Paul is further tyring to stress why the Galatians' continued sanctification, leading to perfection, cannot be a result of their works but rather through the Spirit, by faith. At the end of a series of rhetorical questions, Paul brings up that Abraham was justified by faith. The last three verses of this pericope explain how those who are counted righteous by faith are the true heirs of Abraham's blessing, that being salvation in Jesus Christ.

Paraphrase of rhetorical questions:

1: You have been bewitched!

2: You did not receive the Spirit by works of the law but by hearing with faith.

3: You are foolish! Since the Spirit began the work in you, you are not now being perfected in the flesh.

4: You will have suffered in vain for believing that you were saved by faith in the work of Christ

5 & 6: He who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracles among you does so by hearing with faith, not by works of the law, just as Abraham "believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness."

Study Questions:

Rewrite the rhetorical questions to make them into statements so that the point of Paul's question is clearly stated.

What's the deal with Abraham? I thought this church was a bunch of Gentiles?

What Scripture preached the gospel? How did the OT Scripture preach the gospel?

Why would these Gentiles want to have a lot of kids and a big chunk of worthless land? That is the blessing of Abraham, isn't it? If not, what is the blessing?