,from www4ebible4org with slight reformatting by ,martin ,ward4 ,book #dh ,galatians #jja3jja ,paul1 an apostle 7not from men1 neither through man1 but through ,jesus ,christ1 and ,god the ,father1 who raised him from the dead71 #jja3jjb and all the brothers,the word for brothers here and where context allows may also be correctly translated brothers and sisters or siblings4 who are with me1 to the assemblies of ,galatia3 #jja3jjc ,grace to you and peace from ,god the ,father1 and our ,lord ,jesus ,christ1 #jja3jjd who gave himself for our sins1 that he might deliver us out of this present evil age1 according to the will of our ,god and ,father-- #jja3jje to whom be the glory forever and ever4 ,amen4 #jja3jjf ,i marvel that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of ,christ to a different good news2 #jja3jjg and there isn't another good news4 ,only there are some who trouble you1 and want to pervert the ,good ,news of ,christ4 #jja3jjh ,but even though we1 or an angel from heaven1 should preach to you any good news other than that which we preached to you1 let him be cursed4 #jja3jji ,as we have said before1 so ,i now say again3 if any man preaches to you any good news other than that which you received1 let him be cursed4 #jja3jaj ,for am ,i now seeking the favor of men1 or of ,god8 ,or am ,i striving to please men8 ,for if ,i were still pleasing men1 ,i wouldn't be a servant of ,christ4 #jja3jaa ,but ,i make known to you1 brothers1 concerning the ,good ,news which was preached by me1 that it is not according to man4 #jja3jab ,for neither did ,i receive it from man1 nor was ,i taught it1 but it came to me through revelation of ,jesus ,christ4 #jja3jac ,for you have heard of my way of living in time past in the ,jews' religion1 how that beyond measure ,i persecuted the assembly of ,god1 and ravaged it4 #jja3jad ,i advanced in the ,jews' religion beyond many of my own age among my countrymen1 being more exceedingly zealous for the traditions of my fathers4 #jja3jae ,but when it was the good pleasure of ,god1 who separated me from my mother's womb1 and called me through his grace1 #jja3jaf to reveal his ,son in me1 that ,i might preach him among the ,gentiles1 ,i didn't immediately confer with flesh and blood1 #jja3jag nor did ,i go up to ,jerusalem to those who were apostles before me1 but ,i went away into ,arabia4 ,then ,i returned to ,damascus4 #jja3jah ,then after three years ,i went up to ,jerusalem to visit ,peter1 and stayed with him fifteen days4 #jja3jai ,but of the other apostles ,i saw no one1 except ,james1 the ,lord's brother4 #jja3jbj ,now about the things which ,i write to you1 behold1 before ,god1 ,i'm not lying4 #jja3jba ,then ,i came to the regions of ,syria and ,cilicia4 #jja3jbb ,i was still unknown by face to the assemblies of ,judea which were in ,christ1 #jja3jbc but they only heard3 ,he who once persecuted us now preaches the faith that he once tried to destroy4 #jja3jbd ,and they glorified ,god in me4 #jjb3jja ,then after a period of fourteen years ,i went up again to ,jerusalem with ,barnabas1 taking ,titus also with me4 #jjb3jjb ,i went up by revelation1 and ,i laid before them the ,good ,news which ,i preach among the ,gentiles1 but privately before those who were respected1 for fear that ,i might be running1 or had run1 in vain4 #jjb3jjc ,but not even ,titus1 who was with me1 being a ,greek1 was compelled to be circumcised4 #jjb3jjd ,this was because of the false brothers secretly brought in1 who stole in to spy out our liberty which we have in ,christ ,jesus1 that they might bring us into bondage2 #jjb3jje to whom we gave no place in the way of subjection1 not for an hour1 that the truth of the ,good ,news might continue with you4 #jjb3jjf ,but from those who were reputed to be important 7whatever they were1 it makes no difference to me2 ,god doesn't show partiality to man7--they1 ,i say1 who were respected imparted nothing to me1 #jjb3jjg but to the contrary1 when they saw that ,i had been entrusted with the ,good ,news for the uncircumcision1 even as ,peter with the ,good ,news for the circumcision #jjb3jjh 7for he who appointed ,peter to the apostleship of the circumcision appointed me also to the ,gentiles72 #jjb3jji and when they perceived the grace that was given to me1 ,james and ,cephas and ,john1 they who were reputed to be pillars1 gave to me and ,barnabas the right hand of fellowship1 that we should go to the ,gentiles1 and they to the circumcision4 #jjb3jaj ,they only asked us to remember the poor--which very thing ,i was also zealous to do4 #jjb3jaa ,but when ,peter came to ,antioch1 ,i resisted him to his face1 because he stood condemned4 #jjb3jab ,for before some people came from ,james1 he ate with the ,gentiles4 ,but when they came1 he drew back and separated himself1 fearing those who were of the circumcision4 #jjb3jac ,and the rest of the ,jews joined him in his hypocrisy2 so that even ,barnabas was carried away with their hypocrisy4 #jjb3jad ,but when ,i saw that they didn't walk uprightly according to the truth of the ,good ,news1 ,i said to ,peter before them all1 ,if you1 being a ,jew1 live as the ,gentiles do1 and not as the ,jews do1 why do you compel the ,gentiles to live as the ,jews do8 #jjb3jae ,we1 being ,jews by nature1 and not ,gentile sinners1 #jjb3jaf yet knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but through faith in ,jesus ,christ1 even we believed in ,christ ,jesus1 that we might be justified by faith in ,christ1 and not by the works of the law1 because no flesh will be justified by the works of the law4 #jjb3jag ,but if1 while we sought to be justified in ,christ1 we ourselves also were found sinners1 is ,christ a servant of sin8 ,certainly not6 #jjb3jah ,for if ,i build up again those things which ,i destroyed1 ,i prove myself a law-breaker4 #jjb3jai ,for ,i1 through the law1 died to the law1 that ,i might live to ,god4 #jjb3jbj ,i have been crucified with ,christ1 and it is no longer ,i that live1 but ,christ living in me4 ,that life which ,i now live in the flesh1 ,i live by faith in the ,son of ,god1 who loved me1 and gave himself up for me4 #jjb3jba ,i don't make void the grace of ,god4 ,for if righteousness is through the law1 then ,christ died for nothing6 #jjc3jja ,foolish ,galatians1 who has bewitched you not to obey the truth1 before whose eyes ,jesus ,christ was openly set forth among you as crucified8 #jjc3jjb ,i just want to learn this from you4 ,did you receive the ,spirit by the works of the law1 or by hearing of faith8 #jjc3jjc ,are you so foolish8 ,having begun in the ,spirit1 are you now completed in the flesh8 #jjc3jjd ,did you suffer so many things in vain1 if it is indeed in vain8 #jjc3jje ,he therefore who supplies the ,spirit to you1 and works miracles among you1 does he do it by the works of the law1 or by hearing of faith8 #jjc3jjf ,even as ,abraham believed ,god1 and it was counted to him for righteousness4 #jjc3jjg ,know therefore that those who are of faith1 the same are children of ,abraham4 #jjc3jjh ,the ,scripture1 foreseeing that ,god would justify the ,gentiles by faith1 preached the ,good ,news beforehand to ,abraham1 saying1 ,in you all the nations will be blessed4,genesis #ab3c2 #ah3ah2 #bb3ah #jjc3jji ,so then1 those who are of faith are blessed with the faithful ,abraham4 #jjc3jaj ,for as many as are of the works of the law are under a curse4 ,for it is written1 ,cursed is everyone who doesn't continue in all things that are written in the book of the law1 to do them4,deuteronomy #bg3bf #jjc3jaa ,now that no man is justified by the law before ,god is evident1 for1 ,the righteous will live by faith4,habakkuk #b3d #jjc3jab ,the law is not of faith1 but1 ,the man who does them will live by them4,leviticus #ah3e #jjc3jac ,christ redeemed us from the curse of the law1 having become a curse for us4 ,for it is written1 ,cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree1,deuteronomy #ba3bc #jjc3jad that the blessing of ,abraham might come on the ,gentiles through ,christ ,jesus2 that we might receive the promise of the ,spirit through faith4 #jjc3jae ,brothers1 speaking of human terms1 though it is only a man's covenant1 yet when it has been confirmed1 no one makes it void1 or adds to it4 #jjc3jaf ,now the promises were spoken to ,abraham and to his seed4 ,he doesn't say1 ,to seeds1 as of many1 but as of one1 ,to your seed1,genesis #ab3g2 #ac3ae2 #bd3g which is ,christ4 #jjc3jag ,now ,i say this4 ,a covenant confirmed beforehand by ,god in ,christ1 the law1 which came four hundred thirty years after1 does not annul1 so as to make the promise of no effect4 #jjc3jah ,for if the inheritance is of the law1 it is no more of promise2 but ,god has granted it to ,abraham by promise4 #jjc3jai ,what then is the law8 ,it was added because of transgressions1 until the seed should come to whom the promise has been made4 ,it was ordained through angels by the hand of a mediator4 #jjc3jbj ,now a mediator is not between one1 but ,god is one4 #jjc3jba ,is the law then against the promises of ,god8 ,certainly not6 ,for if there had been a law given which could make alive1 most certainly righteousness would have been of the law4 #jjc3jbb ,but the ,scriptures imprisoned all things under sin1 that the promise by faith in ,jesus ,christ might be given to those who believe4 #jjc3jbc ,but before faith came1 we were kept in custody under the law1 confined for the faith which should afterwards be revealed4 #jjc3jbd ,so that the law has become our tutor to bring us to ,christ1 that we might be justified by faith4 #jjc3jbe ,but now that faith has come1 we are no longer under a tutor4 #jjc3jbf ,for you are all children of ,god1 through faith in ,christ ,jesus4 #jjc3jbg ,for as many of you as were baptized into ,christ have put on ,christ4 #jjc3jbh ,there is neither ,jew nor ,greek1 there is neither slave nor free man1 there is neither male nor female2 for you are all one in ,christ ,jesus4 #jjc3jbi ,if you are ,christ's1 then you are ,abraham's seed and heirs according to promise4 #jjd3jja ,but ,i say that so long as the heir is a child1 he is no different from a bondservant1 though he is lord of all2 #jjd3jjb but is under guardians and stewards until the day appointed by the father4 #jjd3jjc ,so we also1 when we were children1 were held in bondage under the elemental principles of the world4 #jjd3jjd ,but when the fullness of the time came1 ,god sent out his ,son1 born to a woman1 born under the law1 #jjd3jje that he might redeem those who were under the law1 that we might receive the adoption of children4 #jjd3jjf ,and because you are children1 ,god sent out the ,spirit of his ,son into your hearts1 crying1 ,abba1,abba is a ,greek spelling for the ,aramaic word for ,father or ,daddy used in a familiar1 respectful1 and loving way4 ,father6 #jjd3jjg ,so you are no longer a bondservant1 but a son2 and if a son1 then an heir of ,god through ,christ4 #jjd3jjh ,however at that time1 not knowing ,god1 you were in bondage to those who by nature are not gods4 #jjd3jji ,but now that you have come to know ,god1 or rather to be known by ,god1 why do you turn back again to the weak and miserable elemental principles1 to which you desire to be in bondage all over again8 #jjd3jaj ,you observe days1 months1 seasons1 and years4 #jjd3jaa ,i am afraid for you1 that ,i might have wasted my labor for you4 #jjd3jab ,i beg you1 brothers1 become as ,i am1 for ,i also have become as you are4 ,you did me no wrong1 #jjd3jac but you know that because of weakness of the flesh ,i preached the ,good ,news to you the first time4 #jjd3jad ,that which was a temptation to you in my flesh1 you didn't despise nor reject2 but you received me as an angel of ,god1 even as ,christ ,jesus4 #jjd3jae ,what was the blessing you enjoyed8 ,for ,i testify to you that1 if possible1 you would have plucked out your eyes and given them to me4 #jjd3jaf ,so then1 have ,i become your enemy by telling you the truth8 #jjd3jag ,they zealously seek you in no good way4 ,no1 they desire to alienate you1 that you may seek them4 #jjd3jah ,but it is always good to be zealous in a good cause1 and not only when ,i am present with you4 #jjd3jai ,my little children1 of whom ,i am again in travail until ,christ is formed in you-- #jjd3jbj but ,i could wish to be present with you now1 and to change my tone1 for ,i am perplexed about you4 #jjd3jba ,tell me1 you that desire to be under the law1 don't you listen to the law8 #jjd3jbb ,for it is written that ,abraham had two sons1 one by the handmaid1 and one by the free woman4 #jjd3jbc ,however1 the son by the handmaid was born according to the flesh1 but the son by the free woman was born through promise4 #jjd3jbd ,these things contain an allegory1 for these are two covenants4 ,one is from ,mount ,sinai1 bearing children to bondage1 which is ,hagar4 #jjd3jbe ,for this ,hagar is ,mount ,sinai in ,arabia1 and answers to the ,jerusalem that exists now1 for she is in bondage with her children4 #jjd3jbf ,but the ,jerusalem that is above is free1 which is the mother of us all4 #jjd3jbg ,for it is written1 ,rejoice1 you barren who don't bear4 ,break forth and shout1 you that don't travail4 ,for more are the children of the desolate than of her who has a husband4,isaiah #ed3a #jjd3jbh ,now we1 brothers1 as ,isaac was1 are children of promise4 #jjd3jbi ,but as then1 he who was born according to the flesh persecuted him who was born according to the ,spirit1 so also it is now4 #jjd3jcj ,however what does the ,scripture say8 ,throw out the handmaid and her son1 for the son of the handmaid will not inherit with the son of the free woman4,genesis #ba3aj #jjd3jca ,so then1 brothers1 we are not children of a handmaid1 but of the free woman4 #jje3jja ,stand firm therefore in the liberty by which ,christ has made us free1 and don't be entangled again with a yoke of bondage4 #jje3jjb ,behold1 ,i1 ,paul1 tell you that if you receive circumcision1 ,christ will profit you nothing4 #jje3jjc ,yes1 ,i testify again to every man who receives circumcision1 that he is a debtor to do the whole law4 #jje3jjd ,you are alienated from ,christ1 you who desire to be justified by the law4 ,you have fallen away from grace4 #jje3jje ,for we1 through the ,spirit1 by faith wait for the hope of righteousness4 #jje3jjf ,for in ,christ ,jesus neither circumcision amounts to anything1 nor uncircumcision1 but faith working through love4 #jje3jjg ,you were running well6 ,who interfered with you that you should not obey the truth8 #jje3jjh ,this persuasion is not from him who calls you4 #jje3jji ,a little yeast grows through the whole lump4 #jje3jaj ,i have confidence toward you in the ,lord that you will think no other way4 ,but he who troubles you will bear his judgment1 whoever he is4 #jje3jaa ,but ,i1 brothers1 if ,i still preach circumcision1 why am ,i still persecuted8 ,then the stumbling block of the cross has been removed4 #jje3jab ,i wish that those who disturb you would cut themselves off4 #jje3jac ,for you1 brothers1 were called for freedom4 ,only don't use your freedom for gain to the flesh1 but through love be servants to one another4 #jje3jad ,for the whole law is fulfilled in one word1 in this3 ,you shall love your neighbor as yourself4,leviticus #ai3ah #jje3jae ,but if you bite and devour one another1 be careful that you don't consume one another4 #jje3jaf ,but ,i say1 walk by the ,spirit1 and you won't fulfill the lust of the flesh4 #jje3jag ,for the flesh lusts against the ,spirit1 and the ,spirit against the flesh2 and these are contrary to one another1 that you may not do the things that you desire4 #jje3jah ,but if you are led by the ,spirit1 you are not under the law4 #jje3jai ,now the works of the flesh are obvious1 which are3 adultery1 sexual immorality1 uncleanness1 lustfulness1 #jje3jbj idolatry1 sorcery1 hatred1 strife1 jealousies1 outbursts of anger1 rivalries1 divisions1 heresies1 #jje3jba envyings1 murders1 drunkenness1 orgies1 and things like these2 of which ,i forewarn you1 even as ,i also forewarned you1 that those who practice such things will not inherit the ,kingdom of ,god4 #jje3jbb ,but the fruit of the ,spirit is love1 joy1 peace1 patience1 kindness1 goodness1 faith1or1 faithfulness #jje3jbc gentleness1 and self-control4 ,against such things there is no law4 #jje3jbd ,those who belong to ,christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and lusts4 #jje3jbe ,if we live by the ,spirit1 let's also walk by the ,spirit4 #jje3jbf ,let's not become conceited1 provoking one another1 and envying one another4 #jjf3jja ,brothers1 even if a man is caught in some fault1 you who are spiritual must restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness2 looking to yourself so that you also aren't tempted4 #jjf3jjb ,bear one another's burdens1 and so fulfill the law of ,christ4 #jjf3jjc ,for if a man thinks himself to be something when he is nothing1 he deceives himself4 #jjf3jjd ,but let each man test his own work1 and then he will take pride in himself and not in his neighbor4 #jjf3jje ,for each man will bear his own burden4 #jjf3jjf ,but let him who is taught in the word share all good things with him who teaches4 #jjf3jjg ,don't be deceived4 ,god is not mocked1 for whatever a man sows1 that he will also reap4 #jjf3jjh ,for he who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption4 ,but he who sows to the ,spirit will from the ,spirit reap eternal life4 #jjf3jji ,let us not be weary in doing good1 for we will reap in due season1 if we don't give up4 #jjf3jaj ,so then1 as we have opportunity1 let's do what is good toward all men1 and especially toward those who are of the household of the faith4 #jjf3jaa ,see with what large letters ,i write to you with my own hand4 #jjf3jab ,as many as desire to look good in the flesh1 they compel you to be circumcised2 only that they may not be persecuted for the cross of ,christ4 #jjf3jac ,for even they who receive circumcision don't keep the law themselves1 but they desire to have you circumcised1 that they may boast in your flesh4 #jjf3jad ,but far be it from me to boast1 except in the cross of our ,lord ,jesus ,christ1 through which the world has been crucified to me1 and ,i to the world4 #jjf3jae ,for in ,christ ,jesus neither is circumcision anything1 nor uncircumcision1 but a new creation4 #jjf3jaf ,as many as walk by this rule1 peace and mercy be on them1 and on ,god's ,israel4 #jjf3jag ,from now on1 let no one cause me any trouble1 for ,i bear the marks of the ,lord ,jesus branded on my body4 #jjf3jah ,the grace of our ,lord ,jesus ,christ be with your spirit1 brothers4 ,amen4