang lahat ng umaasang maituturing na matuwid sa pamamagitan ng pagsunod sa Kautusan ay isinumpa na ng Diyos. Sapagkat sinasabi sa Kasulatan, “Isinusumpa ang sinumang hindi sumusunod sa lahat ng nasusulat sa Aklat ng Kautusan.”#3:10 Deu. 27:26. 11Malinaw na walang taong ituturing na matuwid sa harapan ng Diyos sa pamamagitan ng pagsunod sa Kautusan, sapagkat sinasabi ng Kasulatan, “Ang taong itinuring na matuwid ng Diyos dahil sa pananampalataya niya ay mabubuhay.”#3:11 Hab. 2:4. 12Ang Kautusan ay hindi nakabatay sa pananampalataya. Sa halip, sinasabi ng Kasulatan, “Ang sumusunod sa lahat ng sinasabi sa Kautusan ay mabubuhay sa pamamagitan nito.”#3:12 Lev. 18:5. 13Ngunit walang makakasunod sa lahat ng sinasabi sa Kautusan kaya dapat sana tayong maparusahan lahat. Ngunit ngayon, tinubos na tayo ni Kristo sa sumpa nito. Isinumpa siya alang-alang sa atin, dahil sinasabi sa Kasulatan, “Isinumpa ang bawat binibitay sa puno.”#3:13 Deu. 21:23. 14Ginawa ito ng Diyos upang ang pagpapalang ibinigay niya kay Abraham ay matanggap din ng mga Hentil sa pamamagitan ni Kristo Hesus; at upang matanggap natin ang ipinangakong Espiritu sa pamamagitan ng pananampalataya.
Ang Kautusan at ang Pangako ng Diyos
15Mga kapatid, bibigyan ko kayo ng halimbawa. Hindi maaaring basta na lang ipawalang-bisa o dagdagan ang anumang kasunduang nalagdaan na. Ganoon din sa mga pangako ng Diyos. 16Nangako ang Diyos kay Abraham at sa kanyang apo#3:16 apo: Sa literal, binhi.. Hindi niya sinabi, “sa iyong mga apo” na nangangahulugang marami, kundi “sa iyong apo” na ang ibig sabihin ay isa lamang, at itoʼy walang iba kundi si Kristo. 17Ito ang ibig kong sabihin: May kasunduang ginawa ang Diyos kay Abraham, at ipinangako niyang tutuparin ito. Ang pangakong ito ay ibinigay ng Diyos sa kanya 430 taon bago niya ibinigay ang Kautusan. Kaya ang pangakong iyon ay hindi mapapawalang-bisa ng Kautusan. 18Sapagkat kung matatanggap natin ang pagpapala sa pamamagitan ng pagsunod sa Kautusan, walang kabuluhan ang pangako ng Diyos kay Abraham. Ngunit ang totoo, ibinigay ng Diyos ang pagpapala bilang pagtupad sa pangako niya.
19Kung ganoon, ano ba ang silbi ng Kautusan? Ibinigay ito upang malaman ng tao na nagkakasala sila. Ngunit itoʼy hanggang sa dumating lamang ang ipinangakong apo ni Abraham. Ibinigay ng Diyos ang Kautusan sa pamamagitan ng mga anghel, at sila ang nagbigay nito sa mga tao sa tulong ng isang tagapamagitan. 20Ngunit ang pangako ay hindi tulad nito. Dahil nang ibigay ito ng Diyos kay Abraham, hindi siya gumamit ng tagapamagitan o mga anghel kundi siya mismo.
21Kung ganoon, taliwas ba ang Kautusan sa mga pangako ng Diyos? Hindi! Sapagkat kung ang Kautusan ay makapagbibigay-buhay, ito na sana ang naging paraan ng Diyos upang ituring tayong matuwid. 22Ngunit sinasabi sa Kasulatan na ang buong mundo ay alipin ng kasalanan. Kaya ang mga sumasampalataya lamang kay Hesu-Kristo ang makakatanggap ng mga ipinangako ng Diyos.
23Noong hindi pa dumarating itong tinatawag na pananampalataya kay Kristo, para tayong mga bilanggo. Ikinulong tayo ng Kautusan hanggang sa araw na inihayag ang kaligtasan natin sa pamamagitan ng pananampalataya. 24Ang Kautusan ay naging tagapag-alaga natin hanggang sa dumating si Kristo, upang sa pamamagitan ng pananampalataya sa kanya ay maituring tayong matuwid. 25At ngayong may pananampalataya na, wala na tayo sa patnubay ng Kautusan na tagapag-alaga.
Mga Anak ng Diyos sa Pananampalataya
26Kayong lahat ay mga anak ng Diyos dahil sa pananampalataya ninyo kay Kristo Hesus, 27dahil binautismuhan kayo sa pakikipag-isa ninyo kay Kristo#3:27 sa pakikipag-isa ninyo kay Kristo: O bilang tanda na kayo ay nakay Kristo na. at namumuhay kayong katulad niya. 28Ngayon, wala nang pagkakaiba ang Hudyo sa Hentil, ang alipin sa malaya, ang lalaki sa babae. Kayong lahat ay iisa na dahil kayoʼy nakay Kristo Hesus na. 29At dahil kayoʼy kay Kristo na, kabilang na kayo sa lahi ni Abraham at mga tagapagmana ng mga ipinangako ng Diyos sa kanya.
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Galatians 3
3
1 O YOU poor and silly and thoughtless and unreflecting and senseless Galatians! Who has fascinated or bewitched or cast a spell over you, unto whom–right before your very eyes–Jesus Christ (the Messiah) was openly and graphically set forth and portrayed as crucified?
2 Let me ask you this one question: Did you receive the [Holy] Spirit as the result of obeying the Law and doing its works, or was it by hearing [the message of the Gospel] and believing [it]? [Was it from observing a law of rituals or from a message of faith?]
3 Are you so foolish and so senseless and so silly? Having begun [your new life spiritually] with the [Holy] Spirit, are you now reaching perfection [by dependence] on the flesh?
4 Have you suffered so many things and experienced so much all for nothing (to no purpose)–if it really is to no purpose and in vain?
5 Then does He Who supplies you with His marvelous [Holy] Spirit and works powerfully and miraculously among you do so on [the grounds of your doing] what the Law demands, or because of your believing in and adhering to and trusting in and relying on the message that you heard?
6 Thus Abraham believed in and adhered to and trusted in and relied on God, and it was reckoned and placed to his account and credited as righteousness (as conformity to the divine will in purpose, thought, and action). [Gen. 15:6.]
7 Know and understand that it is [really] the people [who live] by faith who are [the true] sons of Abraham.
8 And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify (declare righteous, put in right standing with Himself) the Gentiles in consequence of faith, proclaimed the Gospel [foretelling the glad tidings of a Savior long beforehand] to Abraham in the promise, saying, In you shall all the nations [of the earth] be blessed. [Gen. 12:3.]
9 So then, those who are people of faith are blessed and made happy and favored by God [as partners in fellowship] with the believing and trusting Abraham.
10 And all who depend on the Law [who are seeking to be justified by obedience to the Law of rituals] are under a curse and doomed to disappointment and destruction, for it is written in the Scriptures, Cursed (accursed, devoted to destruction, doomed to eternal punishment) be everyone who does not continue to abide (live and remain) by all the precepts and commands written in the Book of the Law and to practice them. [Deut. 27:26.]
11 Now it is evident that no person is justified (declared righteous and brought into right standing with God) through the Law, for the Scripture says, The man in right standing with God [the just, the righteous] shall live by and out of faith and he who through and by faith is declared righteous and in right standing with God shall live. [Hab. 2:4.]
12 But the Law does not rest on faith [does not require faith, has nothing to do with faith], for it itself says, He who does them [the things prescribed by the Law] shall live by them [not by faith]. [Lev. 18:5.]
13 Christ purchased our freedom [redeeming us] from the curse (doom) of the Law [and its condemnation] by [Himself] becoming a curse for us, for it is written [in the Scriptures], Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree (is crucified); [Deut. 21:23.]
14 To the end that through [their receiving] Christ Jesus, the blessing [promised] to Abraham might come upon the Gentiles, so that we through faith might [all] receive [the realization of] the promise of the [Holy] Spirit.
15 To speak in terms of human relations, brethren, [if] even a man makes a last will and testament (a merely human covenant), no one sets it aside or makes it void or adds to it when once it has been drawn up and signed (ratified, confirmed).
16 Now the promises (covenants, agreements) were decreed and made to Abraham and his Seed (his Offspring, his Heir). He [God] does not say, And to seeds (descendants, heirs), as if referring to many persons, but, And to your Seed (your Descendant, your Heir), obviously referring to one individual, Who is [none other than] Christ (the Messiah). [Gen. 13:15; 17:8.]
17 This is my argument: The Law, which began 430 years after the covenant [concerning the coming Messiah], does not and cannot annul the covenant previously established (ratified) by God, so as to abolish the promise and make it void. [Exod. 12:40.]
18 For if the inheritance [of the promise depends on observing] the Law [as these false teachers would like you to believe], it no longer [depends] on the promise; however, God gave it to Abraham [as a free gift solely] by virtue of His promise.
19 What then was the purpose of the Law? It was added [later on, after the promise, to disclose and expose to men their guilt] because of transgressions and [to make men more conscious of the sinfulness] of sin; and it was intended to be in effect until the Seed (the Descendant, the Heir) should come, to and concerning Whom the promise had been made. And it [the Law] was arranged and ordained and appointed through the instrumentality of angels [and was given] by the hand (in the person) of a go-between [Moses, an intermediary person between God and man].
20 Now a go-between (intermediary) has to do with and implies more than one party [there can be no mediator with just one person]. Yet God is [only] one Person [and He was the sole party in giving that promise to Abraham. But the Law was a contract between two, God and Israel; its validity was dependent on both].
21 Is the Law then contrary and opposed to the promises of God? Of course not! For if a Law had been given which could confer [spiritual] life, then righteousness and right standing with God would certainly have come by Law.
22 But the Scriptures [picture all mankind as sinners] shut up and imprisoned by sin, so that [the inheritance, blessing] which was promised through faith in Jesus Christ (the Messiah) might be given (released, delivered, and committed) to [all] those who believe [who adhere to and trust in and rely on Him].
23 Now before the faith came, we were perpetually guarded under the Law, kept in custody in preparation for the faith that was destined to be revealed (unveiled, disclosed),
24 So that the Law served [to us Jews] as our trainer [our guardian, our guide to Christ, to lead us] until Christ [came], that we might be justified (declared righteous, put in right standing with God) by and through faith.
25 But now that the faith has come, we are no longer under a trainer (the guardian of our childhood).
26 For in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God through faith.
27 For as many [of you] as were baptized into Christ [into a spiritual union and communion with Christ, the Anointed One, the Messiah] have put on (clothed yourselves with) Christ.
28 There is [now no distinction] neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is not male and female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
29 And if you belong to Christ [are in Him Who is Abraham's Seed], then you are Abraham's offspring and [spiritual] heirs according to promise.
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