GAL 01:01 Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;) GAL 01:02 And all the brethren which are with me, unto the churches of Galatia: GAL 01:03 Grace [be] to you and peace from God the Father, and [from] our Lord Jesus Christ, GAL 01:04 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: GAL 01:05 To whom [be] glory for ever and ever. Amen. GAL 01:06 I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: GAL 01:07 Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. GAL 01:08 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. GAL 01:09 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. GAL 01:10 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. GAL 01:11 But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man. GAL 01:12 For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught [it], but by the revelation of Jesus Christ. GAL 01:13 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: GAL 01:14 And profited in the Jews' religion above many my equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers. GAL 01:15 But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called [me] by his grace, GAL 01:16 To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood: GAL 01:17 Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before me; but I went into Arabia, and returned again unto Damascus. GAL 01:18 Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter, and abode with him fifteen days. GAL 01:19 But other of the apostles saw I none, save James the Lord's brother. GAL 01:20 Now the things which I write unto you, behold, before God, I lie not. GAL 01:21 Afterwards I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia; GAL 01:22 And was unknown by face unto the churches of Judaea which were in Christ: GAL 01:23 But they had heard only, That he which persecuted us in times past now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed. GAL 01:24 And they glorified God in me. GAL 02:01 Then fourteen years after I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and took Titus with [me] also. GAL 02:02 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. GAL 02:03 But neither Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised: GAL 02:04 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: GAL 02:05 To whom we gave place by subjection, no, not for an hour; that the truth of the gospel might continue with you. GAL 02:06 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: GAL 02:07 But contrariwise, when they saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision was committed unto me, as [the gospel] of the circumcision [was] unto Peter; GAL 02:08 (For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles:) GAL 02:09 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. GAL 02:10 Only [they would] that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do. GAL 02:11 But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed. GAL 02:12 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. GAL 02:13 And the other Jews dissembled likewise with him; insomuch that Barnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation. GAL 02:14 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? GAL 02:15 We [who are] Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles, GAL 02:16 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. GAL 02:17 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. GAL 02:18 For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor. GAL 02:19 For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God. GAL 02:20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless 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. GAL 02:21 I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness [come] by the law, then Christ is dead in vain. GAL 03:01 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? GAL 03:02 This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? GAL 03:03 Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh? GAL 03:04 Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if [it be] yet in vain. GAL 03:05 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? GAL 03:06 Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness. GAL 03:07 Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham. GAL 03:08 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. GAL 03:09 So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham. GAL 03:10 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. GAL 03:11 But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, [it is] evident: for, The just shall live by faith. GAL 03:12 And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them. GAL 03:13 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: GAL 03:14 That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. GAL 03:15 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. GAL 03:16 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. GAL 03:17 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. GAL 03:18 For if the inheritance [be] of the law, [it is] no more of promise: but God gave [it] to Abraham by promise. GAL 03:19 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. GAL 03:20 Now a mediator is not [a mediator] of one, but God is one. GAL 03:21 [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. GAL 03:22 But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe. GAL 03:23 But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed. GAL 03:24 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster [to bring us] unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. GAL 03:25 But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster. GAL 03:26 For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. GAL 03:27 For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. GAL 03:28 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. GAL 03:29 And if ye [be] Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise. GAL 04:01 Now I say, [That] the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all; GAL 04:02 But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father. GAL 04:03 Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world: GAL 04:04 But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, GAL 04:05 To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. GAL 04:06 And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. GAL 04:07 Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ. GAL 04:08 Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods. GAL 04:09 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? GAL 04:10 Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years. GAL 04:11 I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain. GAL 04:12 Brethren, I beseech you, be as I [am]; for I [am] as ye [are]: ye have not injured me at all. GAL 04:13 Ye know how through infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you at the first. GAL 04:14 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. GAL 04:15 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. GAL 04:16 Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth? GAL 04:17 They zealously affect you, [but] not well; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them. GAL 04:18 But [it is] good to be zealously affected always in [a] good [thing], and not only when I am present with you. GAL 04:19 My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you, GAL 04:20 I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you. GAL 04:21 Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law? GAL 04:22 For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman. GAL 04:23 But he [who was] of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman [was] by promise. GAL 04:24 Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar. GAL 04:25 For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children. GAL 04:26 But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all. GAL 04:27 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. GAL 04:28 Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise. GAL 04:29 But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him [that was born] after the Spirit, even so [it is] now. GAL 04:30 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. GAL 04:31 So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free. GAL 05:01 Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. GAL 05:02 Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing. GAL 05:03 For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law. GAL 05:04 Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace. GAL 05:05 For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. GAL 05:06 For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love. GAL 05:07 Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth? GAL 05:08 This persuasion [cometh] not of him that calleth you. GAL 05:09 A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump. GAL 05:10 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. GAL 05:11 And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? then is the offence of the cross ceased. GAL 05:12 I would they were even cut off which trouble you. GAL 05:13 For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only [use] not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another. GAL 05:14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, [even] in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. GAL 05:15 But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another. GAL 05:16 [This] I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. GAL 05:17 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. GAL 05:18 But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law. GAL 05:19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are [these]; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, GAL 05:20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, GAL 05:21 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. GAL 05:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, GAL 05:23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. GAL 05:24 And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. GAL 05:25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. GAL 05:26 Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another. GAL 06:01 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. GAL 06:02 Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. GAL 06:03 For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself. GAL 06:04 But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another. GAL 06:05 For every man shall bear his own burden. GAL 06:06 Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things. GAL 06:07 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. GAL 06:08 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. GAL 06:09 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. GAL 06:10 As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all [men], especially unto them who are of the household of faith. GAL 06:11 Ye see how large a letter I have written unto you with mine own hand. GAL 06:12 As many as desire to make a fair show in the flesh, they constrain you to be circumcised; only lest they should suffer persecution for the cross of Christ. GAL 06:13 For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh. GAL 06:14 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. GAL 06:15 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature. GAL 06:16 And as many as walk according to this rule, peace [be] on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God. GAL 06:17 From henceforth let no man trouble me: for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus. GAL 06:18 Brethren, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ [be] with your spirit. Amen. ~~~~~~