\NormalFont\ShortTitle{GALATIANS}
{\MTB This book is a letter that the Apostle Paul wrote to the Christians in Galatia province. We call this book
\par }{\MT Galatians

\par }\ChapOne{1}{\SH Galatians 1:1-5
\par }{\SH I, Paul, as God’s chosen apostle, am sending this letter to the churches in Galatia and asking God’s blessings on you.
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}{\ADD{
I}},
Paul,
{\ADD{
write
this
letter
to
you.
I
remind
you
that
I
am}}
an apostle.
That
is
not
because
a
group
of
people
{\ADD{
appointed
me}},
nor
because
a
human
being
{\ADD{
sent
me
to
be
an apostle}}.
Instead,
Jesus
Christ
and
God
{\ADD{
our
heavenly}}
Father,
who
caused
Jesus
to
become
alive
again
after
he
died,
have
{\ADD{
appointed
and}}
sent
{\ADD{
me
to
be
an apostle}}.
\VS{2}All
the
fellow believers
{\ADD{
who
are
here}}
with
me
{\ADD{
approve
of
this
message
that
I
am
writing.
I
am
sending
this
letter}}
to
the
congregations
that
{\ADD{
are}}
in
Galatia
{\ADD{
province}}.
\VS{3}{\ADD{
I
pray
that}}
God,
our
Father,
and
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ
will
kindly
{\ADD{
help}}
you
and
enable
{\ADD{
you
to
have
inner}}
peace.
\VS{4}Christ
offered
himself
{\ADD{
as
a
sacrifice}}
in
order
that
{\ADD{
he
might
remove
the
guilt
for}}
our
sins.
He
did
that
in
order
that
he
might
enable
us
to
not
{\ADD{
do
the
evil
things
that
people
who
do
not
know
him}}
do.
{\ADD{
He
did
this}}
because
God,
who
is
our
Father,
wanted
it.
\VS{5}{\ADD{
I
pray
that
people
will}}
praise
God
forever. ◄May
it
be
so!/Amen!►
\par }{\SH I
am
disappointed
that
you
are believing
a
message
that
is
not
the
good
news
about Christ,
and
I
ask
God
to
eternally
punish
those
who
are
teaching
such
a
message.
\par }{\SR Galatians 1:6-10
\par }{\PP \VS{6}I
am
very
disappointed [IRO]
that
so
soon
{\ADD{
after
you
trusted
in
Christ}}
you
have
turned
away
from
{\ADD{
God}}.
He
chose
you
in
order
that
{\ADD{
you
might
have
what}}
Christ
freely/kindly
gives.
I
am
also
disappointed
that
so
soon
you
are believing
a
different
{\ADD{
message
which
some
say
is}} “good
news.”
\VS{7}Their
message
is
not
a
true
message.
{\ADD{
What
is happening
is
that}}
certain
persons
are
confusing
your
{\ADD{
minds}}.
They
are
desiring
to
change
the
good
message ◄that
Christ
{\ADD{
revealed/about}}
Christ►
{\ADD{
and
are
creating
another
message}}.
\VS{8}But
even
if
we
{\ADD{(exc) apostles}}
or
an
angel
from
heaven
would
tell
you
a
message
that
is
different
from
the
good
message
that
we
told
you
{\ADD{
before}},
I
{\ADD{
appeal
to
God}}
that
{\ADD{
he}}
punish
such
a
person
{\ADD{
forever}}.
\VS{9}As
I
told
you
previously,
so
now
I
tell
you
this
once
more:
Someone
is
telling
you
{\ADD{
what
he
says
is}}
a
good
message,
but
it
is
a
message
that
is
different
from
{\ADD{
the
good
message}}
that
I
gave
you.
So
I
{\ADD{
appeal
to
God}}
that
{\ADD{
he}}
severely
punish
that
person.
\VS{10}{\ADD{
I
said
that}}
because [RHQ]
I
do
not
desire
that
people
approve
me,
{\ADD{
contrary
to
what
some
have
said
about
me}}.
It
is
God
whom
I
desire
to
approve
me.
{\ADD{
Specifically,
I
do
not
say
and
do}} [RHQ]
things
just
to
please
people.
If
it
were
still
people
whom
I
was
trying
to
please,
then
I
would
not
be
one
who
{\ADD{
willingly
and
completely}}
serves
Christ.
\par }{\SH It
was
Jesus
Christ,
not
any
human,
who
revealed
the
message
that
I
proclaim.
\par }{\SR Galatians 1:11-12
\par }{\PP \VS{11}My
fellow believers,
I
want
you
to
know
that
the
message
about Christ
that
I
proclaim
to
people
is
not
one
that
some
person
{\ADD{
created/thought
up}}.
\VS{12}I
did
not
receive
this
message
from
a
human
{\ADD{
messenger}},
and
no
{\ADD{
human
being}}
taught
it
to
me.
Instead,
Jesus
Christ
revealed
it
to
me.
\par }{\SH For 17
years
after
God
showed
his
Son
to
me,
I
had
no
contact
with
the apostles.
\par }{\SR Galatians 1:13-24
\par }{\PP \VS{13}People
have
told
you
how
I
used
to
behave
when
{\ADD{
I
practiced}}
the
Jewish religion.
They
told
you
that
I
continually
did
very
harmful
things
to
the
groups
of believers
that
God
{\ADD{
established}},
and
they
told
you
that
I
tried
to
get
rid
of
those
people.
\VS{14}I
practiced
the
Jewish religion
more
thoroughly
than
many
{\ADD{
other
Jews}}
who
were
my
age
practiced
it.
I
much
more enthusiastically
tried
to
get
others
to
obey
the
traditions
that
my
ancestors
{\ADD{
kept}}.
\VS{15}Nevertheless,
before
I
was
born,
{\ADD{
God}} ◄set
me
apart/selected
me►.
He
chose
me
{\ADD{
to
live
eternally}},
something
that
I
did
not
deserve.
\VS{16}He
wanted
me
to
know
that
Jesus
is ◄his
Son/the
man
who
is
also
God►,
so
that
I
would
tell
others
the
message
about
him
in
regions
where non-Jews
live.
But
I
did
not
immediately
go
to
any
human
beings [SYN]
in
order
to
gain
{\ADD{
an
understanding
of
that
message.
I
received
it
directly
from Christ!}}!
\VS{17}I
did
not
{\ADD{
immediately}}
leave
Damascus
and
go
to
Jerusalem
{\ADD{
for
that
purpose}}
to
those
who
were apostles
before
I
was.
Instead,
I
went
away
to
Arabia
{\ADD{
region,
a
desert
area}}.
Later
I
returned
once
more
to
Damascus
{\ADD{
city}}.
\VS{18}Then
three
years
after
{\ADD{
God
revealed
this
good
message
to
me}},
I
went
up
to
Jerusalem
in
order
that
I
might
meet
Peter.
But
I
stayed
with
him
for
{\ADD{
only}} 15
days,
{\ADD{
which
was
not
long
enough
for
him
to
teach
me
thoroughly
about Christ}}.
\VS{19}I
also
saw
James,
the
brother
of
our
Lord
{\ADD{
Jesus
and
the
leader
of
the believers
there,
but}}
I
did
not
see
any
other apostle.
\VS{20}God
knows
that
what
I
am
writing
to
you
is
completely
true [LIT]!
\VS{21}After
{\ADD{
I
left
Jerusalem}},
I
went
to
{\ADD{
the
regions
of}}
Syria
and
Cilicia.
\VS{22}{\ADD{
At
that
time,
people
in}}
the Christian
congregations
that
are
in
Judea
{\ADD{
province}}
still
had
not
met
me [SYN]
personally.
\VS{23}They
only
heard
{\ADD{
others
say
about
me}}
repeatedly, “{\ADD{
Paul}},
the
one
who
was
formerly
doing
harmful
things
to
us,
is
now
telling
the
{\ADD{
same
message}}
which
we
believe
and
which
formerly
he
was
trying ◄to
destroy/to
cause
people
to
stop
believing►!”
\VS{24}And
they
praised
God
because
of
{\ADD{
what
had
happened
to}}
me.

\par }\Chap{2}{\SH Finally, when I returned to Jerusalem and told Peter, James, and John what I always proclaim, they agreed that Barnabas and I were preaching the same message and serving the Lord just like they were.
\par }{\SR Galatians 2:1-10
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}After 14
years
passed,
I
went
up
again
to
Jerusalem
with Barnabas.
I
took
Titus
also.
\VS{2}But
{\ADD{
I
tell
you
that}}
I
went
up
there
because
of
what
God
revealed
to
me.
{\ADD{
It
was
not
because
someone
there
asked
me
to
come}}.
I
told
people
what
was
the
good
message
that
I
was
preaching
in
regions
where non-Jews
live.
But
I
talked
privately
to
those
whom
your
new
teachers
highly
respect.
I
did
that
in
order
that
what
I
was
doing
and
what
I
had
done [MET]
might
not
become
useless [MET]
{\ADD{
as
a
result
of
people rejecting
my
message
because
they
thought
that
I
was
teaching
something
that
was
not
true}}.
\VS{3}But
{\ADD{
even
though
the
leaders
of
the believers
usually
insisted
that
when non-Jews
trusted
in Christ
someone
must
circumcise
them}},
they
did
not
even insist
that
Titus
be
circumcised,
even
though
he
was
a
Greek
man
who
was
with
me.
\VS{4}{\ADD{
I
talked
to
them
privately}}
because
some
people
{\ADD{
successfully}}
pretended
that
they
were
fellow believers
and
associated
with
the
true believers.
They
did
that
in
order
that
they
might
observe
closely
what
we
do
because
we
are
free
{\ADD{
from
having
to
obey
all
the
Jewish
laws
and rituals}}
because
of
our
close relationship
with
Christ
Jesus [MET].
Those
people
wanted
to
make
us
{\ADD{
like}}
slaves [MET]
{\ADD{
of
those rituals
by convincing
us
that
we
cannot
trust
Christ solely
but
that
we
must
also
obey
all
the
Jewish rituals}}.
\VS{5}But
not
even
briefly
did
we
{\ADD{(exc)}}
do
what
they
wanted
{\ADD{
about
circumcision.
We(exc) resisted
them}}
in
order
that
the
truth
of
the
message
about Christ
might
continue
to
{\ADD{
benefit}}
you.
\VS{6}The
{\ADD{
leaders
in
Jerusalem}},
whom
your
new
teachers
respect,
did
not
add
anything
to
what
I
preach.
{\ADD{
And
I
would
add
that}}
what
status
those
leaders
had
did
not
influence
me,
because
God
does
not
favor
certain/important
persons [IDM]
more
than
others.
\VS{7}Instead
of
those
leaders
adding
to
the
message
that
I
tell
people,
they
understood
that
I
had
been
given
the
good
message $\{$God
had
given
the
good
message
to
me$\}$
so
that
I
might
proclaim
it
to
the non-Jews [MTY],
just
like
{\ADD{
God}}
had
given
the
good
message
to
Peter
so
that
he
might
tell
it
to
those
who
are
Jews [MTY].
\VS{8}That
is,
just
like
{\ADD{
God}}
had
empowered/authorized
Peter
in
order
that
he
might
be
an apostle
{\ADD{
to
bring
God’s
message}}
to
the
Jews [MTY],
he
also
had
empowered/authorized
me
in
order
that
I
might
be
an apostle
to
{\ADD{
bring
his
message
to}}
the non-Jews.
\VS{9}And
{\ADD{
those
leaders}}
knew
that
God
had
kindly
given
to
me
this
special
work.
So
James,
Peter,
and
John,
the
ones
whom
your
new
teachers
{\ADD{
respect
because
they
are}}
leaders [MET]
{\ADD{
of
the believers}},
shook
hands
with
us [IDM]
{\ADD{
to
show
that
they
agreed
that Barnabas
and
I
are
serving
the
Lord
just
like
they
are,
and
that
we
are
preaching
the
same
message
that
they
are
preaching}}.
They
also
agreed
that
we
{\ADD{(exc)}}
are
the
ones
whom
God
was
sending
to
{\ADD{
tell
his
message
to}} non-Jews,
but
that
God
is
sending
them
to
{\ADD{
tell
his
message
to}}
Jews [MTY].
\VS{10}They
merely
urged
that
we
{\ADD{(exc)}}
still
remember
to
help
the
poor
{\ADD{
fellow believers
who
live
in
Jerusalem}}.
That
is
exactly
what
I
have
been
eager
to
do.
\par }{\SH Later
I
rebuked
Peter
for
not
behaving
according
to
the gospel,
in
that
he
was encouraging non-Jews
to adopt
Jewish
laws
and rituals.
\par }{\SR Galatians 2:11-21
\par }{\PP \VS{11}But
{\ADD{
later
while
I
was
at}} Antioch
{\ADD{
city}},
after Peter
came
there,
I
told
him
directly [SYN]
that
what
he
was
doing
was
wrong.
\VS{12}{\ADD{
This
is
what
happened}}:
{\ADD{
Peter
went
to Antioch
and
started
eating
regularly
with non-Jewish believers
there}}.
Later
there
were
certain
{\ADD{
Jewish believers
who}}
came
{\ADD{
to Antioch
who
claimed
that}}
James,
{\ADD{
the
leader
of
the
congregations
in
Jerusalem}},
had
sent
them.
But
when
{\ADD{
those
certain}}
men
came,
Peter gradually
quit
{\ADD{
eating}}
with
the non-Jewish believers
and
would
not
associate
with
them.
He
was
afraid
that
the
Jewish
{\ADD{believers
from
Jerusalem
would
criticize
him
for associating
with non-Jews}}.
\VS{13}Also,
the
other
Jewish
{\ADD{believers
who
were
in Antioch}} [SYN]
acted ◄insincerely/in
a
way
that
they
knew
was
not
right►
along
with
{\ADD{
Peter}}.
The
result
was
that
they
convinced
even Barnabas
to
{\ADD{
stop associating
with
the non-Jewish believers}}!
\VS{14}But
when
I
realized
that
they
were
not
acting
according
to
the
truth
of
the
message
about Christ,
{\ADD{
when}}
all
{\ADD{
the
fellow believers
there}}
were
present,
I
told
Peter
{\ADD{
the
following}}: “Although
you
{\ADD{(sg)}}
are
a
Jew,
{\ADD{
you
often
conduct
yourself}}
like non-Jews
{\ADD{
do
by disregarding
Jewish
laws
about
food.
When
you
are
among non-Jews}},
you
{\ADD{(sg)}}
do
not
customarily
conduct
yourself
at
all
like
Jews
{\ADD{
do}}.
So, ◄now
it
is
wrong
that
you
{\ADD{(sg)}}
are
causing non-Jews
{\ADD{
to
think
that
they
must
obey
all}}
the
Jewish rituals
and
customs!/why
are
you
{\ADD{(sg)}}
causing non-Jews
{\ADD{
to
think
that
they
must
obey
all}}
the
Jewish rituals
and
customs?► [RHQ]”
\VS{15}Some
of
us
{\ADD{believers}}
were
born
as
Jews.
We
{\ADD{(exc)}}
were
{\BD{
not
born
as non-Jews.}}
{\ADD{
We
Jews
have
always
considered non-Jews
to
be}}
{\BD{‘sinners’}}
{\ADD{
because
they
do
not
obey
the
Jewish rituals
and
laws}}.
\VS{16}But
we
{\ADD{(exc)}}
now
know
that
it
is
not
because
some
person
obeys
the
laws
{\ADD{
that
God
gave
to
Moses}}
that
{\ADD{
God}} erases
the
record
of
that
person’s
sins.
{\ADD{
God erases
the
record
of
a
person’s
sins
only
if
that
person
trusts
in
what
Jesus
Christ
has
done}}.
Even
we
{\ADD{(exc)}}
Jews
trusted
{\BD{
Christ
Jesus.}}
We
{\ADD{(exc)}}
did
that
in
order
that
{\ADD{
God}}
would erase
the
record
of
our
sins
because
of
our
trusting
Christ,
and
not
because
of
our
obeying
the
laws
{\ADD{
that
God
gave
to
Moses.
God
has
said
that}}
he
will
{\ADD{
never}} erase
the
record
of
people’s
sins
just
{\BD{
because
of
their
obeying
those
laws.}}
\VS{17}Furthermore,
because
we
{\ADD{(exc)
Jews}}
desired
that
{\ADD{
God}}
would erase
the
record
of
our
sins
because
of
our relationship
with
Christ,
{\ADD{
it
means
that}}
we
realized
that
we
ourselves
were
sinners
{\ADD{
like non-Jews,
whom
we
called}}
sinners,
{\ADD{
because
we(exc)
also
were
not
obeying
the
Jewish rituals
and
laws}}.
{\ADD{
But}} ◄{\ADD{
we(inc)
certainly
cannot conclude}}
that
it
is
Christ
who
causes
us
to
sin./{\ADD{
should
we conclude}}
that
it
is
Christ
who
causes
us
to
sin?► [RHQ]
{\ADD{
No,
Christ}}
certainly
does
not
{\ADD{
cause
anyone
to
sin}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{18}So
if
I
should
again
believe
{\ADD{
that
God
would erase
the
record
of
my
sins
because
of
my
obeying
the
laws
that
he
gave
to
Moses}} [MET],
{\ADD{
I
would
be
like
a
man
who}}
rebuilds
an
old
building
that
he
tore
down.
It
would
{\ADD{
soon}}
be
clear
that
I
am
one
who disobeys
those
same
laws
{\ADD{
that
God
gave
to
Moses}}.
\VS{19}When
{\ADD{
I
realized
that
I
could
not earn
God’s
favor}}
by
{\ADD{
obeying}}
the
laws
{\ADD{
that
he
gave
to
Moses,
I
decided
not}}
to
{\ADD{
respond
to
what
those
laws
demanded}} [MET],
{\ADD{
just
like}}
a
dead
person
{\ADD{
does
not
respond
to
anything}}.
Now
I
live
to
{\ADD{
honor/serve}}
God.
\VS{20}{\ADD{
It
is
as
though}}
I
was
with
Christ
when
he
was
crucified $\{$died
on
the
cross$\}$ [MET] (OR,
{\ADD{
It
is
as
though}}
my
{\ADD{
old
way
of
life
ended
when}}
Christ
died
on
the
cross.)
No
longer
am
I
{\ADD{directing
the
way
I
behave
as
I
did
before
I
believed
in
Christ}}.
Now
Christ
{\ADD{
is directing
how}}
I
{\ADD{
behave.
And
whatever
I
do}}
now
while
I
live,
I
do
it
trusting
in
God’s
Son.
He
is
the
one
who
loved
me
and
offered
himself
{\ADD{
as
a
sacrifice}}
for
me.
\VS{21}I
am
not rejecting
{\ADD{
as
useless}}
what
God
{\ADD{
did
for
me}} ◄{\ADD{
kindly/that
I
did
not
deserve}}►,
{\ADD{
as
my
opponents
are
doing.
I
fully
accept
that
God
saved
me
by
acting
kindly towards
me}}.
If
it
is
because
people
{\ADD{
obey
the}}
laws
{\ADD{
that
God
gave
to
Moses}}
that
God erases
the
record
of
their
sins,
then
Christ
died ◄for
nothing/needlessly►.

\par }\Chap{3}{\SH Because you trusted in Christ, not because you obeyed the laws God gave Moses, you received the Holy Spirit and now experience his working among you.
\par }{\SR Galatians 3:1-5
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}You
{\ADD{
fellow believers
who
live
in}} Galatia
are
very
foolish! ◄Someone
must
have
put
an
evil
spell
on
you!/Did
someone
put
an
evil
spell
on
you?► [RHQ]
I
clearly
explained
to
you [SYN]
{\ADD{
what}}
Jesus
Christ
{\ADD{
accomplished
when}}
he
was
crucified $\{$he
died
on
the
cross$\}$.
\VS{2}{\ADD{
So}},
I
want
you
to
tell
me
one
thing:
{\ADD{
Do
you
think
that}}
it
was
because
you
obeyed
the
laws
God
gave
Moses
that
you
received
the
{\ADD{
Holy}}
Spirit?
{\ADD{
Do
you
not
know
that}} [RHQ]
it
was
because
{\ADD{
when
you}}
heard
{\ADD{
the
good
message
concerning Christ,
you}}
trusted
in
him?
\VS{3}◄You
are
acting
so
foolishly/Why
are
you
being
so
foolish?► [RHQ]!
You
first
{\ADD{
became Christians}}
as
a
result
of
God’s
Spirit
{\ADD{enabling
you}}.
So, ◄you
should
not
now
think
that
it
is
by
what
you
yourselves
do
that
you
will
continue
{\ADD{
to
grow
spiritually}}/do
you
now
think
it
is
by
your
own
human
efforts
that
you
will
continue
{\ADD{
to
grow
spiritually?}}!► [RHQ]
\VS{4}Keep
in
mind
that
{\ADD{
if
what
God
has
done
for
you
was
because
of
your
obeying
the
laws
that
God
gave
to
Moses
and}}
not
because
of
trusting
in Christ,
when
others
caused
you
to
suffer,
you
suffered
many
things needlessly! [RHQ]
{\ADD{
I
certainly
hope
that
you
did
not
suffer
like
that}} needlessly.
\VS{5}{\ADD{
When
God
now}}
generously
gives
to
you
his
Spirit
and
performs
miracles
among
you,
{\ADD{
do
you
think
that
it
is}} [RHQ]
because
you
obey
the
laws
{\ADD{
that
God
gave
to
Moses?
Surely
you
know
that}}
it
is
because
when
you
heard
{\ADD{
the
good
message
about Christ}},
you
trusted
in
him [RHQ]!
\par }{\SH It
is
those
Jews
and non-Jews
who
trust Christ
who
are
Abraham’s
spiritual
descendants,
because
those
who
seek
to
be
justified
by
obeying
the
laws
that
God
gave
Moses
are
condemned
by
God.
\par }{\SR Galatians 3:6-12
\par }{\PP \VS{6}{\ADD{
What
you
have
experienced
is}}
as
{\ADD{
Moses
wrote
in
the Scriptures
about}}
Abraham.
{\ADD{
He
wrote
that
Abraham}}
trusted
God,
and
as
a
result,
he
was
considered
as
being
righteous $\{${\ADD{
God}} erased
the
record
of
his
sins$\}$.
\VS{7}You
must
realize,
therefore,
that
it
is
those
who
trust
{\ADD{
in
what Christ
has
done
who}}
are
{\ADD{
like}}
Abraham’s
descendants [MET]
{\ADD{
because
they
trust
in
God
as
Abraham
did}}.
\VS{8}Furthermore,
God
planned
beforehand
that
it
was
{\ADD{
when}} non-Jews
trusted
{\ADD{
him}}
that
he
would erase
the
record
of
their
sins.
{\ADD{
Moses
wrote
in}}
the
Scriptures [PRS]
this
good
message
that
God
told
Abraham: “Because
of
{\ADD{
what}}
you
{\ADD{
did}},
I
will
bless
{\ADD{
people
in}} [MTY]
all
nations.”
\VS{9}So,
{\ADD{
we
can conclude
that}}
it
is
those
who
trust
{\ADD{
in
what Christ
has
done}}
whom
{\ADD{
God}}
blesses.
That includes
{\ADD{
all non-Jews
and
Jews
who
trust
him}},
along
with
Abraham,
the
one
who
trusted
him
{\ADD{
long
ago}}.
\VS{10}That
is,
God
will
eternally
punish
all
those
who
{\ADD{mistakenly}}
think
{\ADD{
that
God
will erase
the
record
of
their
sins}}
as
a
result
of
their
{\ADD{
obeying}}
the
laws
{\ADD{
that
God
gave
to
Moses}}.
What
is
written
in
the Scriptures
is
that
{\ADD{
God}}
will
eternally
punish
everyone
who
does
not
continuously
and
completely
obey
all
the
laws
{\ADD{
that
Moses
wrote}}.
\VS{11}But
God
has
declared
that
if
he erases
the
record
of
anyone’s
sins,
it
will
not
be
as
a
result
of
their
obeying
the
laws
God
gave
Moses.
{\ADD{
This
is
evident
because
the Scriptures
say}}, “Every
person
whose
record
of
sins
God erases
because
that
person
trusts
God
will
live
{\ADD{spiritually}}.”
\VS{12}But
{\ADD{
when
God
gave}}
his
laws
{\ADD{
to
the
Jews,
he
did}}
not
{\ADD{
say
that
a
person
must}}
trust
{\ADD{
him}}.
Instead,
{\ADD{
God
said
that}}
it
is
those
who
obey
{\ADD{
all
God’s
laws,
continuously
and
completely}},
who
will
live.
\par }{\SH Christ
was
condemned
instead
of
us,
so
that
God
might
bless
the non-Jews
just
as
he
blessed
Abraham,
and
so
that
we
might
receive
the
Spirit.
\par }{\SR Galatians 3:13-14
\par }{\PP \VS{13}Even
though
we humans
have
not
continuously
and
completely
obeyed
God’s
laws,
Christ
rescued
us
from
{\ADD{
God}}
punishing
us
eternally.
Christ
rescued
us
by
his
being
{\ADD{
the
one
God
condemned}}
instead
of
God
condemning
us.
What
is
written $\{${\ADD{
someone/Moses}}
wrote$\}$
{\ADD{
in
the Scriptures}}
shows
that
this
is
true.
It
is
written $\{${\ADD{
He}}
wrote$\}$, “{\ADD{
God}}
has
cursed
anyone
{\ADD{
whom
people
have
executed
for
his
crimes
and
whose
body
they}}
have
hung
on
a
tree.”
\VS{14}Jesus
Christ
rescued
us
in
order
that
as
a
result
of
what
he
{\ADD{
has
done,
God
might
bless
the non-Jews,
in
a
way
similar
to
the
way}}
God
blessed
Abraham.
He
also
desired
that
as
a
result
of
our
trusting
{\ADD{
Christ}},
we
{\ADD{
all}}
might
receive
the
Spirit
{\ADD{
whom
God}}
promised
to
{\ADD{
give
to}}
us.
\par }{\SH By
giving
his
laws
to
the
Jews,
God
has
not
canceled
what
he
promised
to
Abraham
much
earlier
concerning
his
descendant,
Christ.
Just
like
God
gave
his
blessings
to
Abraham
just
because
he
promised
to
do
so,
he
freely
gives
his
blessings
to
us.
\par }{\SR Galatians 3:15-18
\par }{\PP \VS{15}My
fellow believers,
I
will
now
{\ADD{illustrate}}
by referring
to
human
{\ADD{relationships.
After
an
agreement
is
confirmed
by
two
people}} $\{${\ADD{
two
people
have
signed}}
an
agreement$\}$,
no
one
can
reject
it
or
add
to
it.
\VS{16}{\ADD{
God}}
declared
to
Abraham
and
his
descendant
that
he
was
promising
{\ADD{
to
give
blessings
to
Abraham}}.
{\ADD{
The
words
that
God
spoke
were
not “and
your}}
descendants.”
{\ADD{
He
was
not}}
referring
to
many
persons.
Instead,
he
was
referring
to
one
person,
who
is
Christ,
{\ADD{
because
the
words
that
God
spoke
were}}, “and
your
descendant.”
\VS{17}This
is
what
I
am
saying:
{\ADD{
Since
God}}
gave
the
laws
{\ADD{
to
the
Jews}} 430
years
after
{\ADD{
he
declared
to
Abraham
what
he
was
promising
to
do
for
Abraham}},
those
laws
do
not cancel
that
agreement
{\ADD{
with}}
Abraham
that
God
himself
had
previously
agreed
about [PRS].
\VS{18}Remember
that
if
it
is
because
{\ADD{
we
obey
God’s}}
laws
{\ADD{
that
he
gives
to
us}}
what
{\ADD{
he
has}}
promised
{\ADD{
to
give
to
us}},
then
it
is
not
{\ADD{
just}}
because
he
{\ADD{
has}}
promised
{\ADD{
that
he
would
give
those
things
to
us}}.
God
freely
gave
to
Abraham
{\ADD{
what
he
had
promised
to
give
to
him,
just}}
because
{\ADD{
God
had}}
promised
{\ADD{
that
he
would
give
it
to
him.
Similarly,
it
is
not
because
we
obey
God’s
laws
that
God
gives
to
us
what
he
has
promised
to
give
to
us}}.
\par }{\SH God
gave
his
laws
to
supervise
us
sinful
Jews
until Christ,
Abraham’s
promised
descendant,
would
come.
\par }{\SR Galatians 3:19-25
\par }{\PP \VS{19}So,
{\ADD{
if
someone
should
ask}}, “Why
{\ADD{
did
God
later
give}}
his
laws
{\ADD{
to
Moses?”
I
would
reply
that}}
it
was
in
order
that
{\ADD{
people
might
realize}}
how
sinful
they
were.
{\ADD{
Those
laws
were
valid}}
until
{\ADD{
Jesus
came.
He
was}}
the
descendant
that
God
{\ADD{
was referring
to
when
he
made}}
the
promises
to
Abraham.
{\ADD{
The
laws}}
were
given $\{${\ADD{
God}}
gave
{\ADD{
his
laws}}$\}$
{\ADD{
to
Moses}}
by
God’s
causing
angels
to
{\ADD{
speak
to
him.
Moses
was
the}}
mediator,
{\ADD{
the
one
who
told
the
laws
to
the
people}}.
\VS{20}Now,
{\ADD{
when}}
a
mediator
{\ADD{functions}},
one
{\ADD{
person}}
is
not
{\ADD{
speaking
with
another}}
directly;
but
God
himself
{\ADD{
made
his
promises
directly
to
Abraham}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{21}{\ADD{
If
someone
should
ask, “When
God
gave
his}}
laws
{\ADD{
to
Moses}}
long
{\ADD{
after
he
told
Abraham}}
what
he
was
promising
{\ADD{
to
give
to
him,
was
he}}
changing
his
mind?”
{\ADD{
I
would
reply
that
God}}
certainly
did
not
{\ADD{
change
his
mind
when
he
did
that}}!
If
God
had
given
a
law
that
could
enable
people
to
live
{\ADD{
eternally}},
then
it
actually
would
be
because
of
people
{\ADD{
obeying
that}}
law
that
God
would erase
the
record
of
their
sins.
\VS{22}But
instead,
{\ADD{
what
we
read
in}}
the
Scriptures [PRS]
is
that
God
{\ADD{
caused
all
people
to
be
unable
to
escape
being
punished
for}}
their
{\ADD{
sins}} [MET],
just
like
{\ADD{
people}}
in
prison
{\ADD{
are
unable
to
escape}} [PRS,
MET].
{\ADD{
God
did
that
in
order
that
he
might
give
what
he
promised
to
those
who
trust
Jesus
Christ,
just}}
because
they
trust
him.
\VS{23}Before
{\ADD{
God
revealed
the
good
message
about}}
trusting
{\ADD{
in Christ}},
the
laws [PRS]
that
God
gave
to
Moses
were
{\ADD{confining/imprisoning
us
Jews}} [MET],
{\ADD{
as}}
a
prisoner
{\ADD{
in
jail
is}}
confined.
{\ADD{
We}}
were
unable
to
escape
{\ADD{
obeying
those}} [MET]
{\ADD{
laws}}.
This
happened
in
order
that
{\ADD{
we
might
believe}}
the
good
message
{\ADD{
concerning Christ,
the
message
that
God
would}}
reveal
{\ADD{
later}}.
\VS{24}{\ADD{
Like
a
father
supervises
his immature
son
by appointing
a}}
servant
to
take
care
of
him [MET],
{\ADD{
God}}
was supervising
us
{\ADD{
by}}
his
laws [MET, PRS]
until
Christ
came.
{\ADD{
He
did
this}}
in
order
that
he
might erase
the
record
of
our
sins
{\ADD{
only}}
because
we
trust
{\ADD{
Christ}}.
\VS{25}But
{\ADD{
now
that
God}}
has
revealed
the
message
{\ADD{
about
trusting
in Christ}},
the
laws
{\ADD{
that
God
gave
to
Moses}}
are
no
longer supervising
us
{\ADD{
Jews}} [PRS,
MET].
\par }{\SH Because
of
our relationship
with Christ,
we
are
Abraham’s
spiritual
descendants,
and
God’s
heirs,
no
longer
like
slaves.
\par }{\SR Galatians 3:26-29
\par }{\PP \VS{26}Now
all
of
you
{\ADD{
Jews
and}} non-Jews
are
{\ADD{
as
though
you
are}}
God’s
children
because
you
trusted
Christ
Jesus.
\VS{27}That
is,
you
who
{\ADD{
began
a relationship}}
with
Christ
when
you
were baptized identified
yourselves [MET]
with
Christ.
\VS{28}{\ADD{
If
you
are believers,
it
does}}
not
{\ADD{
matter
to
God
if
you
are}}
Jews
or non-Jews;
slaves
or
ones
{\ADD{
who
are}}
not
slaves;
males
or
females,
because
all
of
you
are
{\ADD{
as}}
one
{\ADD{
sort
of
person
because
of
your relationship}}
with
Christ
Jesus.
\VS{29}Furthermore,
since
you
belong
to
Christ,
you
are
{\ADD{
like}}
Abraham’s
descendants
{\ADD{
because
you
trust
God
as
Abraham
did}},
and
you
will
possess/receive
all
that
God
has
promised [MET].

\par }\Chap{4}{\SH Each of you is no longer like a slave, but a child of God and an heir of what he has promised.
\par }{\SR Galatians 4:1-7
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now,
I
{\ADD{
will
further}}
discuss
{\ADD{
children
and
heirs}}:
{\ADD{
An
heir
is
a
person
who
will
later}}
control
all
that
his
father
has.
But
as
long
as
that
heir
is
a
child,
others
{\ADD{
control}}
him,
with
the
result
that
he
is
just
like
a
slave [MET].
\VS{2}Until
the
{\ADD{
day
that}}
his
father
{\ADD{
previously}}
determined,
{\ADD{
other}}
persons
supervise
him
and
manage
his
father’s
property.
\VS{3}Likewise,
when
we
{\ADD{(inc)}} (OR,
we
{\ADD{(exc)
Jews}})
were
{\ADD{
like}}
young
children [MET],
we
were
controlled
by
the
spiritual powers
of
this
world.
They
controlled
us
like
{\ADD{
masters
control
their
slaves}} [MET].
\VS{4}But
exactly
at
the
time [MTY]
{\ADD{
that
God
had
previously
determined}},
he
sent
{\ADD{
Jesus}},
who
is ◄his
Son/the
man
who
is
also
God►,
into
the
world.
Jesus
was
born
to
a
{\ADD{
human}}
mother.
He
had
to
obey
the
laws
{\ADD{
that
God
gave
to
Moses}}.
\VS{5}God
sent Jesus
in
order
that
he
might
redeem
us
who
had
to
obey
{\ADD{
God’s}}
laws.
God
wanted
us
all
to
receive
from
{\ADD{
God}}
the
status
of
being
his
children [MET].
\VS{6}Furthermore,
we
know
that
we
are
God’s
children
because
God
sent
the
Spirit,
who
is
intimately
related
to
Jesus,
to
live
in
our ◄inner
beings/hearts►.
{\ADD{
The
Spirit enables
us
to}}
pray fervently, “Daddy,
Father!”
{\ADD{
This
shows
that
we
are
God’s
children}}.
\VS{7}So,
{\ADD{
because
of
what
God
has
done}},
no
longer
is
{\ADD{
each
of}}
you
{\ADD{
like}}
a
slave.
Instead,
{\ADD{
each
of
you
is}}
a
child
{\ADD{
of
God}}.
Furthermore,
since
{\ADD{
each
of
you
is
God’s}}
child,
God
has
also
made
you
his
heir,
{\ADD{
one
who
will
receive
all
that
he
has
promised}}.
\par }{\SH I
plead
with
you
to
do
as
I
did
when
I
was
with
you,
and
not
obey
all
the
Jewish
rules
and rituals.
\par }{\SR Galatians 4:8-20
\par }{\PP \VS{8}When
you
did
not
have
a relationship
with
God [MET],
you
served
gods
that
really
did
not
exist [MET].
You
were
their
slaves.
\VS{9}But
now
you
have
come
to
know
God.
Perhaps
{\ADD{
it
would
be
better
to
say
that}}
now
God
knows
you.
{\ADD{
So
now
you
are
acting
foolishly}}! ◄You
are
again believing
{\ADD{
that
by
obeying}}
rules
and
rites
{\ADD{
you
will
benefit spiritually}}! [RHQ]
{\ADD{
Those
rules
are}}
ineffective
and inadequate!
You
are
wanting
to
{\ADD{
obey
them}}
again [MET]
like
slaves
obey
their
masters. [RHQ]
\VS{10}You
{\ADD{non-Jews}}
are
carefully
practicing
{\ADD{
Jewish
rules
and rituals
about
what
you
should
do}} ◄on
{\ADD{
Sabbaths/on
Jewish
days
of
rest}}►
and
{\ADD{
on
the
first
day
of
each}}
month
and
on
{\ADD{
special}}
seasons
and
years.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}I ◄worry/am
concerned►
about
your
{\ADD{mistaken ideas.
I
do
not
want}}
to
have
{\ADD{
so}} strenuously
served
you
in
vain.
\VS{12}My
fellow believers,
I
strongly
urge
you
that
you
do
as
I
do.
{\ADD{
Stop
thinking
that
you
have
to
obey ◄Jewish
rules
and rituals/ceremonial
laws}}►.
{\ADD{
When
I
was
with
you}},
I
{\ADD{
did
not
obey
all
the
Jewish
rules
and rituals}},
just
like
you
{\ADD{
did
not
obey
them}}.
\par }{\PP {\ADD{
At
that
time}}
you
treated
me
entirely
as
you
should
have [LIT].
\VS{13}You
know
that
the
first
time
I
preached
to
you,
{\ADD{
I
went
to
your
area
to
regain
my
health,
because
I
was physically
weak}}.
\VS{14}{\ADD{
Although}}
you
might
have
{\ADD{
despised
me
because}}
I
was physically
weak,
you
did
not
despise
me
or
act
contemptuously/disrespectfully
toward
me.
Instead,
you
welcomed
me
like
{\ADD{
you
would
welcome}}
an
angel
from
God.
{\ADD{
You
welcomed
me}}
like
{\ADD{
you
would
welcome}}
Christ
Jesus!
\VS{15}◄I
am
disappointed
that
you
have
forgotten
{\ADD{
that
then}}
you
{\ADD{
declared
that
you
were}}
pleased
with
{\ADD{
me}}./Have
you
forgotten
{\ADD{
that
then}}
you
{\ADD{
declared
that
you
were}}
pleased
with
{\ADD{
me}}?► [RHQ]
I
can
testify
that
you
{\ADD{
would
have
done
anything
to
help
me}}.
You
would
have
gouged
out
your
eyes
{\ADD{
and}}
given
them
to
me,
{\ADD{
if
that
would
have
helped
me}}!
\VS{16}So
I
am
very
disappointed
that
you
{\ADD{
now}}
act
as
though [RHQ]
I
have
become
hostile
to
you
{\ADD{
because
I
have
kept}}
speaking
the
true
{\ADD{
message
about Christ}}
to
you.
\VS{17}Those
{\ADD{
who
are insisting
on
obeying
Jewish
rules}}
are
eagerly
{\ADD{
showing
interest
in}}
you,
but
{\ADD{
what
they
are
doing
is}}
not
good.
They
even
want
you
not
to
associate
with
{\ADD{
me
and
other
true}} believers,
because
they
want
you
to
eagerly
show
{\ADD{
interest
in}}
them,
{\ADD{
not
in
us}}.
\VS{18}But
{\ADD{
just
like}}
it
always
feels
good
to
have
others
show
that
they appreciate
you,
{\ADD{
I
would
like
you}}
always
{\ADD{
to appreciate
me}},
and
not
only
when
I
am
with
you.
\VS{19}You
{\ADD{
who
are
like}}
my
children,
{\ADD{
once}}
again
I
am
very
worried/concerned
about
you [MET],
{\ADD{
and
I
will
continue
to}}
be
worried/concerned
until
Christ’s
{\ADD{nature
becomes developed}}
in
you
{\ADD{
completely
and
wholeheartedly}} [MET]
{\ADD{
as
a
child}}
becomes developed
{\ADD{
in
his
mother’s
womb}}.
\VS{20}But
I
do
wish
that
I
could
be
with
you
now
and
that
I
might
talk
{\ADD{
more
gently
with
you}},
because
I
do
not
know
{\ADD{
what
to
do
about}}
you
{\ADD{
while
we
are
apart}}.
\par }{\SH Because
of
our relationship
with Christ,
we
are
not
subject
to
Mosaic
law;
being
Abraham’s
spiritual
descendants,
we
are
free
from
such
bondage.
\par }{\SR Galatians 4:21-31
\par }{\PP \VS{21}Some
of
you
desire
{\ADD{
to
obey
all
the
laws}}
that
God
gave
Moses.
{\ADD{
I
say
that}}
you
{\ADD{
should}}
consider [RHQ]
{\ADD{
the implications
of
what
Moses
wrote
in}}
the Scriptures.
\VS{22}{\ADD{
He}}
wrote
that
Abraham
became
the
father
of
two
sons.
His
female
slave,
{\ADD{
Hagar}},
bore
one
son,
and
his
{\ADD{
wife
Sarah}},
who
was
not
a
slave,
bore
the
other.
\VS{23}Also,
{\ADD{
the
sons
differed.
Ishmael}},
the
{\ADD{
son
born
by}}
the
female
slave,
was
conceived naturally.
But
{\ADD{
Isaac}},
the
{\ADD{
son
born
by}}
his
wife
who
was
not
a
slave,
was
conceived
{\ADD{miraculously}}
as
a
result
of
what
{\ADD{
God}}
had
promised
{\ADD{
Abraham}}.
\VS{24}{\ADD{
I
am
telling
you
this}}
as
an illustration.
These
{\ADD{
two
women}} symbolize
two agreements.
{\ADD{
God
made}}
the
first
{\ADD{
agreement,
which involved
obeying
the
laws
that
God
gave
to
Moses}}
at
Sinai
Mountain.
{\ADD{
Because
that
agreement
forces
those
who
accept
it
to
keep
obeying
all
its
rules}} [MET],
{\ADD{
it
is
like
a
slave
mother
who}}
gives
birth
to
slaves.
{\ADD{
So}}
Hagar,
{\ADD{
the
female
slave,
symbolizes}}
that
{\ADD{
agreement}}.
\VS{25}Also,
the
{\ADD{
word}} ‘Hagar’
is
{\ADD{
associated
with}}
Sinai
Mountain,
{\ADD{
which
is}}
in
Arabia
{\ADD{
land.
Hagar,
the
female
slave,
also}}
represents
Jerusalem
as
it
is
today.
Jerusalem
is
{\ADD{
like}} [MET]
a
slave
{\ADD{
mother,
and
those
who
live
there}} [PRS]
{\ADD{
are
like}}
her
slave
children [MET]
{\ADD{
because
they
all
must
obey
the
laws
that
God
gave
to
Moses}}.
\VS{26}But
there
will
be
a
{\ADD{
new}}
Jerusalem
in
heaven [MTY],
and
we
{\ADD{
who
will
go
there}}
are
free
{\ADD{
from
having
to
obey
Jewish
laws}}.
We
{\ADD{
who
belong
to
that
city
consider
it
to
be}}
our
mother [MET]
{\ADD{
city
because
we
are
God’s
true
children}}.
\VS{27}{\ADD{
Our
new
city
will
have
more
people
than
those
who
live
in
Jerusalem
now.
It
will
be
just
like}}
Isaiah foretold
about
{\ADD{
the
people
whom
he
expected
would
come
back
to
Jerusalem
from
exile.
He
expected
that
they
would
be
more
numerous
than
those
who}}
were
taken
into
exile.
He
wrote:
\par }{\PI {\ADD{
You
who
live
in
Jerusalem,
you
will}}
rejoice!
Now
you
have
no
children,
like
a
barren
{\ADD{
woman}}
who
does
not
give
birth
to
{\ADD{
children!
But
some
day
you
will}}
shout
{\ADD{
joyfully}}, ◄without
restraint/as
loudly
as
you
can►,
{\ADD{
even
though
now
you
are
few
in
number,
like
a
woman
who}}
cannot
give
birth
{\ADD{
to
children,
and
you}}
feel
deserted.
{\ADD{
You
will
be
very
happy}}
because
{\ADD{
you
will
have
many
children
who
will
come
to
you.
Those
children
will
be}}
more
than
{\ADD{
the
children}}
any
woman
with
a
husband
{\ADD{
could
have
borne}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{28}Now,
{\ADD{
my}}
fellow believers,
you
have
become
children
{\ADD{
of
God
as
a
result
of believing
God’s}}
promise
to
us,
as
Isaac
{\ADD{
was
born
as
a
result
of
Abraham believing
what
God
promised
to
him}} [MET].
\par }{\PP \VS{29}{\ADD{
Also,
long
ago
Abraham’s
son}}
Ishmael,
the
one
who
was
conceived naturally,
caused
trouble
for
{\ADD{
Abraham’s
son}}
Isaac,
who
{\ADD{
was
conceived}} supernaturally [MET].
Similarly,
now
{\ADD{
those
who
think
that
we
must
obey
the
laws
that
God
gave
Moses
in
order
that
God
will
save
us
are
causing
trouble
for
those
who
are
trusting
Abraham’s
descendant, Christ}}.
\VS{30}But
these
are [RHQ]
the
words
in
the
Scriptures [PRS]: “The
son
of
the
{\ADD{
woman}}
who
was
not
a
slave
will
inherit
{\ADD{
what
his
father
has}}.
The
female
slave’s
son
will
certainly
not
inherit
those
things.
So
send
away
from
{\ADD{
this
place}}
the
female
slave
and
her
son [MET]!”
{\ADD{
That
means
that
you
should
certainly
expel
from
your
groups
those
who insist
that
we
obey
all
the
laws
God
gave
Moses}} [MET].
\VS{31}{\ADD{
My}}
fellow believers,
{\ADD{
Hagar
symbolizes
the
laws
that
God
gave
to
Moses.
But
we
are
not
those
who
must
obey
all
the
laws
that
God
gave
to
Moses}} [MET].
{\ADD{
So}}
we
are
not
{\ADD{
the}}
female
slave
{\ADD{Hagar’s
spiritual}}
descendants [MET].
But
{\ADD{
Sarah’s
descendants
are
those
who
were
born
as
a
result
of believing
what
God
promised
to
Abraham.
So
we
are}}
the
{\ADD{
spiritual}}
descendants
of
{\ADD{
Sarah,
the
woman}}
who
was
not
a
slave [MET].

\par }\Chap{5}{\SH Reject the false teaching that you must be circumcised, and do not become enslaved to rules and rituals again, otherwise Christ will not benefit you at all.
\par }{\SR Galatians 5:1-6
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}It
is
in
order
that
we
might
live
without ◄being obliged
{\ADD{
to/having
to}}►
{\ADD{
obey
all
the
Jewish rituals}}
that
Christ
freed
us
{\ADD{
from
God
condemning
us
because
of
our disobeying
those rituals}}.
So,
firmly
{\ADD{
reject
the
false
teaching
that
someone
must
circumcise
you,
and}}
do
not
{\ADD{
live
like}}
slaves
again [MET]
{\ADD{
by
letting
others
force
you
to
obey
those
rules
and rituals
again}}.
\VS{2}Consider
very
carefully
what
I,
Paul,
{\ADD{
an apostle}},
now
tell
you:
If,
{\ADD{
to
fulfill
Jewish
ritual
laws}},
you
are permitting
yourself
to
be
circumcised $\{$someone
to
circumcise
you$\}$,
what
Christ
{\ADD{
has
done
for
you}}
will
not
benefit
you
at
all.
\VS{3}Instead,
I
solemnly
declare
again
to
every
man
who
is
circumcised $\{$has
someone
circumcise
him$\}$
{\ADD{
in
order
for
God
to
accept
him}},
that
you
must
{\ADD{
perfectly}}
obey
all
of
the
laws
{\ADD{
that
God
gave
Moses,
in
order
for
God
to
save
you}}.
\VS{4}Those
of
you
who
are
sure
that
God
will erase
the
record
of
your
sins
because
you
obey
the
laws
{\ADD{
that
God
gave
to
Moses}},
you
have
separated
yourselves
from
Christ.
You
have
abandoned/rejected
{\ADD{
God’s
true method
of
saving
you,
which
was}}
by
kindly erasing
the
record
of
your
sins,
in
a
way
that
you
did
not
deserve.
\VS{5}But
we
who
have
a relationship
with Christ
and
who
trust
in Christ
are
eagerly
waiting
to
receive
what
God’s
Spirit assures
us
that
we
can
expect.
We
can
expect
to
receive
it
because
God
has erased
the
record
of
our
sins.
\VS{6}As
for
us
who
have
a relationship
with
Christ
Jesus,
God
is
not
concerned
whether
we
are
circumcised
or
not
circumcised.
Instead,
God
is
concerned
about
whether
we
trust
{\ADD{
in}}
Christ,
with
the
result
that
we
love
{\ADD{
other
people}}.
\par }{\SH Although
someone
has
confused
you,
I
am
sure
that
you
will
not
accept
his
false
teaching,
and
that
God
will
punish
him.
\par }{\SR Galatians 5:7-12
\par }{\PP \VS{7}You
were progressing
well
{\ADD{spiritually}} [MET].
You
should
not
have
let
someone
influence
you
so
that
{\ADD{
now
you}}
are
not believing
the
true
{\ADD{
message
about Christ}} [RHQ]!
\VS{8}{\ADD{
God}},
the
one
who
chose
you,
is
not
the
one
who
is persuading
you
to
think
like
this!
\VS{9}{\ADD{
Remember
that
this
false
doctrine
that
someone
is
teaching
you
will affect
all
of
you,
just
like}} [MET]
a
little
yeast
causes
all
of
the
dough
to
swell
up.
\VS{10}{\ADD{
Nevertheless}},
because
of
my relationship
with
the
Lord,
I
am
certain
that
you
will
think
only
as
I
do
{\ADD{
about
forcing
people
to
obey
rules
and rituals}}.
Furthermore,
{\ADD{
God}}
will
punish
anyone
who
is
confusing
you
{\ADD{
by
teaching
this
false
message}},
even
if
he
is
an
important
person.
\VS{11}But,
my
fellow believers,
{\ADD{
although
someone
claims
that
I
am
proclaiming
that
men
must
be
circumcised,
I
certainly
am
not
still
proclaiming
that.
Remember
that
the
Jews
are
still}} ◄{\ADD{
persecuting
me/causing
me
to
suffer}}►.
If
I
were
still
proclaiming
that
men
must
be
circumcised
{\ADD{
in
order
for
God
to
accept
them}}, ◄the
Jews
would
not
be
persecuting
me./why
would
the
Jews
be
persecuting
me?► [RHQ]
{\ADD{
They
would}} [RHQ]
not
be
{\ADD{
persecuting
me}}/causing
me
to
suffer
{\ADD{
because}}
then
{\ADD{
the
Jews}}
would
no
longer
be
offended.
{\ADD{
They}} ◄{\ADD{
are
offended/do
not
want
to
accept
what
I
teach}}►
{\ADD{
because
I
proclaim
that Christ,
the
Messiah,
died
on}}
the
cross [MTY].
\VS{12}I
{\ADD{
would
even}}
wish
that
those
who
are disturbing
you
{\ADD{
by insisting
that
men
be
circumcised}}
would
also emasculate [EUP]
themselves,
{\ADD{
with
the
result
that
they
would
be
expelled
from
your
congregations}}!
\par }{\SH Although
you
are
free
from
having
to
obey
Jewish
rules,
instead
of
doing
what
your self-directed nature
desires,
love
and
serve
each
other.
\par }{\SR Galatians 5:13-15
\par }{\PP \VS{13}My
fellow believers,
{\ADD{
God}}
chose
you
in
order
that
{\ADD{
you
might
live}}
without
having
to
{\ADD{
obey
rules
and rituals}}.
But
{\ADD{
do
not
assume
that
because}}
you
are
free
{\ADD{
from
having
to
obey
rules
and rituals}},
{\ADD{
God}}
permits
you
to
{\ADD{
do
whatever
your}} self-directed nature
{\ADD{
desires}}.
Instead,
constantly,
as
you
love
{\ADD{
each
other}},
serve
each
other.
\VS{14}Keep
in
mind
that
we
can
sum
up
all
of
the
laws
{\ADD{
that
God
has}}
given
us
in
one
law,
which
is: “You
must
love
each
person
you
come
in
contact
with,
just
like
{\ADD{
you
love}}
yourself.”
\VS{15}Since
you
are
attacking
and injuring [MET]
each
other
{\ADD{
by
the
things
that
you
say}} [MET],
I
warn
you
that
{\ADD{
if
you
continue
doing
that}},
you
will
totally
ruin
each
other
{\ADD{spiritually}}.
\par }{\SH Let
God’s
Spirit
direct
you,
and
then
you
will
not
do
what
your self-directed nature
desires.
\par }{\SR Galatians 5:16-18
\par }{\PP \VS{16}{\ADD{
So}}
I
tell
you
this:
Constantly
let
{\ADD{
God’s}}
Spirit
direct
you.
{\ADD{
If
you
do
that}},
you
will
certainly
not
do
the
things
that
your self-directed nature
wants
{\ADD{
you
to
do}}.
\VS{17}Your self-directed nature ◄opposes
{\ADD{
God’s}}
Spirit/does
not
{\ADD{
want
you
to
do
what}}
God’s
Spirit
{\ADD{
wants
you
to
do}}►,
but
also
his
Spirit
opposes
your self-directed nature.
These
two
are
always ◄fighting
with/opposing►
each
other.
The
result
is
that
you
do
not
{\ADD{
constantly}}
do
the
{\ADD{
good}}
deeds
that
you
truly
desire
{\ADD{
to
do}}.
\VS{18}But
when
you
are
led
by
God’s
Spirit $\{$when
God’s
Spirit
directs
you$\}$,
you
{\ADD{
can
do
what
pleases
God}},
now
that
you
are
no
longer obligated
{\ADD{
to
obey
all}}
the
laws
{\ADD{
that
God
gave
Moses}}.
\par }{\SH Those
who
think
evil
thoughts
and
do
evil
things
will
not
receive
the
blessings
of
God’s
rule,
but
God’s
Spirit
produces
many
good qualities
in
our
lives.
\par }{\SR Galatians 5:19-24
\par }{\PP \VS{19}{\ADD{
You
already
know}}
how
{\ADD{
people
think
and}}
act [PRS]
because
of
their self-directed nature.
These
are
{\ADD{
some
of
the
things
that
they
do:
People}}
are sexually
immoral.
{\ADD{
People}}
commit unnatural
sexual
acts.
{\ADD{
People}}
act indecently.
\VS{20}{\ADD{
People}}
worship
false
gods
{\ADD{
and}}
things
{\ADD{
that}}
represent
those
gods.
{\ADD{
People}}
perform ◄rituals
in
order
that
evil
spirits
might
act
for
them/sorcery►.
{\ADD{
People}}
are
hostile
{\ADD{
to
others.
People}}
quarrel
{\ADD{
with
each
other.
People}}
are ◄jealous/resent
other
people’s
status►.
{\ADD{
People}}
behave
angrily.
{\ADD{
People}}
try ◄to
get
others
to
think
highly
of
them/to
exalt
themselves►
and ◄do
not
consider
what
others
want/act
selfishly►.
People
do
not
associate
{\ADD{
with
others.
People}}
associate
only
with
those
who
agree
{\ADD{
with
them}}.
\VS{21}{\ADD{
People}}
want
what
others
have.
{\ADD{
People}}
get
drunk.
{\ADD{
People}} ◄revel/participate
in
wild
parties►.
And
{\ADD{
people
do
other}}
things
like
these.
I
warn
you
{\ADD{
now}},
just
like
I
warned
{\ADD{
you
previously}},
that
the
ones
{\ADD{
who
constantly}}
act
{\ADD{
and
think}}
like
that
will
not
receive
{\ADD{
what}}
God
{\ADD{
has
for
his
own
people
when
he
begins}}
to
rule
over
us.
\VS{22}But
{\ADD{
God’s}}
Spirit
causes
{\ADD{
us
to
do
these
things}}:
We
love
{\ADD{
others}}.
We
are
joyful.
We
are
peaceful.
We
are
patient.
We
are
kind.
We
are
good.
We
are
{\ADD{
ones
whom}}
others
can
trust.
\VS{23}We
are
gentle.
We
control
our
behavior.
There
is
no
law
that
says
people
should
not
{\ADD{
think
and
act
in
such
ways}}.
\VS{24}Furthermore,
we
who
belong
to
Christ
Jesus
have
{\ADD{
stopped
obeying}}
our self-directed nature
and
{\ADD{
stopped
doing}}
all
the
evil
things
that
we
desire
to
do [MET].
{\ADD{
It
is
as
though}} [MET]
we nailed
them
to
the
cross!
\par }{\PP \VS{25}Since
{\ADD{
God’s}}
Spirit
has
caused
us
to
{\ADD{
be
spiritually}}
alive,
we
should
{\ADD{
conduct
our
lives
the
way
the}}
Spirit
{\ADD{
directs
us}}.
\VS{26}We
should
not
be
saying
how
great
we
are.
We
should
not
be
making
ourselves
more
important
than
others.
We
should
not
envy
each
other.

\par }\Chap{6}{\SH Gently correct anyone among you who is sinning, and help each other without thinking you are better than others.
\par }{\SR Galatians 6:1-6
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}My
fellow believers,
if
{\ADD{
you}}
discover
that
a
person
{\ADD{
among
your
congregation}}
is
sinning,
{\ADD{
those
of}}
you
whom
{\ADD{
God’s}}
Spirit
{\ADD{
is directing
and empowering}}
should
gently
correct
that
person.
{\ADD{
Furthermore,
each
of}}
you
{\ADD{
who
corrects
another
person
should}}
be
very
cautious
in
order
that
you
might
not
{\ADD{
sin
like
that
when}}
you
are
tempted $\{${\ADD{
when
something}}
tempts
you$\}$.
\VS{2}{\ADD{
When
there
are
ones
who
have}}
problems,
you
should
help
each
other.
By
doing
that,
you
will
complete
what
Christ
requires.
\VS{3}Keep
in
mind
that
those
who
{\ADD{
refuse
to
help
others
because
they
think
that
they
are
more
important
than
other
people,
although
they
are}}
not
really
more
important,
are
deceiving
themselves.
\VS{4}Instead,
each
{\ADD{
of
you}}
should
{\ADD{
constantly}}
test/judge
{\ADD{
and
decide
if
you
can
approve
what
you
yourself
are
doing
and
thinking}}.
Then
you
can
boast
because
of
what
you
yourself
{\ADD{
are
doing
and
thinking}},
and
not
because
what
you
are
doing
is
superior
to
what
other
persons
{\ADD{
are
doing}}.
\VS{5}Keep
in
mind
that
you
must
each
perform
your
own
{\ADD{
individual}}
tasks.
\VS{6}{\ADD{
You}}
who
are
being
taught $\{$whom
others
are
teaching$\}$
{\ADD{
God’s
truth}}
should
share
your
various
{\ADD{
material}}
things [EUP]
with
your
teachers.
\par }{\SH We
should
not
tire
of
doing
good,
but
instead,
we
should
do
good
to
everyone,
especially
to believers.
\par }{\SR Galatians 6:7-10
\par }{\PP \VS{7}You
should
not
deceive
yourselves.
{\ADD{
Remember
that}}
God
is
never outwitted $\{$no
one
ever
fools
God$\}$.
{\ADD{
Just
like}}
a
farmer
will
reap
exactly
the
kind
{\ADD{
of
crop
that}}
he
plants [MET],
{\ADD{
God
will
reward
people
according
to
what
they
have
done}} [MET].
\VS{8}{\ADD{
God}}
will
punish
eternally
those
who
do
what
their self-directed natures
urge
them
to
do.
But
those
who
please
{\ADD{
God’s}}
Spirit
will
live
forever
{\ADD{
with
God}}
because
of
what
{\ADD{
God’s}}
Spirit
does
for
them.
\VS{9}But
we
should
not ◄tire
of/become
discouraged
while►
doing
what
pleases
God,
because
{\ADD{
eventually}},
at
the
time
{\ADD{
that
God}}
has
determined,
we
will
receive
a
reward [MET],
if
we
do
not
stop
{\ADD{
doing
the
good
things
that
we
have
been
doing}}.
\VS{10}So,
whenever
we
have opportunities,
we
should
do
{\ADD{
what
is}}
good
to
all
people.
But
especially
we
should
do
what
is
good
to
all
our
fellow believers.
\par }{\SH Some
people
want
you
to
be
circumcised
only
so
that
they
will
not
be
persecuted
for
proclaiming
what
Christ
accomplished
for
us
on
the
cross,
but
that
is
the
only
thing
that
I
will
boast
about.
\par }{\SR Galatians 6:11-16
\par }{\PP \VS{11}I
am
now
writing
this
last
part
of
this
letter
to
you
in
my
own handwriting.
Notice
the
large
letters
with
which
I
am
now
writing.
I
am
doing
this
in
order
that
I
might emphasize
this:
\VS{12}Some
Jewish believers
are
trying
to
force
you
to
perform
certain rituals
so
that
other
Jews
will
think
highly
of
them.
They
are insisting
that
you
be
circumcised $\{$that
someone
must
circumcise
you$\}$.
They
are
doing
that
only
in
order
that
other
Jews
would
no
longer ◄persecute
them/cause
them
to
suffer►
for
proclaiming
that
God
will
save
us
because
of
our
trusting
in
what
Christ
accomplished
when
he
died
on
the
cross [MTY,
MET].
\VS{13}The
reason
that
I
say
that
is
that
the
ones
who
are insisting
that
you
be
circumcised $\{$that
someone
circumcise
you$\}$
do
not
themselves
fully
obey
the
laws
that
God
gave
to
Moses.
Instead,
they
desire
that
you
let
someone
circumcise
you
in
order
that
they
might
boast
to
those
Jews
who
would ◄persecute
them/cause
them
to
suffer►
that
you
did
that
because
they
insisted [MTY]
that
you
do
it.
\VS{14}I
myself,
however,
strongly
desire
that
I
never
boast
about
anything
like
that.
The
only
thing
I
will
boast
about
is
what
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
accomplished
by
dying
on
the
cross [MTY].
Because
of
what
Christ
did
on
the
cross,
I
no
longer
am interested
in
the
things
that
those
who
do
not
trust
Christ [MTY]
think
are
important,
and
those
people
are
no
longer interested
in
the
things
that
I [MET]
think
are
important.
\VS{15}I
will
boast
about Christ
dying
on
the
cross
because
God
is
concerned
neither
that
people
are
circumcised
nor
that
people
are
not
circumcised.
Instead,
he
is
concerned
only
that
people
conduct
their
lives
in
a
completely
new
way.
\VS{16}I
pray
that
God
will
give
inner
peace
and
act
kindly towards
all
who
will
act
according
to
this
new
way
of
life.
It
is
all
those
who
live
according
to
this
new
way
of
life
who
are
now
truly
God’s
people [MET],
as
the Israeli
people
were
God’s
people
previously.
\par }{\SH I
have
suffered
enough
for
declaring
the
truth
about
Jesus,
so
do
not
trouble
me
again.
\par }{\SR Galatians 6:17
\par }{\PP \VS{17}Finally,
I
say
that
people
have
persecuted
me/caused
me
to
suffer
for
declaring
the
truth
about
Jesus,
and
as
a
result
I
have scars
on
my
body.
Your
new
teachers
do
not
have scars
like
mine!
So
do
not
trouble/bother
me
about
these
matters
again!
\par }{\SH I
pray
that
God
may
act
kindly
within
you.
\par }{\SR Galatians 6:18
\par }{\PP \VS{18}My
fellow believers,
I
pray
that
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
will
kindly
accomplish
what
he
desires
within
you. ◄Amen!/May
it
be
so!►
\par }