| 001:001
| Paul,
an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father,
who raised him from the dead;) |
| 001:002 | And
all the brethren which are with me, unto the churches of Galatia: |
| 001:003 | Grace
be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ, |
| 001:004 | Who
gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil
world, according to the will of God and our Father: |
| 001:005 | To
whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. |
| 001:006 | I
marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace
of Christ unto another gospel: |
| 001:007 | Which
is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel
of Christ. |
| 001:008 | 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. |
| 001:009 | 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. |
| 001:010 | For
do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased
men, I should not be the servant of Christ. |
| 001:011 | But
I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after
man. |
| 001:012 | For
I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation
of Jesus Christ. |
| 001:013 | For
ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews' religion, how that
beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it: |
| 001:014 | And
profited in the Jews' religion above many my equals in mine own nation, being
more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers. |
| 001:015 | But
when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me
by his grace, |
| 001:016 | To
reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately
I conferred not with flesh and blood: |
| 001:017 | Neither
went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before me; but I went into
Arabia, and returned again unto Damascus. |
| 001:018 | Then
after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter, and abode with him fifteen
days. |
| 001:019 | But
other of the apostles saw I none, save James the Lord's brother. |
| 001:020 | Now
the things which I write unto you, behold, before God, I lie not. |
| 001:021 | Afterwards
I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia; |
| 001:022 | And
was unknown by face unto the churches of Judaea which were in Christ: |
| 001:023 | But
they had heard only, That he which persecuted us in times past now preacheth
the faith which once he destroyed. |
| 001:024 | And
they glorified God in me. |
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| 002:001
| Then
fourteen years after I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and took Titus
with me also. | | 002:002 | And
I went 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. |
| 002:003 | But
neither Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised:
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| 002:004 | And
that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to
spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us
into bondage: |
| 002:005 | To
whom we gave place by subjection, no, not for an hour; that the truth of the
gospel might continue with you. |
| 002:006 | But
of these who seemed to be somewhat, (whatsoever they were, it maketh no matter
to me: God accepteth no man's person:) for they who seemed to be somewhat in
conference added nothing to me: |
| 002:007 | But
contrariwise, when they saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision was committed
unto me, as the gospel of the circumcision was unto Peter; |
| 002:008 | (For
he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision,
the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles:) |
| 002:009 | And
when James, Cephas, 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. |
| 002:010 | Only
they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward
to do. |
| 002:011 | But
when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was
to be blamed. |
| 002:012 | For
before that certain came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles: but when
they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them which were
of the circumcision. |
| 002:013 | And
the other Jews dissembled likewise with him; insomuch that Barnabas also was
carried away with their dissimulation. |
| 002:014 | 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, why compellest thou the Gentiles to live
as do the Jews? |
| 002:015 | We
who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles, |
| 002:016 | 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: for by the works of the
law shall no flesh be justified. |
| 002:017 | But
if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners,
is therefore Christ the minister of sin? God forbid. |
| 002:018 | For
if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor.
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| 002:019 | For
I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God. |
| 002:020 | I
am crucified with Christ: neverthless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth
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. |
| 002:021 | I
do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then
Christ is dead in vain. |
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| 003:001
| O
foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth,
before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among
you? | | 003:002 | This
only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law,
or by the hearing of faith? |
| 003:003 | Are
ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?
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| 003:004 | Have
ye suffered so many things in vain? if it be yet in vain. |
| 003:005 | He
therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you,
doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? |
| 003:006 | Even
as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness. |
| 003:007 | Know
ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.
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| 003:008 | And
the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith,
preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations
be blessed. |
| 003:009 | So
then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham. |
| 003:010 | For
as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written,
Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in
the book of the law to do them. |
| 003:011 | But
that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for,
The just shall live by faith. |
| 003:012 | And
the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them. |
| 003:013 | 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: |
| 003:014 | That
the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that
we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. |
| 003:015 | Brethren,
I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man's covenant, yet if
it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto. |
| 003:016 | Now
to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds,
as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ. |
| 003:017 | And
this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ,
the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that
it should make the promise of none effect. |
| 003:018 | For
if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it
to Abraham by promise. |
| 003:019 | Wherefore
then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed
should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in
the hand of a mediator. |
| 003:020 | Now
a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one. |
| 003:021 | Is
the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been
a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been
by the law. |
| 003:022 | But
the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus
Christ might be given to them that believe. |
| 003:023 | But
before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which
should afterwards be revealed. |
| 003:024 | Wherefore
the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified
by faith. |
| 003:025 | But
after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster. |
| 003:026 | For
ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. |
| 003:027 | For
as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. |
| 003:028 | There
is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither
male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. |
| 003:029 | And
if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
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| 004:001
| Now
I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant,
though he be lord of all; | | 004:002 | But
is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father. |
| 004:003 | Even
so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:
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| 004:004 | But
when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman,
made under the law, |
| 004:005 | To
redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of
sons. |
| 004:006 | And
because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts,
crying, Abba, Father. |
| 004:007 | Wherefore
thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through
Christ. |
| 004:008 | Howbeit
then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no
gods. |
| 004:009 | But
now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye
again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in
bondage? |
| 004:010 | Ye
observe days, and months, and times, and years. |
| 004:011 | I
am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain. |
| 004:012 | Brethren,
I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as ye are: ye have not injured me at all.
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| 004:013 | Ye
know how through infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you at the
first. |
| 004:014 | And
my temptation which was in my flesh ye despised not, nor rejected; but received
me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus. |
| 004:015 | Where
is then the blessedness ye spake of? for I bear you record, that, if it had
been possible, ye would have plucked out your own eyes, and have given them
to me. |
| 004:016 | Am
I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth? |
| 004:017 | They
zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might
affect them. |
| 004:018 | But
it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not only when
I am present with you. |
| 004:019 | My
little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in
you, |
| 004:020 | I
desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt
of you. |
| 004:021 | Tell
me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law? |
| 004:022 | For
it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other
by a freewoman. |
| 004:023 | But
he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman
was by promise. |
| 004:024 | Which
things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount
Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar. |
| 004:025 | For
this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is,
and is in bondage with her children. |
| 004:026 | But
Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all. |
| 004:027 | For
it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry,
thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she
which hath an husband. |
| 004:028 | Now
we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise. |
| 004:029 | But
as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after
the Spirit, even so it is now. |
| 004:030 | Nevertheless
what saith the scripture? Cast out the bondwoman and her son: for the son of
the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman. |
| 004:031 | So
then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free. |
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| 005:001
| Stand
fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not
entangled again with the yoke of bondage. | | 005:002 | Behold,
I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.
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| 005:003 | For
I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do
the whole law. |
| 005:004 | Christ
is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law;
ye are fallen from grace. |
| 005:005 | For
we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. |
| 005:006 | For
in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision;
but faith which worketh by love. |
| 005:007 | Ye
did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth? |
| 005:008 | This
persuasion cometh not of him that calleth you. |
| 005:009 | A
little leaven leaveneth the whole lump. |
| 005:010 | I
have confidence in you through the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise minded:
but he that troubleth you shall bear his judgment, whosoever he be. |
| 005:011 | And
I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution?
then is the offence of the cross ceased. |
| 005:012 | I
would they were even cut off which trouble you. |
| 005:013 | For,
brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion
to the flesh, but by love serve one another. |
| 005:014 | For
all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour
as thyself. |
| 005:015 | But
if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of
another. |
| 005:016 | This
I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
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| 005:017 | 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 do the things that
ye would. |
| 005:018 | But
if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law. |
| 005:019 | Now
the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication,
uncleanness, lasciviousness, |
| 005:020 | Idolatry,
witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
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| 005:021 | Envyings,
murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of 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. |
| 005:022 | But
the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness,
faith, |
| 005:023 | Meekness,
temperance: against such there is no law. |
| 005:024 | And
they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
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| 005:025 | If
we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. |
| 005:026 | Let
us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.
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| 006:001
| Brethren,
if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one
in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
| | 006:002 | Bear
ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. |
| 006:003 | For
if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
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| 006:004 | But
let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself
alone, and not in another. |
| 006:005 | For
every man shall bear his own burden. |
| 006:006 | Let
him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good
things. |
| 006:007 | Be
not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he
also reap. |
| 006:008 | For
he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that
soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. |
| 006:009 | And
let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint
not. |
| 006:010 | As
we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto
them who are of the household of faith. |
| 006:011 | Ye
see how large a letter I have written unto you with mine own hand. |
| 006:012 | As
many as desire to make a fair shew in the flesh, they constrain you to be circumcised;
only lest they should suffer persecution for the cross of Christ. |
| 006:013 | For
neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have
you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh. |
| 006:014 | But
God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ,
by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world. |
| 006:015 | For
in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision,
but a new creature. |
| 006:016 | And
as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon
the Israel of God. |
| 006:017 | From
henceforth let no man trouble me: for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord
Jesus. |
| 006:018 | Brethren,
the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen. |