Paul=, an= apostle=, (not of= men=, neither= by= man=, but= by= Jesus= Christ=, and= God= the= Father=, who= raised= him= from= the= dead= And= all= the= brethren= which= are= with= me=, unto= the= churches= of= Galatia=<2TI4 -:10 >: Grace= [be=] to= you= and= peace= from= God= the= Father= [from=] our= Lord= Jesus= Christ=, Who= gave= himself= for= our= sins=, that= he= might= deliver=<2TI4 -:18 > us= from= this= present= evil= world=, according= to= the= will= of= God= and= our= Father=: To= whom= [be=] glory= for= ever= and= ever=. Amen= I= marvel=<2CO11 -:14 > that= ye= are= so= soon= removed= from= him= that= called= you= into= the= grace= of= Christ= unto= another= gospel=: Which= is= not= another= there= be= some= that= trouble= you=, and= would= pervert= the= gospel= of= Christ=. But= though= we=, or= an= angel= from= heaven=, preach= any= other= gospel= unto= you= than= that= which= we= have= preached= unto= you=, let= him= be= accursed=. As= we= said= before=, so= say= I= now= again=, If= any= [man=] preach= any= other= gospel= unto= you= than= that= ye= have= received=, let= him= be= accursed=. For= do= I= now= persuade=<2CO5 -:11 > men=, or= God=? or= do= I= seek= to= please=<1TH2 -: 15 > men=? for= if= I= yet= pleased= men=, I= should= not= be= the= servant= of= Christ= But= I= certify= you=, that= the= gospel= which= was= preached= of= me= is= not= after= man=. For= I= neither= received= it= of= man=, neither= was= I= taught= [it= by= the= revelation= of= Jesus= Christ=. For= ye= have= heard= of= my= conversation= in= time= past= in= the= Jews'= religion=, how= that= beyond=<1TH4 -:6 > measure= I= persecuted= the= church= of= God=, and= wasted= it=: And= profited= in= the= Jews'= religion= above= many= my= equals= in= mine= own= nation=, being= more= exceedingly=<1TH3 -:10 > zealous= of= the= traditions=<2TH2 -:15 > of= my= fathers=. But= when= it= pleased= God=, who= separated= me= from= my= mother's= womb=, and= called= [me=] by= his= grace= To= reveal= his= Son= in= me=, that= I= might= preach= him= among= the= heathen= I= conferred= not= with= flesh= and= blood=: Neither= went= I= up= to= Jerusalem= to= them= which= were= apostles= before= me= I= went= into= Arabia= returned= again= unto= Damascus=<2CO11 -:32 >. Then= after= three=<1TI5 -: 19 > years= I= went= up= to= Jerusalem= to= see= Peter=, and= abode=<2TI4 -:20 > with= him= fifteen= days=. But= other= of= the= apostles= saw= I= none=, save= James= the= Lord's= brother=. Now= the= things= which= I= write= unto= you=, behold= God=, I= lie= not=. Afterwards= I= came= into= the= regions=<2CO10 -:16 > of= Syria= and= Cilicia=; And= was= unknown=<1CO14 -: 2 > by= face= unto= the= churches=<1TH2 -:14 > of= Judaea=<1TH2 -:14 > which= were= in= Christ=: But= they= had= heard= only=, That= he= which= persecuted= us= in= times= past= now= preacheth=<2CO11 -:4 > the= faith= which= once= he= destroyed=. And= they= glorified=<2TH1 -: 10 > God= in= me=. Then= fourteen=<2CO12 -:2 > years= after= I= went= up= again= to= Jerusalem= with= Barnabas=, and= took= Titus= with= [me=] also= And= I= went=<1TI1 -:3 > up= by= revelation=, and= communicated= unto= them= that= gospel= which= I= preach= among= the= Gentiles=, but= privately= to= them= which= were= of= reputation=, lest= by= any= means= I= should= run=, or= had= run=, in= vain=. But= neither= Titus=<2TI4 -: 10 >, who= was= with= me=, being= a= Greek=, was= compelled=<2CO12 -:11 > to= be= circumcised=: And= that= because= of= false=<2TI3 -:3 > brethren= unawares= brought=<1TH3 -:6 > in=, who= came= in= privily= to= spy= out= our= liberty= which= we= have= in= Christ= Jesus=, that= they= might= bring= us= into= bondage=: To= whom= we= gave= place= by= subjection=<1TI2 -:11 >, no= for= an= hour=<1CO4 -:11 >; that= the= truth= of= the= gospel= might= continue= with= you=. But= of= these= who= seemed= to= be= somewhat=, (whatsoever they= were=, it= maketh= no= matter=<1TH4 -:6 > to= me=: God= accepteth= no= man's= person= they= who= seemed= [to= be= somewhat= conference= added= nothing= to= me=: But= contrariwise=<2CO2 -:7 >, when= they= saw= that= the= gospel= of= the= uncircumcision= was= committed=<1TI1 - :11 > unto= me=, as= [the= gospel= the= circumcision= [was=] unto= Peter=; (For he= that= wrought= effectually=<1TH2 -:13 > in= Peter= to= the= apostleship= of= the= circumcision= same= was= mighty= in= me= toward= the= Gentiles= And= when= James=, Cephas=<1CO1:12, and= John=, who= seemed= to= be= pillars=, perceived= the= grace= that= was= given= unto= me=, they= gave= to= me= and= Barnabas= the= right= hands= of= fellowship=; that= we= [should= go=] unto= the= heathen=, and= they= unto= the= circumcision=. Only= [they= would=] that= we= should= remember= the= poor=; the= same= which= I= also= was= forward=<2CO8 -:10 > to= do= But= when= Peter= was= come= to= Antioch=<2TI3 -:11 >, I= withstood=<2TI3 -:8 > him= to= the= face= he= was= to= be= blamed=<2CO6 -:3 >. For= before= that= certain=<1TI6 -:7 > came= from= James=<1CO15 -:7 >, he= did= eat=<2TH3 -: 8 > with= the= Gentiles=: but= when= they= were= come=, he= withdrew= and= separated= himself= them= which= were= of= the= circumcision=. And= the= other= Jews= dissembled= likewise= with= him= that= Barnabas= also= was= carried= away= with= their= dissimulation=. But= when= I= saw= that= they= walked= not= uprightly= according= to= the= truth= of= the= gospel=, I= said= unto= Peter= before= [them=] all=, If= thou=, being= a= Jew=, livest= after= the= manner= of= Gentiles=, and= not= as= do= the= Jews= compellest thou= the= Gentiles= to= live= as= do= the= Jews=? We= [who= are=] Jews=<1TH2 -:14 > by= nature=, and= not= sinners= of= the= Gentiles=, Knowing that= a= man is= not= justified= by= the= works= of= the= law=, but= by= the= faith= of= Jesus= Christ=, even we= have believed in Jesus Christ=, that= we= might= be= justified= by= the= faith of= Christ=, and not by= the= works= of= the= law= by= the= works of= the= law= shall= no= flesh= be= justified=. the= law= shall no flesh be= justified=. But= if=, while=<1TI5 -:6 > we= seek= to= be= justified= by= Christ=, we= ourselves=<1TH2 -:10 > also= are= found= sinners=<1TI1 -:9 >, [is= Christ= the= minister= of= sin=? God= forbid=. For= if= I= build= again= the= things= which= I= destroyed=, I= make= myself= a= transgressor=. For= I= through= the= law= am= dead= to= the= law=, that= I= might= live= unto= God=. I= am= crucified= with= Christ=: nevertheless= I= live= not= I=, but= Christ= liveth=<1TI5 -:6 > in= me=: and= the= life= which= I= now= live= in= the= flesh= I= live= by= the= faith= of= the= Son= of= God=, who= loved= me=, and= gave= himself= for= me=. I= do= not= frustrate= the= grace= of= God=: for= if= righteousness= [come=] by= the= law=, then= Christ= is= dead= in= vain=. O=<1TI6 -:11 > foolish= Galatians=, who= hath= bewitched= you=, that= ye= should= not= obey= the= truth= whose= eyes= Jesus= Christ= hath= been= evidently= set= forth=, crucified= among= you=? This= only= would= I= learn=<1TI1 -:20 > of= you=, Received= ye= the= Spirit= by= the= works= of= the= law=, or= by= the= hearing= of= faith=? Are= ye= so= foolish= begun= in= the= Spirit= ye= now= made= perfect= by= the= flesh=? Have= ye= suffered= so= many= things= in= vain=? if= [it= be=] yet= in= vain=. He= therefore= that= ministereth=<2CO9 -:10 > to= you= the= Spirit=, and= worketh= miracles= among= you=, [doeth= he= it= the= works= of= the= law=, or= by= the= hearing= of= faith=? Even= as= Abraham= believed= God=, and= it= was= accounted= to= him= for= righteousness=. Know= ye= therefore= that= they= which= are= of= faith= same= are= the= children= of= Abraham=. And= the= scripture= that= God= would= justify= the= heathen=<2CO11 -:26 > through= faith=, preached= before= the= gospel= unto= Abraham=, [saying=<1TI1:15], In= thee= shall= all= nations= be= blessed=. So= then= they= which= be= of= faith= are= blessed= with= faithful= Abraham=. For= as= many= as= are= of= the= works= of= the= law= are= under= the= curse=: for= it= is= written= [is=] every= one= that= continueth=<1TI5 -:5 > not= in= all= things= which= are= written= in= the= book= of= the= law= to= do= them=. But= that= no= man= is= justified= by= the= law= in= the= sight= of= God= is=] evident=: for=, The= just= shall= live= by= faith= And= the= law= is= not= of= faith=: but=, The= man= that= doeth= them= shall= live= in= them=. Christ= hath= redeemed= us= from= the= curse= of= the= law=, being= made= a= curse= for= us=: for= it= is= written=, Cursed= [is=] every= one= that= hangeth= on= a= tree=: That= the= blessing= of= Abraham= might= come= on= the= Gentiles= through= Jesus= Christ= we= might= receive= the= promise= of= the= Spirit= through= faith=. Brethren=, I= speak= after= the= manner=<1TH1 -:5 > of= men=; Though= [it= be=] but= a= man's=<2TH3 -:8 > covenant=, yet= [if= it= be=, no= man= disannulleth= addeth= thereto=. Now= to= Abraham= and= his= seed= were= the= promises= made=. He= saith= not=, And= to= seeds=, as= of= many= as= of= one=, And= to= thy= seed=, which= is= Christ=. And= this= I= say=] the= covenant=, that= was= confirmed= before= of= God= in= Christ=, the= law= was= four= hundred= and= thirty= years= after=, cannot= disannul=, that= it= should= make= the= promise= of= none= effect=. For= if= the= inheritance= [be=] of= the= law=, [it= is=] no= more= of= promise= God= gave= [it=] to= Abraham= by= promise=. Wherefore= then= [serveth= law=? It= was= added= because= of= transgressions=, till= the= seed= should= come= to= whom= the= promise= was= made= it= was=] ordained= by= angels= in= the= hand= of= a= mediator=. Now= a= mediator= is= not= [a= mediator=<1TI2 -:5 >] of= one= God= is= one=. [Is=] the= law= then= against= the= promises= of= God=? God= forbid=: for= if= there= had= been= a= law= given= which= could=<1TH3 -:1 > have= given= life=, verily=<1TH3 -:4 > righteousness= should= have= been= by= the= law=. But= the= scripture= hath= concluded= all= under= sin= the= promise= by= faith= of= Jesus= Christ= might= be= given= to= them= that= believe=. But= before= faith= came= were= kept=<2TI4 - :7 > under= the= law=, shut= up= unto= the= faith= which= should= afterwards= be= revealed=. Wherefore= the= law= was= our= schoolmaster= [to= bring= us=] unto= Christ=, that= we= might= be= justified= by= faith= But= after= that= faith= is= come=, we= are= no= longer=<1TH3 -:1 > under= a= schoolmaster=. For= ye= are= all= the= children= of= God= by= faith= in= Christ= Jesus=. For= as= many= of= you= as= have= been= baptized= into= Christ= have= put= on= Christ= There= is= neither= Jew= nor= Greek=, there= is= neither= bond= nor= free= is= neither= male= nor= female=: for= ye= are= all= one= in= Christ= Jesus=. And= if= ye= [be=, then= are= ye= Abraham's= seed=<2TI2 -:8 >, and= heirs= according= to= the= promise=. Now= I= say=, [That=] the= heir=, as= long= as= he= is= a= child=<1TH5 -:3 >, differeth=<1CO15 -:41 > nothing= from= a= servant=, though= he= be= lord= of= all=; But= is= under= tutors= and= governors= until= the= time= appointed=<1TH3 -:3 > of= the= father=. Even= so= we=, when= we= were= children=, were= in= bondage= under= the= elements= of= the= world=: But= when= the= fulness= of= the= time= was= come= sent= forth= his= Son= of= a= woman=<1TH5 -:3 >, made= under= the= law=, To= redeem= them= that= were= under= the= law=, that= we= might= receive= the= adoption= of= sons=. And= because= ye= are= sons=, God= hath= sent= forth= the= Spirit= of= his= Son= into= your= hearts=, crying=, Father=. Wherefore= thou= art=<1TI6 - :12 > no= more= a= servant=, but= a= son=; and= if= a= son= an= heir= of= God= through= Christ=. Howbeit=<1TI1 -:16 > then=, when= ye= knew= not= God=, ye= did= service= unto= them= which= by= nature= are= no= gods=<1CO8 -:5 >. But= now=, after= that= ye= have= known= God=, or= rather= are= known= of= God= turn= ye= again= to= the= weak=<1TH5 -:14 > and= beggarly= elements=, whereunto= ye= desire= again= to= be= in= bondage= Ye= observe=<1TI5 -:21 > days=, and= months=, and= times=, and= years=<1TI5 -:9 >. I= am= afraid= of= you=, lest= I= have= bestowed= upon= you= labour= in= vain= Brethren=, I= beseech= you= as= I= [am= I= [am=] as= ye= [are= have= not= injured= me= at= all=. Ye= know= how= through= infirmity= of= the= flesh= I= preached= the= gospel= unto= you= at= the= first=. And= my= temptation=<1TI6 - :9 > which= was= in= my= flesh= ye= despised= not=, nor= rejected= received= me= as= an= angel=<2CO11 -:14 > of= God=, [even=] as= Christ= Jesus=. Where= is= then= the= blessedness= ye= spake= of= I= bear= you= record=, if= [it= had= been=, ye= would= have= plucked= out= your= own= eyes= have= given= them= to= me=. Am= I= therefore= become= your= enemy=<2TH3 -:15 >, because= I= tell= you= the= truth=? They= zealously= affect= you=, [but=] not= well=; yea= would= exclude= you= ye= might= affect= them=. But= [it= is=] good= to= be= zealously= affected= always= in= [a=] good= [thing= not= only= when= I= am= present= with= you=. My= little= children=, of= whom= I= travail=<1TH2 -:9 > in= birth= again= until= Christ= be= formed=<1TI2 -:13 > in= you=, I= desire= to= be= present= with= you= now=, and= to= change= my= voice=<1TH4 -:16 >; for= I= stand= in= doubt=<1CO9 -:10 > of= you=. Tell= me=, ye= that= desire= to= be= under= the= law=, do= ye= not= hear= the= law=? For= it= is= written= Abraham= had= two= sons=, the= one= by= a= bondmaid=, the= other= by= a= freewoman=. But= he= [who= was= the= bondwoman= was= born= after= the= flesh=; but= he= of= the= freewoman= [was=] by= promise=. Which= things= are= an= allegory=: for= these= are= the= two= covenants=; the= one= from= the= mount= Sinai= gendereth= to= bondage= is= Agar=. For= this= Agar= is= mount= Sinai= in= Arabia=, and= answereth= to= Jerusalem= which= now= is=, and= is= in= bondage= with= her= children=. But= Jerusalem= which= is= above= is= free=, which= is= the= mother= of= us= all=. For= it= is= written=, [thou=] barren= that= bearest= not=; break=<1CO10 -:16 > forth= and= cry=, thou= that= travailest= not=: for= the= desolate=<1TI5 -:5 > hath= many= more= children= than= she= which= hath= an= husband=. Now= we=, brethren=, as= Isaac= was=, are= the= children= of= promise=. But= as= then= he= that= was= born= after= the= flesh= persecuted=<1TH2 -:15 > him= [that= was= born=] after= the= Spirit=, even= so= [it= is=. Nevertheless= what= saith= the= scripture=<1TI5 -:18 >? Cast=<1TI5 -:12 > out= the= bondwoman= and= her= son= the= son= of= the= bondwoman= shall= not= be= heir= with= the= son= of= the= freewoman=. So= then=, brethren=, we= are= not= children= of= the= bondwoman=, but= of= the= free= Stand= fast= therefore= in= the= liberty= wherewith= Christ= hath= made= us= free=, and= be= not= entangled= again= with= the= yoke=<1TI6 -:1 > of= bondage=. Behold=, I= Paul= say= unto= you=, that= if= ye= be= circumcised=, Christ= shall= profit=<2TI2 -:14 > you= nothing=. For= I= testify= again= to= every= man= that= is= circumcised=, that= he= is= a= debtor= to= do= the= whole= law=. Christ= is= become= of= no= effect= unto= you= of= you= are= justified=<1TI3 -:16 > by= the= law=; ye= are= fallen= from= grace=. For= we= through= the= Spirit= wait= for= the= hope= of= righteousness= by= faith=. For= in= Jesus= Christ= neither= circumcision= availeth= any= thing=, nor= uncircumcision=; but= faith= which= worketh= by= love=. Ye= did= run= well=; who= did= hinder=<1CO9 -:12 > you= that= ye= should= not= obey= the= truth= This= persuasion= [cometh= of= him= that= calleth=<1TH5 -:24 > you=. A= little=<1TI4 -:8 > leaven=<1CO5 -:6 > leaveneth=<1CO5 -:6 > the= whole= lump=. I= have= confidence= in= you= through= the= Lord=, that= ye= will= be= none=<1TH5 -:15 > otherwise= minded=: but= he= that= troubleth= you= shall= bear= his= judgment=, whosoever= he= be=. And= I=, brethren=, if= I= yet= preach= circumcision= do= I= yet= suffer= persecution=? then= is= the= offence= of= the= cross= ceased=. I= would= they= were= even= cut= off= which= trouble= you=. For=, brethren=, ye= have= been= called= unto= liberty= [use=] not= liberty= for= an= occasion=<1TI5 -:14 > to= the= flesh=, but= by= love= serve= one= another=. For= all= the= law= is= fulfilled= in= one= word=] in= this=; Thou= shalt=<1TI4 - :6 > love= thy= neighbour= as= thyself=. But= if= ye= bite= and= devour= one= another= heed= that= ye= be= not= consumed= one= of= another=. [This=] I= say= then= in= the= Spirit=, and= ye= shall= not= fulfil= the= lust=<1TH4 -:5 > of= the= flesh=. For= the= flesh= lusteth= against= the= Spirit=, and= the= Spirit= against= the= flesh=: and= these= are= contrary= the= one= to= the= other=: so= that= ye= cannot=<1TI5 -:25 > do= the= things= that= ye= would=. But= if= ye= be= led= of= the= Spirit=, ye= are= not= under= the= law=. Now= the= works= of= the= flesh= are= manifest= are= [these=, uncleanness=, Idolatry=, witchcraft=, hatred=, emulations=, wrath=, seditions=, heresies=<1CO11 -:19 >, Envyings=<2CO12 -:20 >, murders=, drunkenness=, and= such= like= the= which= I= tell= you= before=, as= I= have= also= told= [you=] in= time= past=, that= they= which= do= such= things= shall= not= inherit= the= kingdom= of= God=. But= the= fruit= of= the= Spirit= is= love=, joy=, longsuffering=, gentleness=<2CO10:1, goodness=, faith=, Meekness=, temperance=: against= such= there= is= no= law=. And= they= that= are= Christ's= have= crucified= the= flesh= with= the= affections= and= lusts=. If= we= live= in= the= Spirit=, let= us= also= walk= in= the= Spirit=. Let= us= not= be= desirous=<1TH2 -:8 > of= vain= glory= one= another=, envying= one= another=. Brethren=, if= a= man= be= overtaken= in= a= fault=, ye= which= are= spiritual=, restore= such= an= one= in= the= spirit= of= meekness=; considering= thyself=<1TI3 -:15 >, lest= thou= also= be= tempted=<1TH3 -:5 >. Bear= ye= one= another's=<1CO10 -:24 > burdens=, and= so= fulfil= the= law= of= Christ=. For= if= a= man= think= himself= to= be= something=, when= he= is= nothing=, he= deceiveth= himself=. But= let= every= man= prove=<1TH5 -:21 > his= own= work=, and= then= shall= he= have= rejoicing= in= himself= alone=<1TH3:1, and= not= in= another=. For= every= man= shall= bear= his= own= burden=<2CO12 -:16 >. Let= him= that= is= taught= in= the= word= communicate= unto= him= that= teacheth= in= all= good= things=. Be= not= deceived=<1TI2 -:14 >; God= is= not= mocked=: for= whatsoever= a= man= soweth= shall= he= also= reap=. For= he= that= soweth= to= his= flesh= shall= of= the= flesh= reap= corruption=; but= he= that= soweth=<2CO9 -:6 > to= the= Spirit= shall= of= the= Spirit= reap= life= everlasting=<2TH1 -:9 >. And= let= us= not= be= weary=<2TH3 -:13 > in= well= doing=: for= in= due=<1TI2 -:6 > season=<2TI4 -:2 > we= shall= reap=<1CO9 -:11 >, if= we= faint= not= As= we= have= therefore= opportunity=, let= us= do= good= unto= all= [men= unto= them= who= are= of= the= household= of= faith=. Ye= see= how= large= a= letter=<2TH2 -:2 > I= have= written= unto= you= with= mine= own= hand=. As= many= as= desire= to= make= a= fair= shew= in= the= flesh=, they= constrain= you= to= be= circumcised=; only= lest= they= should= suffer= persecution=<2TI3 -:12 > for= the= cross= of= Christ=. For= neither= they= themselves= who= are= circumcised= keep= the= law=; but= desire= to= have= you= circumcised= they= may= glory= in= your= flesh=. But= God= forbid= that= I= should= glory=, save=<1TI1 -:15 > in= the= cross= of= our= Lord= Jesus= Christ=, by= whom= the= world= is= crucified= unto= me=, and= I= unto= the= world=. For= in= Christ= Jesus= neither= circumcision= availeth= any= thing=, nor= uncircumcision=, but= a= new= creature=. And= as= many= as= walk= according= to= this= rule=, peace= [be=] on= them=, and= mercy=, and= upon= the= Israel= of= God= From= henceforth= let= no= man= trouble=<2TH1 -:6 > me=: for= I= bear= in= my= body= the= marks= of= the= Lord= Jesus= Brethren=, the= grace= of= our= Lord= Jesus= Christ= [be= your= spirit=. Amen=. ~~~~~~