Galatia 3:2-3

3:2 The only thing I want to learn from you is this: Did you receive the Spirit by doing the works of the law ¹  or by believing what you heard? ²  3:3 Are you so foolish? Although you began ³  with ⁴  the Spirit, are you now trying to finish ⁵  by human effort? ⁶ 

Galatia 3:5

3:5 Does God then give ⁷  you the Spirit and work miracles among you by your doing the works of the law ⁸  or by your believing what you heard? ⁹ 

Galatia 3:13-14

3:13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming ¹⁰  a curse for us (because it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”) ¹¹  3:14 in order that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham would come to the Gentiles, ¹²  so that we could receive the promise of the Spirit by faith.

[3:2]  ¹ tn Grk “by [the] works of [the] law,” a reference to observing the Mosaic law.

[3:2]  ² tn Grk “by [the] hearing of faith.”

[3:3]  ³ tn Grk “Having begun”; the participle ἐναρξάμενοι (enarxamenoi) has been translated concessively.

[3:3]  ⁴ tn Or “by the Spirit.”

[3:3]  ⁵ tn The verb ἐπιτελεῖσθε (epiteleisqe) has been translated as a conative present (see ExSyn 534). This is something the Galatians were attempting to do, but could not accomplish successfully.

[3:3]  ⁶ tn Grk “in/by [the] flesh.”

[3:5]  ⁷ tn Or “provide.”

[3:5]  ⁸ tn Grk “by [the] works of [the] law” (the same phrase as in v. 2).

[3:5]  ⁹ tn Grk “by [the] hearing of faith” (the same phrase as in v. 2).

[3:13]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “having become”; the participle γενόμενος (genomenos) has been taken instrumentally.

[3:13]  ¹¹ sn A quotation from Deut 21:23. By figurative extension the Greek word translated tree (ζύλον, zulon) can also be used to refer to a cross (L&N 6.28), the Roman instrument of execution.

[3:14]  ¹² tn Or “so that the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles in Christ Jesus.”