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Galatians 1
1. Paul <3972>, an apostle <652>, (not of men <
444>, neither <3761> by man <444>, but by Jesus <2424>
Christ <5547>, and God <2316> the Father <3962>, who
<3588> raised <1453> him from the dead <3498>;)
2 And all <3956> the brethren <80> which are with
me, unto the churches <1577> of Galatia <1053>:
3 Grace <5485> [be] to you and peace <1515> from
God <2316> the Father <3962>, and [from] our Lord <2962>
Jesus <2424> Christ <5547>,
4 Who <3588> gave <1325> himself <1438> for
our sins <266>, that he might deliver <1807> us from this <
3588> present <1764> evil <4190> world <165>,
according <2596> to the will <2307> of God <2316> and
our Father <3962>:
5 To whom <3739> [be] glory <1391> for ever <
165> and ever <165>. Amen <281>.
6. I marvel <2296> that ye are so <3779> soon <
5030> removed <3346> from him that called <2564> you into
<1722> the grace <5485> of Christ <5547> unto another
<2087> gospel <2098>:
7 Which <3739> is not another <243>; but there be
some <5100> that trouble <5015> you, and would <2309>
pervert <3344> the gospel <2098> of Christ <5547>.
8 But though <1437> we, or <2228> an angel <
32> from heaven <3772>, preach <2097> any other gospel <
2097> unto you than <3844> that which <3739> we have
preached <2097> unto you, let him be accursed <331>.
9 As we said <4280> before <4280>, so <2532>
say <3004> I now <737> again <3825>, If <1487> any
<1536> [man] preach <2097> any <1536> other gospel <
2097> unto you than <3844> that ye have received <3880>,
let him be accursed <331>.
10. For do I now <737> persuade <3982> men <
444>, or <2228> God <2316>? or <2228> do I seek <
2212> to please <700> men <444>? for if <1487> I yet
<2089> pleased <700> men <444>, I should not be the
servant <1401> of Christ <5547>.
11 But I certify <1107> you, brethren <80>, that
the gospel <2098> which <3588> was preached <2097> of me
is not after <2596> man <444>.
12 For I neither <3761> received <3880> it of man
<444>, neither <3777> was I taught <1321> [it], but by
the revelation <602> of Jesus <2424> Christ <5547>.
13 For ye have heard <191> of my conversation <391>
in time <4218> past in the Jews <2454>' religion <2854>,
how that beyond <5236> measure <5236> I persecuted <1377>
the church <1577> of God <2316>, and wasted <4199> it:
14 And profited <4298> in the Jews <2454>' religion
<2454> above <5228> many <4183> my equals <4915>
in mine <3450> own nation <1085>, being <5225> more <
4056> exceedingly <4056> zealous <2207> of the traditions
<3862> of my fathers <3967>.
15 But when <3753> it pleased <2106> God <
2316>, who <3588> separated <873> me from my mother's <
3384> womb <2836>, and called <2564> [me] by his grace <
5485>,
16 To reveal <601> his Son <5207> in me, that I
might preach <2097> him among <1722> the heathen <1484>;
immediately <2112> I conferred <4323> not with flesh <
4561> and blood <129>:
17 Neither <3761> went <424> I up to Jerusalem <
2414> to them which were apostles <652> before <4253> me;
but I went <565> into <1519> Arabia <688>, and returned
<5290> again <3825> unto Damascus <1154>.
18 Then <1899> after <2596> three <5140>
years <2094> I went <424> up to Jerusalem <2414> to see
<2477> Peter <4074>, and abode <1961> with him fifteen
<1178> days <2250>.
19 But other <2087> of the apostles <652> saw <
1492> I none <3756>, save <1508> James <2385> the
Lord's <2962> brother <80>.
20 Now <2236> the things which <3739> I write <
1125> unto you, behold <2400>, before <1799> God <
2316>, I lie <5574> not.
21 Afterwards <1899> I came <2064> into <1519>
the regions <2825> of Syria <4947> and Cilicia <2791>;
22 And was unknown <50> by face <4383> unto the
churches <1577> of Judaea <2449> which <3588> were in
Christ <5547>:
23 But they had heard <191> only <3440>, That he
which persecuted <1377> us in times <4218> past now <
3568> preacheth <2097> the faith <4102> which <3739>
once <4218> he destroyed <4199>.
24 And they glorified <1392> God <2316> in me.
Galatians 2
1. Then <1899> fourteen <1180> years <2094>
after <1223> I went <305> up again <3825> to Jerusalem
<2414> with Barnabas <921>, and took <4838> Titus <
5103> with [me] also <2532>.
2 And I went <305> up by revelation <602>, and
communicated <394> unto them that gospel <2098> which <
3739> I preach <2784> among <1722> the Gentiles <1484>
, but privately <2398> to them which were of reputation <1380>,
lest <3381> by any <3381> means <4458> I should run <
5143>, or <2228> had run <5143>, in vain <2756>.
3 But neither <3761> Titus <5103>, who <3588>
was with me, being <5607> a Greek <1672>, was compelled <
315> to be circumcised <4059>:
4 And that because <1223> of false <5569> brethren
<5569> unawares <3920> brought <3920> in, who <
3748> came <3922> in privily <3922> to spy <2684> out
our liberty <1657> which <3739> we have <2192> in Christ
<5547> Jesus <2424>, that they might bring <2615> us
into bondage <2615>:
5 To whom <3739> we gave <1502> place <1502>
by subjection <5292>, no, not for an hour <5610>; that the
truth <225> of the gospel <2098> might continue <1265>
with you.
6 But of these who seemed <1380> to be somewhat <
5100>, (whatsoever they were, it maketh <1308> no <3762>
matter <1308> to me: God <2316> accepteth <2983> no <
3756> man's <444> person <4383>:) for they who seemed <
1380> [to be somewhat] in conference <4323> added <4323>
nothing <3762> to me:
7 But contrariwise <5121>, when they saw <1492>
that the gospel <2098> of the uncircumcision <203> was
committed <4100> unto me, as [the gospel] of the circumcision <
4061> [was] unto Peter <4074>;
8 (For he that wrought <1754> effectually <1754> in
Peter <4074> to the apostleship <651> of the circumcision <
4061>, the same <2532> was mighty <1754> in me toward <
1519> the Gentiles <1484>:)
9 And when James <2385>, Cephas <2786>, and John
<2491>, who <3588> seemed <1380> to be pillars <
4769>, perceived <1097> the grace <5485> that was given <
1325> unto me, they gave <1325> to me and Barnabas <921>
the right <1188> hands of fellowship <2842>; that we [should
go] unto the heathen <1484>, and they unto the circumcision <
4061>.
10 Only <3440> [they would] that we should remember <
3421> the poor <4434>; the same <5124> which <3739> I
also <2532> was forward <4704> to do <4160>.
11. But when <3753> Peter <4074> was come <
2064> to Antioch <490>, I withstood <436> him to the face
<4383>, because <3754> he was to be blamed <2607>.
12 For before <4253> that certain <5100> came <
2064> from James <2385>, he did eat <4906> with the
Gentiles <1484>: but when <3753> they were come <2064>,
he withdrew <5288> and separated <873> himself <1438>,
fearing <5399> them which were of the circumcision <4061>.
13 And the other <3062> Jews <2453> dissembled <
4942> likewise <2532> with him; insomuch <5620> that
Barnabas <921> also <2532> was carried <4879> away <
4879> with their dissimulation <5272>.
14 But when <3753> I saw <1492> that they walked
<3716> not uprightly <3716> according <4314> to the
truth <225> of the gospel <2098>, I said <2036> unto
Peter <4074> before <1715> [them] all <3956>, If <
1487> thou, being <5225> a Jew <2453>, livest <2198>
after the manner <1483> of Gentiles <1483>, and not as do the
Jews <2452>, why <5101> compellest <315> thou the
Gentiles <1484> to live <2198> as do the Jews <2450>?
15 We [who are] Jews <2453> by nature <5449>, and
not sinners <268> of the Gentiles <1484>,
16 Knowing <1492> that a man <444> is not justified
<1344> by the works <2041> of the law <3551>, but by the
faith <4102> of Jesus <2424> Christ <5547>, even <
2532> we have believed <4100> in Jesus <2424> Christ <
5547>, that we might be justified <1344> by the faith <4102>
of Christ <5547>, and not by the works <2041> of the law <
3551>: for by the works <2041> of the law <3551> shall no
<3956> flesh <4561> be justified <1344>.
17 But if <1487>, while we seek <2212> to be
justified <1344> by Christ <5547>, we ourselves also <
2532> are found <2147> sinners <268>, [is] therefore <
686> Christ <5547> the minister <1249> of sin <266>?
God <1096> forbid <1096>.
18 For if <1487> I build <3618> again <3825>
the things which <3739> I destroyed <2647>, I make <4921>
myself <1683> a transgressor <3848>.
19 For I through <1223> the law <3551> am dead <
599> to the law <3551>, that I might live <2198> unto God
<2316>.
20 I am crucified <4957> with Christ <5547>:
nevertheless <1161> I live <2198>; yet <3765> not I, but
Christ <5547> liveth <2198> in me: and the life which <
3739> I now <3568> live <2198> in the flesh <4561> I
live <2198> by the faith <4102> of the Son <5207> of God
<2316>, who <3588> loved <25> me, and gave <3860>
himself <1438> for me.
21 I do not frustrate <114> the grace <5485> of God
<2316>: for if <1487> righteousness <1343> [come] by the
law <3551>, then <686> Christ <5547> is dead <599>
in vain <1432>.
Galatians 3
1. O foolish <453> Galatians <1052>, who <5101>
hath bewitched <940> you, that ye should not obey <3982> the
truth <225>, before <2596> whose <3739> eyes <3788>
Jesus <2424> Christ <5547> hath been evidently <4270>
set <4270> forth <4270>, crucified <4717> among <
1722> you?
2 This <5124> only <3440> would <2309> I
learn <3129> of you, Received <2983> ye the Spirit <4151>
by the works <2041> of the law <3551>, or <2228> by the
hearing <189> of faith <4102>?
3 Are ye so <3779> foolish <453>? having begun <
1728> in the Spirit <4151>, are ye now <3568> made <
2005> perfect <2005> by the flesh <4561>?
4 Have ye suffered <3958> so <5118> many <
5118> things in vain <1500>? if <1489> [it be] yet <
2596> in vain <1500>.
5 He therefore <3767> that ministereth <2023> to
you the Spirit <4151>, and worketh <1754> miracles <1411>
among <1722> you, [doeth he it] by the works <2041> of the
law <3551>, or <2228> by the hearing <189> of faith <
4102>?
6. Even <2531> as Abraham <11> believed <4100>
God <2316>, and it was accounted <3049> to him for
righteousness <1343>.
7 Know <1097> ye therefore <686> that they which
are of faith <4102>, the same <3778> are the children <
5207> of Abraham <11>.
8 And the scripture <1124>, foreseeing <4275> that
God <2316> would justify <1344> the heathen <1484>
through <1537> faith <4102>, preached <4283> before <
4283> the gospel <4283> unto Abraham <11>, [saying], In
thee shall all <3956> nations <1484> be blessed <1757>.
9 So <5620> then they which be of faith <4102> are
blessed <2127> with faithful <4103> Abraham <11>.
10 For as many <3745> as are of the works <2041> of
the law <3551> are under <5259> the curse <2671>: for it
is written <1125>, Cursed <1944> [is] every <3956> one
that continueth <1696> not in all <3956> things which <
3588> are written <1125> in the book <975> of the law <
3551> to do <4160> them.
11 But that no <3762> man <3762> is justified <
1344> by the law <3551> in the sight <3844> of God <
2316>, [it is] evident <1212>: for, The just <1342> shall
live <2198> by faith <4102>.
12 And the law <3551> is not of faith <4102>: but,
The man <444> that doeth <4160> them shall live <2198>
in them.
13 Christ <5547> hath redeemed <1805> us from the
curse <2671> of the law <3551>, being made <1096> a
curse <2671> for us: for it is written <1125>, Cursed <
1944> [is] every <3956> one that hangeth <2910> on <
1909> a tree <3586>:
14 That the blessing <2129> of Abraham <11> might
come <1096> on <1519> the Gentiles <1484> through <
1722> Jesus <2424> Christ <5547>; that we might receive <
2983> the promise <1860> of the Spirit <4151> through <
1223> faith <4102>.
15 Brethren <80>, I speak <3004> after <2596>
the manner of men <444>; Though <3676> [it be] but a man's <
444> covenant <1242>, yet [if it be] confirmed <2964>, no
<3762> man <3762> disannulleth <114>, or <2228>
addeth <1928> thereto <1928>.
16 Now <1161> to Abraham <11> and his seed <
4690> were the promises <1860> made <4483>. He saith <
3004> not, And to seeds <4690>, as of many <4183>; but as
of one <1520>, And to thy seed <4690>, which <3739> is
Christ <5547>.
17 And this <5124> I say <3004>, [that] the
covenant <1242>, that was confirmed <4300> before <4300>
of God <2316> in Christ <5547>, the law <3551>, which
was four <5071> hundred <5071> and thirty <5144> years
<2094> after <3326>, cannot <3756> disannul <208>,
that it should make <2673> the promise <1860> of none <
208> effect <2673>.
18 For if <1487> the inheritance <2817> [be] of the
law <3551>, [it is] no <3765> more <2089> of promise <
1860>: but God <2316> gave <5483> [it] to Abraham <11>
by promise <1860>.
19. Wherefore <5101> then <3767> [serveth] the law
<3551>? It was added <4369> because <5484> of
transgressions <3847>, till <3757> the seed <4690>
should come <2064> to whom <3739> the promise <1861> was
made <1861>; [and it was] ordained <1299> by angels <32>
in the hand <5495> of a mediator <3316>.
20 Now <1161> a mediator <3316> is not [a mediator]
of one <1520>, but God <2316> is one <1520>.
21 [Is] the law <3551> then <3767> against <
2596> the promises <1860> of God <2316>? God <1096>
forbid <1096>: for if <1487> there had been a law <3551>
given <1325> which <3588> could <1410> have given <
2227> life <2227>, verily <3689> righteousness <1343>
should have been <2258> by the law <3551>.
22 But the scripture <1124> hath concluded <4788>
all <3956> under <5259> sin <266>, that the promise <
1860> by faith <4102> of Jesus <2424> Christ <5547>
might be given <1325> to them that believe <4100>.
23 But before <4253> faith <4102> came <2064>,
we were kept <5432> under <5259> the law <3551>, shut
<4788> up unto the faith <4102> which should <3195>
afterwards be revealed <601>.
24 Wherefore <5620> the law <3551> was our
schoolmaster <3807> [to bring us] unto Christ <5547>, that we
might be justified <1344> by faith <4102>.
25 But after that faith <4102> is come <2064>, we
are no <3765> longer <2089> under <5259> a schoolmaster
<3807>.
26 For ye are all <3956> the children <5207> of God
<2316> by faith <4102> in Christ <5547> Jesus <
2424>.
27 For as many <3745> of you as have been baptized <
907> into <1519> Christ <5547> have put <1746> on <
1746> Christ <5547>.
28 There is neither <3756> Jew <2453> nor <
3761> Greek <1672>, there is neither <3756> bond <
1401> nor <3761> free <1658>, there is neither <3756>
male <730> nor <3761> female <2338>: for ye are all <
3956> one <1520> in Christ <5547> Jesus <2424>.
29 And if <1487> ye [be] Christ's <5547>, then <
686> are ye Abraham's <11> seed <4690>, and heirs <
2818> according <2596> to the promise <1860>.
Galatians 4
1. Now <2236> I say <3004>, [That] the heir <
2818>, as long <5550> as he is a child <3516>, differeth
<1308> nothing <3762> from a servant <1401>, though he
be lord <2962> of all <3956>;
2 But is under <5259> tutors <2012> and governors
<3623> until <891> the time <4287> appointed <4287>
of the father <3962>.
3 Even <2532> so <3779> we, when <3753> we
were children <3516>, were in bondage <1402> under <5259>
the elements <4747> of the world <2889>:
4 But when <3753> the fulness <4138> of the time
<5550> was come <2064>, God <2316> sent <1821>
forth <1821> his Son <5207>, made <1096> of a woman <
1135>, made <1096> under <5259> the law <3551>,
5 To redeem <1805> them that were under <5259> the
law <3551>, that we might receive <618> the adoption <
5206> of sons <5206>.
6 And because <3754> ye are sons <5207>, God <
2316> hath sent <1821> forth <1821> the Spirit <4151>
of his Son <5207> into <1519> your <5216> hearts <
2588>, crying <2896>, Abba <5>, Father <3962>.
7 Wherefore <5620> thou art <1488> no <3765>
more <2089> a servant <1401>, but a son <5207>; and if
<1487> a son <5207>, then <2532> an heir <2818> of
God <2316> through <1223> Christ <5547>.
8. Howbeit <235> then <5119>, when ye knew <
1492> not God <2316>, ye did service <1398> unto them which
by nature <5449> are no <3361> gods <2316>.
9 But now <3568>, after that ye have known <1097>
God <2316>, or <1161> rather <3123> are known <
1097> of God <2316>, how <4459> turn <1994> ye again
<3825> to the weak <772> and beggarly <4444> elements
<4747>, whereunto <3739> ye desire <2309> again <
3825> to be in bondage <1398>?
10 Ye observe <3906> days <2250>, and months <
3376>, and times <2540>, and years <1763>.
11 I am afraid <5399> of you, lest <3381> I have
bestowed <2872> upon you labour <2872> in vain <1500>.
12. Brethren <80>, I beseech <1189> you, be as I
[am]; for I [am] as ye [are]: ye have not injured <91> me at <
3762> all <3762>.
13 Ye know <1492> how <3754> through <1223>
infirmity <769> of the flesh <4561> I preached <2097>
the gospel <2097> unto you at the first <4386>.
14 And my temptation <3986> which was in my flesh <
4561> ye despised <1848> not, nor <3761> rejected <
1609>; but received <1209> me as an angel <32> of God <
2316>, [even] as Christ <5547> Jesus <2424>.
15 Where <5101> is then <3767> the blessedness <
3108> ye spake of? for I bear <3140> you record <3140>,
that, if <1487> [it had been] possible <1415>, ye would have
plucked <1846> out your <5216> own eyes <3788>, and have
given <1325> them to me.
16 Am I therefore <5620> become <1096> your <
5216> enemy <2190>, because I tell <226> you the truth <
226>?
17. They zealously <2206> affect <2206> you, [but]
not well <2573>; yea <235>, they would <2309> exclude
<1576> you, that ye might affect <2206> them.
18 But [it is] good <2570> to be zealously <2206>
affected <2206> always <3842> in [a] good <2570> [thing],
and not only <3440> when <3588> I am present <3918>
with you.
19. My little <5040> children <5040>, of whom <
3739> I travail <5605> in birth <5605> again <3825>
until <891> Christ <5547> be formed <3445> in you,
20 I desire <2309> to be present <3918> with you
now <737>, and to change <236> my voice <5456>; for I
stand <639> in doubt <639> of you.
21. Tell <3004> me, ye that desire <2309> to be
under <5259> the law <3551>, do ye not hear <191> the
law <3551>?
22 For it is written <1125>, that Abraham <11> had
<2192> two <1417> sons <5207>, the one <1520> by a
bondmaid <3814>, the other <1520> by a freewoman <1658>.
23 But he [who was] of the bondwoman <3814> was born <
1080> after <2596> the flesh <4561>; but he of the
freewoman <1658> [was] by promise <1860>.
24 Which <3748> things are an allegory <238>: for
these <3778> are the two <1417> covenants <1242>; the
one <3391> from the mount <3735> Sinai <4614>, which
gendereth <1080> to bondage <1397>, which <3748> is Agar
<28>.
25 For this <3588> Agar <28> is mount <3735>
Sinai <4614> in Arabia <688>, and answereth <4960> to
Jerusalem <2419> which <3588> now <3568> is, and is in
bondage <1398> with her children <5043>.
26 But Jerusalem <2419> which is above <507> is
free <1658>, which <3748> is the mother <3384> of us all
<3956>.
27 For it is written <1125>, Rejoice <2165>, [thou]
barren <4723> that bearest <5088> not; break <4486>
forth <4486> and cry <994>, thou that travailest <5605>
not: for the desolate <2048> hath many <4183> more <3123>
children <5043> than <2228> she which hath <2192> an
husband <435>.
28 Now <1161> we, brethren <80>, as Isaac <
2464> was, are the children <5043> of promise <1860>.
29 But as then <5119> he that was born <1080> after
<2596> the flesh <4561> persecuted <1377> him [that was
born] after <2596> the Spirit <4151>, even <2532> so <
3779> [it is] now <3568>.
30 Nevertheless <235> what <5101> saith <3004>
the scripture <1124>? Cast <1544> out the bondwoman <
3814> and her son <5207>: for the son <5207> of the
bondwoman <3814> shall not be heir <2816> with the son <
5207> of the freewoman <1658>.
31 So <686> then <686>, brethren <80>, we are
not children <5043> of the bondwoman <3814>, but of the free
<1658>.
Galatians 5
1. Stand <4739> fast therefore <3767> in the liberty
<1657> wherewith <3739> Christ <5547> hath made <
1659> us free <1659>, and be not entangled <1758> again <
3825> with the yoke <2218> of bondage <1397>.
2 Behold <2396>, I Paul <3972> say <3004>
unto you, that if <1437> ye be circumcised <4059>, Christ <
5547> shall profit <5623> you nothing <3762>.
3 For I testify <3143> again <3825> to every <
3956> man <444> that is circumcised <4059>, that he is a
debtor <3781> to do <4160> the whole <3650> law <
3551>.
4 Christ <5547> is become <2673> of no <2673>
effect <2673> unto you, whosoever <3748> of you are justified
<1344> by the law <3551>; ye are fallen <1601> from
grace <5485>.
5 For we through the Spirit <4151> wait <553> for
the hope <1680> of righteousness <1343> by faith <4102>.
6 For in Jesus <2424> Christ <5547> neither <
3777> circumcision <4061> availeth <2480> any <5100>
thing, nor <3777> uncircumcision <203>; but faith <4102>
which worketh <1754> by love <26>.
7 Ye did run <5143> well <2573>; who <5101>
did hinder <348> you that ye should not obey <3982> the truth
<225>?
8 This <3588> persuasion <3988> [cometh] not of him
that calleth <2564> you.
9 A little <3398> leaven <2219> leaveneth <
2220> the whole <3650> lump <5445>.
10 I have confidence <3982> in you through <1722>
the Lord <2962>, that ye will be none <3762> otherwise <
243> minded <5426>: but he that troubleth <5015> you shall
bear <941> his judgment <2917>, whosoever <302> he be.
11 And I, brethren <80>, if <1487> I yet <
2089> preach <2784> circumcision <4061>, why <5101>
do I yet <2089> suffer <1377> persecution <1377>? then
<686> is the offence <4625> of the cross <4716> ceased
<2673>.
12 I would <3785> they were even <2532> cut <
609> off <609> which trouble <387> you.
13. For, brethren <80>, ye have been called <2564>
unto liberty <1657>; only <3440> [use] not liberty <1657>
for an occasion <874> to the flesh <4561>, but by love <
26> serve <1398> one <240> another <240>.
14 For all <3956> the law <3551> is fulfilled <
4137> in one <1520> word <4487>, [even] in this <3588>
; Thou shalt love <25> thy neighbour <4139> as thyself <
1438>.
15 But if <1487> ye bite <1143> and devour <
2719> one <240> another <240>, take heed <991> that
ye be not consumed <355> one <240> of another <240>.
16 [This] I say <3004> then <1161>, Walk <
4043> in the Spirit <4151>, and ye shall not fulfil <5055>
the lust <1939> of the flesh <4561>.
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