5. He, therefore, who is supplying to you the Spirit, and working mighty acts among you--by works of law or by the hearing of faith [is it]?
6. according as Abraham did believe God, and it was reckoned to him--to righteousness;
7. know ye, then, that those of faith--these are sons of Abraham,
8. and the Writing having foreseen that by faith God doth declare righteous the nations did proclaim before the good news to Abraham--
9. `Blessed in thee shall be all the nations;' so that those of faith are blessed with the faithful Abraham,
10. for as many as are of works of law are under a curse, for it hath been written, `Cursed [is] every one who is not remaining in all things that have been written in the Book of the Law--to do them,'
11. and that in law no one is declared righteous with God, is evident, because `The righteous by faith shall live;'
12. and the law is not by faith, but--`The man who did them shall live in them.'
13. Christ did redeem us from the curse of the law, having become for us a curse, for it hath been written, `Cursed is every one who is hanging on a tree,'
14. that to the nations the blessing of Abraham may come in Christ Jesus, that the promise of the Spirit we may receive through the faith.
15. Brethren, as a man I say [it], even of man a confirmed covenant no one doth make void or doth add to,
16. and to Abraham were the promises spoken, and to his seed; He doth not say, `And to seeds,' as of many, but as of one, `And to thy seed,' which is Christ;
17. and this I say, A covenant confirmed before by God to Christ, the law, that came four hundred and thirty years after, doth not set aside, to make void the promise,