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{\MT Paul’s Letter to the Galatians

\par }\ChapOne{1}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Paul,
an
apostle—not
from
men,
nor
through
man,
but
through
Jesus
Christ,\FTNT{*}{{\FR 1:1 }
“Christ” means “Anointed One”.}
and
God
the
Father,
who
raised
him
from
the
dead—
\VS{2}and
all
the
brothers\FTNT{†}{{\FR 1:2 }
The word for “brothers” here and where context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.”
}
who
are
with
me,
to
the
assemblies
of
Galatia:
\VS{3}Grace
to
you
and
peace
from
God
the
Father
and
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
\VS{4}who
gave
himself
for
our
sins,
that
he
might deliver
us
out
of
this
present
evil
age,
according
to
the
will
of
our
God
and
Father—
\VS{5}to
whom be
the
glory
forever
and
ever.
Amen.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}I
marvel
that
you
are
so
quickly
deserting
him
who
called
you
in
the
grace
of
Christ
to
a
different “good
news”,
\VS{7}but
there
isn’t
another “good
news.”
Only
there
are
some
who trouble
you
and
want
to pervert
the
Good
News
of
Christ.
\VS{8}But
even
though
we,
or
an
angel
from
heaven,
should
preach
to
you
any “good
news”
other
than
that
which
we
preached
to
you,
let
him
be cursed.
\VS{9}As
we
have
said
before,
so
I
now
say
again:
if
any
man preaches
to
you
any “good
news”
other
than
that
which
you
received,
let
him
be cursed.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}For
am
I
now
seeking
the favour
of
men,
or
of
God?
Or
am
I
striving
to
please
men?
For
if
I
were
still
pleasing
men,
I wouldn’t
be
a
servant
of
Christ.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}But
I
make
known
to
you,
brothers, concerning
the
Good
News
which
was
preached
by
me,
that
it
is
not
according
to
man.
\VS{12}For
I didn’t
receive
it
from
man,
nor
was
I
taught
it,
but
it
came
to
me
through
revelation
of
Jesus
Christ.
\VS{13}For
you
have
heard
of
my
way
of living
in
time past
in
the Jews’ religion,
how
that beyond
measure
I
persecuted
the
assembly
of
God
and ravaged
it.
\VS{14}I advanced
in
the Jews’ religion
beyond
many
of
my own age amongst
my
countrymen,
being
more exceedingly
zealous
for
the
traditions
of
my fathers.
\VS{15}But
when
it
was
the
good
pleasure
of
God,
who
separated
me
from
my
mother’s
womb
and
called
me
through
his
grace,
\VS{16}to
reveal
his
Son
in
me,
that
I
might
preach
him amongst
the
Gentiles,
I
didn’t
immediately confer
with
flesh
and
blood,
\VS{17}nor
did
I
go
up
to
Jerusalem
to
those
who
were
apostles
before
me,
but
I
went
away
into
Arabia.
Then
I
returned
to
Damascus.
\par }{\PP \VS{18}Then
after
three
years
I
went
up
to
Jerusalem
to visit
Peter,
and
stayed
with
him
fifteen
days.
\VS{19}But
of
the
other
apostles
I
saw
no
one
except
James,
the
Lord’s
brother.
\VS{20}Now
about
the
things
which
I
write
to
you,
behold,\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 1:20 }
“Behold”, from “ἰδοὺ”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.}
before
God, I’m
not
lying.
\VS{21}Then
I
came
to
the
regions
of
Syria
and
Cilicia.
\VS{22}I
was still
unknown
by
face
to
the
assemblies
of
Judea
which
were
in
Christ,
\VS{23}but
they
only
heard, “He
who
once
persecuted
us
now preaches
the
faith
that
he
once tried
to
destroy.”
\VS{24}So
they
glorified
God
in
me.

\par }\Chap{2}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then
after
a
period
of
fourteen
years
I
went
up
again
to
Jerusalem
with
Barnabas,
taking
Titus
also
with
me.
\VS{2}I
went
up
by
revelation,
and
I
laid
before
them
the
Good
News
which
I
preach amongst
the
Gentiles,
but
privately
before
those
who
were respected,
for
fear
that
I
might
be
running,
or
had
run,
in
vain.
\VS{3}But
not
even
Titus,
who
was
with
me,
being
a
Greek,
was
compelled
to
be
circumcised.
\VS{4}This
was
because
of
the
false brothers
secretly
brought
in,
who stole
in
to
spy out
our
liberty
which
we
have
in
Christ
Jesus,
that
they
might
bring
us
into
bondage,
\VS{5}to
whom
we gave
no place
in
the
way
of
subjection,
not
for
an
hour,
that
the
truth
of
the
Good
News
might
continue
with
you.
\VS{6}But
from
those
who
were
reputed
to
be important—whatever
they
were,
it
makes
no
difference
to
me;
God
doesn’t
show
partiality
to
man—they,
I
say,
who
were respected imparted
nothing
to
me,
\VS{7}but
to
the
contrary,
when
they
saw
that
I
had been
entrusted
with
the
Good
News
for
the
uncircumcised, even
as
Peter
with
the
Good
News
for
the
circumcised—
\VS{8}for
he
who
worked through
Peter
in
the
apostleship
with
the
circumcised
also
worked through
me
with
the
Gentiles—
\VS{9}and
when
they
perceived
the
grace
that
was
given
to
me,
James
and
Cephas
and
John,
those
who
were
reputed
to
be
pillars,
gave
to
Barnabas
and
me
the
right
hand
of
fellowship,
that
we
should go
to
the
Gentiles,
and
they
to
the
circumcision.
\VS{10}They
only asked
us
to
remember
the
poor—which
very
thing
I
was
also zealous
to
do.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}But
when
Peter
came
to
Antioch,
I resisted
him
to
his
face,
because
he stood
condemned.
\VS{12}For
before
some
people
came
from
James,
he
ate
with
the
Gentiles.
But
when
they
came,
he drew
back
and
separated
himself,
fearing
those
who
were
of
the
circumcision.
\VS{13}And
the
rest
of
the
Jews
joined
him
in
his
hypocrisy,
so
that
even
Barnabas
was
carried
away
with
their
hypocrisy.
\VS{14}But
when
I
saw
that
they
didn’t walk uprightly
according
to
the
truth
of
the
Good
News,
I
said
to Peter
before
them
all, “If
you,
being
a
Jew,
live
as
the
Gentiles
do,
and
not
as
the
Jews
do,
why
do
you
compel
the
Gentiles
to
live
as
the
Jews
do?
\par }{\PP \VS{15}“We, being
Jews
by
nature
and
not
Gentile
sinners,
\VS{16}yet
knowing
that
a
man
is
not
justified
by
the
works
of
the
law
but
through
faith
in
Jesus
Christ,
even
we
believed
in
Christ
Jesus,
that
we
might
be
justified
by
faith
in
Christ
and
not
by
the
works
of
the
law,
because
no
flesh
will
be
justified
by
the
works
of
the
law.
\VS{17}But
if
while
we
sought
to
be
justified
in
Christ,
we
ourselves
also
were
found
sinners,
is
Christ
a
servant
of
sin?
Certainly
not!
\VS{18}For
if
I
build
up
again
those
things
which
I
destroyed,
I
prove
myself
a law-breaker.
\VS{19}For
I
through
the
law
died
to
the
law,
that
I
might
live
to
God.
\VS{20}I
have
been
crucified
with
Christ,
and
it
is
no
longer
I
who
live,
but
Christ
lives
in
me.
That
life
which
I
now
live
in
the
flesh,
I
live
by
faith
in
the
Son
of
God,
who
loved
me
and
gave
himself
up
for
me.
\VS{21}I
don’t
reject
the
grace
of
God.
For
if
righteousness
is
through
the
law,
then
Christ
died
for
nothing!”

\par }\Chap{3}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Foolish
Galatians,
who
has
bewitched
you
not
to obey
the truth,
before
whose
eyes
Jesus
Christ
was openly
portrayed amongst
you
as
crucified?
\VS{2}I
just
want
to
learn
this
from
you:
Did
you
receive
the
Spirit
by
the
works
of
the
law,
or
by
hearing
of
faith?
\VS{3}Are
you
so
foolish?
Having
begun
in
the
Spirit,
are
you
now completed
in
the
flesh?
\VS{4}Did
you
suffer
so
many
things
in
vain,
if
it
is
indeed
in
vain?
\VS{5}He
therefore
who
supplies
the
Spirit
to
you
and
does
miracles amongst
you,
does
he
do
it
by
the
works
of
the
law,
or
by
hearing
of
faith?
\VS{6}Even
so,
Abraham “believed
God,
and
it
was
counted
to
him
for
righteousness.”\XREF{✡}{{\XO 3:6 }
Genesis 15:6}
\VS{7}Know
therefore
that
those
who
are
of
faith
are children
of
Abraham.
\VS{8}The
Scripture, foreseeing
that
God
would
justify
the
Gentiles
by
faith,
preached
the Good News
beforehand
to
Abraham,
saying, “In
you
all
the
nations
will
be
blessed.”\XREF{✡}{{\XO 3:8 }
Genesis 12:3; 18:18; 22:18}
\VS{9}So
then,
those
who
are
of
faith
are
blessed
with
the
faithful
Abraham.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}For
as
many
as
are
of
the
works
of
the
law
are
under
a
curse.
For
it
is
written, “Cursed
is
everyone
who
doesn’t
continue
in
all
things
that
are
written
in
the
book
of
the
law,
to
do
them.”\XREF{✡}{{\XO 3:10 }
Deuteronomy 27:26}
\VS{11}Now
that
no
man
is
justified
by
the
law
before
God
is
evident,
for, “The
righteous
will
live
by
faith.”\XREF{✡}{{\XO 3:11 }
Habakkuk 2:4}
\VS{12}The
law
is
not
of
faith,
but, “The
man
who
does
them
will
live
by
them.”\XREF{✡}{{\XO 3:12 }
Leviticus 18:5}
\par }{\PP \VS{13}Christ
redeemed
us
from
the
curse
of
the
law, having
become
a
curse
for
us.
For
it
is
written, “Cursed
is
everyone
who
hangs
on
a
tree,”\XREF{✡}{{\XO 3:13 }
Deuteronomy 21:23}
\VS{14}that
the
blessing
of
Abraham
might
come
on
the
Gentiles
through
Christ
Jesus,
that
we
might
receive
the
promise
of
the
Spirit
through
faith.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}Brothers,
speaking
of
human
terms,
though
it
is only
a
man’s
covenant,
yet
when
it
has been confirmed,
no
one makes
it void
or
adds
to
it.
\VS{16}Now
the
promises
were
spoken
to
Abraham
and
to
his offspring.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 3:16 }
or, seed}
He
doesn’t
say, “To
descendants\FTNT{†}{{\FR 3:16 }
or, seeds}”,
as
of
many,
but
as
of
one, “To
your offspring”,\XREF{✡}{{\XO 3:16 }
Genesis 12:7; 13:15; 24:7}
which
is
Christ.
\VS{17}Now
I
say
this:
A
covenant confirmed beforehand
by
God
in Christ,
the
law,
which
came
four
hundred
and
thirty
years
after,
does
not annul,
so
as
to
make
the
promise
of
no effect.
\VS{18}For
if
the
inheritance
is
of
the
law,
it
is
no
more
of
promise;
but
God
has
granted
it
to
Abraham
by
promise.
\par }{\PP \VS{19}Then
why
is
there
the
law?
It
was
added
because
of
transgressions,
until
the offspring should
come
to
whom
the
promise
has been
made.
It
was
ordained
through
angels
by
the
hand
of
a
mediator.
\VS{20}Now
a
mediator
is
not between
one,
but
God
is
one.
\par }{\PP \VS{21}Is
the
law
then
against
the
promises
of
God?
Certainly
not!
For
if
there
had
been
a
law
given
which
could
make
alive, most
certainly
righteousness
would
have
been
of
the
law.
\VS{22}But
the
Scripture
imprisoned
all
things
under
sin,
that
the
promise
by
faith
in
Jesus
Christ
might
be
given
to
those
who
believe.
\par }{\PP \VS{23}But
before
faith
came,
we
were
kept
in
custody
under
the
law, confined
for
the
faith
which should afterwards
be
revealed.
\VS{24}So
that
the
law
has
become
our
tutor
to
bring
us
to
Christ,
that
we
might
be
justified
by
faith.
\VS{25}But
now
that
faith
has
come,
we
are
no
longer
under
a
tutor.
\VS{26}For
you
are
all children
of
God,
through
faith
in
Christ
Jesus.
\VS{27}For
as
many
of
you
as
were baptised
into
Christ
have
put
on
Christ.
\VS{28}There
is
neither
Jew
nor
Greek,
there
is
neither
slave
nor
free
man,
there
is
neither
male
nor
female;
for
you
are
all
one
in
Christ
Jesus.
\VS{29}If
you
are
Christ’s,
then
you
are
Abraham’s offspring
and
heirs
according
to
promise.

\par }\Chap{4}{\PP \VerseOne{1}But
I
say
that
so
long
as
the
heir
is
a
child,
he
is
no
different
from
a bondservant,
though
he
is
lord
of
all,
\VS{2}but
is
under
guardians
and
stewards
until
the day appointed
by
the
father.
\VS{3}So
we
also,
when
we
were
children,
were
held
in
bondage
under
the
elemental
principles
of
the
world.
\VS{4}But
when
the
fullness
of
the
time
came,
God
sent
out
his
Son,
born
to
a
woman,
born
under
the
law,
\VS{5}that
he might
redeem
those
who
were
under
the
law,
that
we might
receive
the
adoption
as children.
\VS{6}And
because
you
are children,
God
sent
out
the
Spirit
of
his
Son
into
your
hearts,
crying, “Abba,\FTNT{*}{{\FR 4:6 }
Abba is a Greek spelling for the Aramaic word for “Father” or “Daddy” used in a familiar, respectful, and loving way.
}
Father!”
\VS{7}So
you
are
no
longer
a bondservant,
but
a
son;
and
if
a
son,
then
an
heir
of
God
through Christ.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}However
at
that
time,
not
knowing
God,
you
were
in
bondage
to
those
who
by
nature
are
not
gods.
\VS{9}But
now
that
you
have
come
to
know
God,
or
rather
to
be
known
by
God,
why
do
you
turn
back
again
to
the
weak
and miserable
elemental
principles,
to
which
you
desire
to
be
in
bondage
all
over
again?
\VS{10}You
observe
days,
months,
seasons,
and
years.
\VS{11}I
am
afraid
for
you,
that
I might
have wasted my labour
for
you.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}I beg
you,
brothers,
become
as
I
am,
for
I
also
have
become
as
you
are.
You
did
me
no
wrong,
\VS{13}but
you
know
that
because
of
weakness
in
the
flesh
I
preached
the
Good
News
to
you
the
first
time.
\VS{14}That
which
was
a
temptation
to
you
in
my
flesh,
you
didn’t
despise
nor
reject;
but
you
received
me
as
an
angel
of
God,
even
as
Christ
Jesus.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}What
was
the
blessing
you enjoyed?
For
I
testify
to
you
that,
if
possible,
you would
have
plucked
out
your
eyes
and
given
them
to
me.
\VS{16}So
then,
have
I
become
your
enemy
by
telling
you
the
truth?
\VS{17}They zealously
seek
you
in
no
good
way.
No,
they
desire
to alienate
you,
that
you
may
seek
them.
\VS{18}But
it
is
always
good
to
be zealous
in
a
good cause,
and
not
only
when
I
am
present
with
you.
\par }{\PP \VS{19}My little
children,
of
whom
I
am
again
in travail
until
Christ
is
formed
in
you—
\VS{20}but
I could
wish
to
be
present
with
you
now,
and
to
change
my
tone,
for
I
am
perplexed
about
you.
\par }{\PP \VS{21}Tell
me,
you
that
desire
to
be
under
the
law,
don’t
you
listen
to
the
law?
\VS{22}For
it
is
written
that
Abraham
had
two
sons,
one
by
the servant,
and
one
by
the
free
woman.
\VS{23}However,
the son
by
the servant
was
born
according
to
the
flesh,
but
the son
by
the
free
woman
was
born
through
promise.
\VS{24}These
things contain
an allegory,
for
these
are
two
covenants.
One
is
from
Mount
Sinai,
bearing
children
to bondage,
which
is
Hagar.
\VS{25}For
this Hagar
is
Mount
Sinai
in
Arabia,
and answers
to
the
Jerusalem
that exists
now,
for
she
is
in
bondage
with
her
children.
\VS{26}But
the
Jerusalem
that
is
above
is
free,
which
is
the
mother
of us
all.
\VS{27}For
it
is
written,
\par }{\Q “Rejoice,
you
barren
who
don’t
bear.
\par }{\QB Break out
and
shout,
you
who
don’t travail.
\par }{\QB For
the
desolate women
have
more
children
than
her
who
has
a
husband.”
\XREF{✡}{{\XO 4:27 }
Isaiah 54:1}
\par }{\PP \VS{28}Now
we,
brothers,
as
Isaac
was,
are
children
of
promise.
\VS{29}But
as
then,
he
who
was
born
according
to
the
flesh
persecuted
him
who
was
born
according
to
the
Spirit,
so
also
it
is
now.
\VS{30}However,
what
does
the
Scripture
say? “Throw
out
the servant
and
her
son,
for
the
son
of
the servant
will
not
inherit
with
the
son
of
the
free
woman.”\XREF{✡}{{\XO 4:30 }
Genesis 21:10}
\VS{31}So
then,
brothers,
we
are
not
children
of
a servant,
but
of
the
free
woman.

\par }\Chap{5}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Stand
firm
therefore
in
the
liberty
by
which
Christ
has made
us
free,
and
don’t
be entangled
again
with
a
yoke
of bondage.
\par }{\PP \VS{2}Behold,
I,
Paul,
tell
you
that
if
you
receive
circumcision,
Christ
will
profit
you
nothing.
\VS{3}Yes,
I
testify
again
to
every
man
who
receives
circumcision
that
he
is
a debtor
to
do
the
whole
law.
\VS{4}You
are alienated
from
Christ,
you
who desire
to
be
justified
by
the
law.
You
have fallen
away
from
grace.
\VS{5}For
we
through
the
Spirit,
by
faith
wait
for
the
hope
of
righteousness.
\VS{6}For
in
Christ
Jesus
neither
circumcision
nor
uncircumcision amounts
to
anything,
but
faith
working
through
love.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}You
were
running
well!
Who interfered
with
you
that
you should
not
obey
the
truth?
\VS{8}This
persuasion
is
not
from
him
who
calls
you.
\VS{9}A
little
yeast grows through
the
whole
lump.
\VS{10}I
have
confidence towards
you
in
the
Lord
that
you
will
think
no
other
way.
But
he
who troubles
you
will
bear
his judgement,
whoever
he
is.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}But
I,
brothers,
if
I
still
preach
circumcision,
why
am
I
still
persecuted?
Then
the
stumbling
block
of
the
cross
has been
removed.
\VS{12}I
wish
that
those
who disturb
you
would
cut themselves
off.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}For
you,
brothers,
were
called
for
freedom.
Only
don’t use
your
freedom
as
an
opportunity
for
the
flesh,
but
through
love
be servants
to
one
another.
\VS{14}For
the
whole
law
is
fulfilled
in
one
word,
in
this: “You shall
love
your neighbour
as
yourself.”\XREF{✡}{{\XO 5:14 }
Leviticus 19:18}
\VS{15}But
if
you
bite
and
devour
one
another,
be
careful
that
you
don’t
consume
one
another.
\par }{\PP \VS{16}But
I
say,
walk
by
the
Spirit,
and
you
won’t fulfil
the
lust
of
the
flesh.
\VS{17}For
the
flesh lusts
against
the
Spirit,
and
the
Spirit
against
the
flesh;
and
these
are
contrary
to
one
another,
that
you
may
not
do
the
things
that
you
desire.
\VS{18}But
if
you
are
led
by
the
Spirit,
you
are
not
under
the
law.
\VS{19}Now
the
deeds
of
the
flesh
are
obvious,
which
are: adultery,
sexual
immorality,
uncleanness, lustfulness,
\VS{20}idolatry,
sorcery, hatred,
strife, jealousies,
outbursts
of
anger, rivalries,
divisions,
heresies,
\VS{21}envy, murders,
drunkenness, orgies,
and
things
like
these;
of
which
I
forewarn
you,
even
as
I
also forewarned
you,
that
those
who practise
such
things
will
not
inherit
God’s
Kingdom.
\par }{\PP \VS{22}But
the
fruit
of
the
Spirit
is
love,
joy,
peace,
patience,
kindness,
goodness,
faith,\FTNT{*}{{\FR 5:22 }
or, faithfulness}
\VS{23}gentleness,
and
self-control.
Against
such
things
there
is
no
law.
\VS{24}Those
who belong
to
Christ
have
crucified
the
flesh
with its
passions
and
lusts.
\par }{\PP \VS{25}If
we
live
by
the
Spirit, let’s
also
walk
by
the
Spirit.
\VS{26}Let’s
not
become
conceited,
provoking
one
another,
and
envying
one
another.

\par }\Chap{6}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Brothers,
even
if
a
man
is
caught
in
some fault,
you
who
are
spiritual
must
restore
such
a
one
in
a
spirit
of
gentleness,
looking
to
yourself
so
that
you
also
aren’t
tempted.
\VS{2}Bear
one
another’s
burdens,
and
so fulfil
the
law
of
Christ.
\VS{3}For
if
a
man
thinks
himself
to
be
something
when
he
is
nothing,
he
deceives
himself.
\VS{4}But
let
each
man
examine
his
own
work,
and
then
he
will
have
reason
to
boast
in
himself,
and
not
in
someone
else.
\VS{5}For
each
man
will
bear
his
own
burden.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}But let
him
who
is
taught
in
the
word
share
all
good
things
with
him
who
teaches.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}Don’t
be
deceived.
God
is
not
mocked,
for
whatever
a
man
sows,
that
he
will
also
reap.
\VS{8}For
he
who
sows
to
his
own
flesh
will
from
the
flesh
reap
corruption.
But
he
who
sows
to
the
Spirit
will
from
the
Spirit
reap
eternal
life.
\VS{9}Let’s
not
be
weary
in
doing
good,
for
we
will
reap
in
due
season if
we
don’t
give up.
\VS{10}So
then,
as
we
have
opportunity, let’s
do
what
is
good towards
all
men,
and
especially towards
those
who
are
of
the
household
of
the
faith.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}See
with
what
large
letters
I
write
to
you
with
my
own
hand.
\VS{12}As
many
as
desire
to
make
a good impression
in
the
flesh
compel
you
to
be
circumcised,
just
so
they
may
not
be
persecuted
for
the
cross
of
Christ.
\VS{13}For
even
they
who
receive
circumcision
don’t
keep
the
law
themselves,
but
they
desire
to
have
you
circumcised,
so
that
they
may
boast
in
your
flesh.
\VS{14}But
far
be
it
from
me
to
boast
except
in
the
cross
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
through
which
the
world
has
been
crucified
to
me,
and
I
to
the
world.
\VS{15}For
in Christ
Jesus
neither
is
circumcision
anything,
nor
uncircumcision,
but
a
new
creation.
\VS{16}As
many
as
walk
by
this
rule,
peace
and
mercy
be
on
them,
and
on
God’s
Israel.
\par }{\PP \VS{17}From
now
on,
let
no
one
cause
me
any
trouble,
for
I
bear
the marks
of
the Lord
Jesus branded
on
my
body.
\par }{\PP \VS{18}The
grace
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
be
with
your
spirit,
brothers.
Amen.
\par }