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,,the ,,holy ,,bible                    
,translated from the ,latin ,vulgate    
,diligently ,compared with the ,hebrew1 
,greek1  and ,other ,editions in ,divers
 ,languages      ,,the ,,old ,,testament
  ,first ,published by the ,english     
,college at ,douay  ,a4,d4 #afji  #afaj 
and    ,,the ,,new ,,testament  ,first  
,published by the ,english ,college at  
,rheims  ,a4,d4 #aehb      ,with        
,annotations      ,the ,whole ,revised  
and ,diligently ,compared with  the     
,latin ,vulgate by ,bishop ,richard     
,challoner  ,a4,d4 #agdi-ageb           
,,the ,,epistle ,,of ,,st4 ,,paul ,,to  
,,the ,,galatians    ,the ,galatians1   
soon after ,st4 ,paul had preached the  
,gospel to them1 were  seduced by some  
false teachers1 who had been ,jews and  
who were for  obliging all ,christians1 

even those who had been ,gentiles1 to   
observe  circumcision and the other     
ceremonies of the ,mosaical law4 ,in    
this  ,epistle1 he refutes the          
pernicious doctrine of those teachers   
and also  their calumny against his     
mission and apostleship4 ,the subject   
matter of  this ,epistle is much the    
same as that to the ,romans4 ,it was    
written at  ,ephesus1 about twenty-three
 years after our ,lord's ,ascension4    
,galatians ,chapter #a    ,he blames the
 ,galatians for suffering themselves to 
be imposed upon by  new teachers4 ,the  
apostle's calling4    #a3a4 ,paul1 an   
apostle1 not of men1 neither by man1 but
 by ,jesus ,christ  and ,god the        
,father1 who raised him from the dead3  
#a3b4 ,and all the brethren who are with
 me3 to the churches of ,galatia4       
#a3c4 ,grace be to you1 and peace from  
,god the ,father and from our ,lord     
,jesus ,christ1    #a3d4 ,who gave      
himself for our sins1 that he might     
deliver us from this  present wicked    

world1 according to the will of ,god and
 our ,father3    #a3e4 ,to whom is glory
 for ever and ever4 ,amen4    #a3f4 ,i  
wonder that you are so soon removed from
 him that called you into  the grace of 
,christ1 unto another gospel4    #a3g4  
,which is not another3 only there are   
some that trouble you and  would pervert
 the gospel of ,christ4    #a3h4 ,but   
though we1 or an angel from heaven1     
preach a gospel to you  besides that    
which we have preached to you1 let him  
be anathema4    #a3i4 ,as we said       
before1 so now ,i say again3 ,if any one
 preach to you a  gospel1 besides that  
which you have received1 let him be     
anathema4    #a3aj4 ,for do ,i now      
persuade men1 or ,god8 ,or do ,i seek to
 please men8 ,if  ,i yet pleased men1 ,i
 should not be the servant of ,christ4  
#a3aa4 ,for ,i give you to understand1  
brethren1 that the gospel which was     
preached by me is not according to man4 
#a3ab4 ,for neither did ,i receive it of
 man3 nor did ,i learn it but by the    

revelation of ,jesus ,christ4    #a3ac4 
,for you have heard of my conversation  
in time past in the ,jews'  religion3   
how that1 beyond measure1 ,i persecuted 
the church of ,god and  wasted it4      
#a3ad4 ,and ,i made progress in the     
,jew's religion above many of my equals 
in my own nation1 being more abundantly 
zealous for the traditions of my        
fathers4    #a3ae4 ,but when it pleased 
him who separated me from my mother's   
womb and  called me by his grace1       
#a3af4 ,to reveal his ,son in me1 that  
,i might preach him among the           
,gentiles3 immediately ,i condescended  
not to flesh and blood4    #a3ag4       
,neither went ,i to ,jerusalem1 to the  
apostles who were before me3  but ,i    
went into ,arabia1 and again ,i returned
 to ,damascus4    #a3ah4 ,then1 after   
three years1 ,i went to ,jerusalem to   
see ,peter3 and ,i  tarried with him    
fifteen days4    #a3ai4 ,but other of   
the apostles ,i saw none1 saving ,james 
the brother of  the ,lord4    #a3bj4    

,now the things which ,i write to you1  
behold1 before ,god1 ,i lie  not4       
#a3ba4 ,afterwards1 ,i came into the    
regions of ,syria and ,cilicia4         
#a3bb4 ,and ,i was unknown by face to   
the churches of ,judea1 which were in   
,christ3    #a3bc4 ,but they had heard  
only3 ,he1 who persecuted us in times   
past doth  now preach the faith which   
once he impugned4    #a3bd4 ,and they   
glorified ,god in me4    ,galatians     
,chapter #b    ,the apostle's preaching 
was approved of by the other apostles4  
,the  ,gentiles were not to be          
constrained to the observance of the    
law4    #b3a4 ,then1 after fourteen     
years1 ,i went up again to ,jerusalem   
with  ,barnabas1 taking ,titus also with
 me4    #b3b4 ,and ,i went up according 
to revelation and communicated to them  
the  gospel which ,i preach among the   
,gentiles3 but apart to them who seemed 
to be some thing3 lest perhaps ,i should
 run or had run in vain4    #b3c4 ,but  
neither ,titus1 who was with me1 being a

 ,gentile1 was compelled  to be         
circumcised4    #b3d4 ,but because of   
false brethren unawares brought in1 who 
came in  privately to spy our liberty   
which we have in ,christ ,jesus1 that   
they  might bring us into servitude4    
#b3e4 ,to whom we yielded not by        
subjection3 no1 not for an hour3 that   
the  truth of the gospel might continue 
with you4    #b3f4 ,but of them who     
seemed to be some thing1 7what they were
 some time  it is nothing to me1 ,god   
accepteth not the person of man73 for to
 me  they that seemed to be some thing  
added nothing4    #b3g4 ,but            
contrariwise1 when they had seen that to
 me was committed the  gospel of the    
uncircumcision1 as to ,peter was that of
 the circumcision4    ,the gospel of the
 uncircumcision444 ,the preaching of the
 gospel to the  uncircumcised1 that is1 
to the ,gentiles4 ,st4 ,paul was called 
in an  extraordinary manner to be the   
apostle of the ,gentiles2 ,st4 ,peter1  
besides his general commission over the 

whole flock1 7,john #ba4 #ae1  etc417   
had a peculiar charge of the people of  
the circumscision1 that  is1 of the     
,jews4    #b3h4 7,for he who wrought in 
,peter to the apostleship of the        
circumcision  wrought in me also among  
the ,gentiles47    #b3i4 ,and when they 
had known the grace that was given to   
me1 ,james and  ,cephas and ,john1 who  
seemed to be pillars1 gave to me and    
,barnabas the  right hands of           
fellowship3 that we should go unto the  
,gentiles1 and they  unto the           
circumcision3    #b3aj4 ,only that we   
should be mindful of the poor3 which    
same thing also  ,i was careful to do4  
#b3aa4 ,but when ,cephas was come to    
,antioch1 ,i withstood him to the face1 
because he was to be blamed4    ,i      
withstood1 etc444 ,the fault that is    
here noted in the conduct of ,st4       
,peter1 was only a certain imprudence1  
in withdrawing himself from the  table  
of the ,gentiles1 for fear of giving    
offence to the ,jewish  converts2 but   

this1 in such circumstances1 when his so
 doing might be of  ill consequence to  
the ,gentiles1 who might be induced     
thereby to think  themselves obliged to 
conform to the ,jewish way of living1 to
 the  prejudice of their ,christian     
liberty4 ,neither was ,st4 ,paul's      
reprehending him any argument against   
his supremacy2 for in such cases  an    
inferior may1 and sometimes ought1 with 
respect1 to admonish his  superior4     
#b3ab4 ,for before that some came from  
,james1 he did eat with the  ,gentiles3 
but when they were come1 he withdrew and
 separated himself1  fearing them who   
were of the circumcision4    #b3ac4 ,and
 to his dissimulation the rest of the   
,jews consented3 so that  ,barnabas also
 was led by them into that              
dissimulation4    #b3ad4 ,but when ,i   
saw that they walked not uprightly unto 
the truth of  the gospel1 ,i said to    
,cephas before them all3 ,if thou1 being
 a ,jew1  livest after the manner of the
 ,gentiles and not as the ,jews do1 how 

dost  thou compel the ,gentiles to live 
as do the ,jews8    #b3ae4 ,we by nature
 are ,jews3 and not of the ,gentiles1   
sinners4    #b3af4 ,but knowing that man
 is not justified by the works of the   
law1 but  by the faith of ,jesus        
,christ1 we also believe in ,christ     
,jesus1 that we  may be justified by the
 faith of ,christ and not by the works  
of the law3  because by the works of the
 law no flesh shall be justified4       
#b3ag4 ,but if1 while we seek to be     
justified in ,christ1 we ourselves also 
are found sinners1 is ,christ then the  
minister of sin8 ,god forbid6    #b3ah4 
,for if ,i build up again the things    
which ,i have destroyed1 ,i make  myself
 a prevaricator4    #b3ai4 ,for ,i1     
through the law1 am dead to the law1    
that ,i may live to  ,god2 with ,christ 
,i am nailed to the cross4    #b3bj4    
,and ,i live1 now not ,i3 but ,christ   
liveth in me4 ,and that ,i live  now in 
the flesh3 ,i live in the faith of the  
,son of ,god1 who loved me  and         

delivered himself for me4    #b3ba4 ,i  
cast not away the grace of ,god4 ,for if
 justice be by the law1  then ,christ   
died in vain4    ,galatians ,chapter #c 
,the ,spirit1 and the blessing promised 
to ,abraham cometh not by the law1  but 
by faith4    #c3a4 ,o senseless         
,galatians1 who hath bewitched you that 
you should not  obey the truth3 before  
whose eyes ,jesus ,christ hath been set 
forth1  crucified among you8    #c3b4   
,this only would ,i learn of you3 ,did  
you receive the ,spirit by the  works of
 the law or by the hearing of faith8    
#c3c4 ,are you so foolish that1 whereas 
you began in the ,spirit1 you would  now
 be made perfect by the flesh8    #c3d4 
,have you suffered so great things in   
vain8 ,if it be yet in vain4    #c3e4   
,he therefore who giveth to you the     
,spirit and worketh miracles  among you3
 doth he do it by the works of the law  
or by the hearing of  the faith8        
#c3f4 ,as it is written3 ,abraham       
believed ,god3 and it was reputed to him

  unto justice4    #c3g4 ,know ye1      
therefore1 that they who are of faith1  
the same are the  children of ,abraham4 
#c3h4 ,and the scripture1 foreseeing    
that ,god justifieth the ,gentiles by   
faith1 told unto ,abraham before3 ,in   
thee shall all nations be blessed4      
#c3i4 ,therefore1 they that are of faith
 shall be blessed with faithful         
,abraham4    #c3aj4 ,for as many as are 
of the works of the law are under a     
curse4 ,for  it is written3 ,cursed is  
every one that abideth1 not in all      
things which  are written in the book of
 the law to do them4    #c3aa4 ,but that
 in the law no man is justified with    
,god1 it is manifest3  because the just 
man liveth by faith4    #c3ab4 ,but the 
law is not of faith3 but he that doth   
those things shall  live in them4       
#c3ac4 ,christ hath redeemed us from the
 curse of the law1 being made a  curse  
for us 7for it is written3 ,cursed is   
every one that hangeth on a  tree74     
#c3ad4 ,that the blessing of ,abraham   

might come on the ,gentiles through     
,christ ,jesus3 that we may receive the 
promise of the ,spirit by faith4        
#c3ae4 ,brethren 7,i speak after the    
manner of man71 yet a man's testament1  
if it be confirmed1 no man despiseth nor
 addeth to it4    #c3af4 ,to ,abraham   
were the promises made and to his seed4 
,he saith not3  ,and to his seeds as of 
many4 ,but as of one3 ,and to thy seed1 
which is  ,christ4    #c3ag4 ,now this  
,i say3 that the testament which was    
confirmed by ,god1 the  law which was   
made after four hundred and thirty years
 doth not  disannul1 to make the promise
 of no effect4    #c3ah4 ,for if the    
inheritance be of the law1 it is no more
 of promise4  ,but ,god gave it to      
,abraham by promise4    #c3ai4 ,why then
 was the law8 ,it was set because of    
transgressions1 until  the seed should  
come to whom he made the promise1 being 
ordained by  angels in the hand of a    
mediator4    ,because of                
transgressions444 ,to restrain them from

 sin1 by fear and  threats4 ,ordained by
 angels444 ,the law was delivered by    
angels1 speaking  in the name and person
 of ,god to ,moses1 who was the         
mediator1 on this  occasion1 between    
,god and the people4    #c3bj4 ,now a   
mediator is not of one3 but ,god is one4
    #c3ba4 ,was the law then against the
 promises of ,god3 ,god forbid6  ,for if
  there had been a law given which could
 give life1 verily justice should  have 
been by the law4    #c3bb4 ,but the     
scripture hath concluded all under sin1 
that the promise1  by the faith of      
,jesus ,christ1 might be given to them  
that believe4    ,hath concluded all    
under sin444 that is1 hath declared all 
to be under  sin1 from which they could 
not be delivered but by faith in ,jesus 
,christ1 the promised seed4    #c3bc4   
,but before the faith came1 we were kept
 under the law shut up1  unto that faith
 which was to be revealed4    #c3bd4    
,wherefore the law was our pedagogue in 
,christ3 that we might be  justified by 

faith4    ,pedagogue444 ,that is1       
schoolmaster1 conductor1 or instructor4 
#c3be4 ,but after the faith is come1 we 
are no longer under a pedagogue4        
#c3bf4 ,for you are all the children of 
,god1 by faith in ,christ ,jesus4       
#c3bg4 ,for as many of you as have been 
baptized in ,christ have put on         
,christ4    #c3bh4 ,there is neither    
,jew nor ,greek3 there is neither bond  
nor free3  there is neither male nor    
female4 ,for you are all one in ,christ 
,jesus4    ,neither ,jew1 etc444 ,that  
is1 no distinction of ,jew1 etc4        
#c3bi4 ,and if you be ,christ's1 then   
are you the seed of ,abraham1 heirs     
according to the promise4    ,galatians 
,chapter #d    ,christ has freed us from
 the servitude of the law4 ,we are the  
freeborn  sons of ,abraham4    #d3a4 ,as
 long as the heir is a child1 he        
differeth nothing from a  servant1      
though he be lord of all1    #d3b4 ,but 
is under tutors and governors until the 
time appointed by the  father4    #d3c4 

,so we also1 when we were children1 were
 serving under the elements  of the     
world4    ,under the elements1 etc444   
,that is1 under the first rudiments of  
religion1 in which the carnal ,jews were
 trained up2 or under those  corporeal  
creatures1 used in their manifold rites1
 sacrifices1 and  sacraments4    #d3d4  
,but when the fulness of the time was   
come1 ,god sent his ,son1 made  of a    
woman1 made under the law3    #d3e4     
,that he might redeem them who were     
under the law3 that we might  receive   
the adoption of sons4    #d3f4 ,and     
because you are sons1 ,god hath sent the
 ,spirit of his ,son into  your hearts1 
crying3 ,abba1 ,father4    #d3g4        
,therefore1 now he is not a servant1 but
 a son4 ,and if a son1 an  heir also    
through ,god4    #d3h4 ,but then indeed1
 not knowing ,god1 you served them who1 
by nature1  are not gods4    #d3i4 ,but 
now1 after that you have known ,god1 or 
rather are known by ,god3  how turn you 
again to the weak and needy elements    

which you desire to  serve again8       
#d3aj4 ,you observe days and months and 
times1 and years4    ,you observe days1 
etc444 ,he speaks not of the observation
 of the ,lord's  day1 or other          
,christian festivals2 but either of the 
superstitious  observation of days lucky
 and unlucky2 or else of the ,jewish    
festivals1  to the observance of which1 
certain ,jewish teachers sought to      
induce the  ,galatians4    #d3aa4 ,i am 
afraid of you1 lest perhaps ,i have     
laboured in vain among  you4    #d3ab4  
,be ye as ,i1 because ,i also am as you 
brethren1 ,i beseech you4 ,you  have not
 injured me at all4    #d3ac4 ,and you  
know how1 through infirmity of the      
flesh1 ,i preached the  gospel to you   
heretofore3 and your temptation in my   
flesh4    #d3ad4 ,you despised not1 nor 
rejected3 but received me as an angel of
  ,god1 even as ,christ ,jesus4         
#d3ae4 ,where is then your blessedness8 
,for ,i bear you witness that1 if it    
could be done1 you would have plucked   

out your own eyes and would have  given 
them to me4    #d3af4 ,am ,i then become
 your enemy1 because ,i tell you the    
truth8    #d3ag4 ,they are zealous in   
your regard not well3 but they would    
exclude  you1 that you might be zealous 
for them4    #d3ah4 ,but be zealous for 
that which is good in a good thing      
always3 and  not only when ,i am present
 with you4    #d3ai4 ,my little         
children1 of whom ,i am in labour again1
 until ,christ be  formed in you4       
#d3bj4 ,and ,i would willingly be       
present with you now and change my      
voice3  because ,i am ashamed for you4  
#d3ba4 ,tell me1 you that desire to be  
under the law1 have you not read  the   
law8    #d3bb4 ,for it is written that  
,abraham had two sons3 the one by a     
bondwoman and the other by a free woman4
    #d3bc4 ,but he who was of the       
bondwoman was born according to the     
flesh3  but he of the free woman was by 
promise4    #d3bd4 ,which things are    
said by an allegory4 ,for these are the 

two  testaments4 ,the one from ,mount   
,sina1 engendering unto bondage1 which  
is  ,agar4    #d3be4 ,for ,sina is a    
mountain in ,arabia1 which hath affinity
 to that  ,jerusalem which now is3 and  
is in bondage with her children4        
#d3bf4 ,but that ,jerusalem which is    
above is free3 which is our mother4     
#d3bg4 ,for it is written3 ,rejoice1    
thou barren1 that bearest not3 break    
forth and cry thou that travailest not3 
for many are the children of the        
desolate1 more than of her that hath a  
husband4    #d3bh4 ,now we1 brethren1 as
 ,isaac was1 are the children of        
promise4    #d3bi4 ,but as then he that 
was born according to the flesh         
persecuted him  that was after the      
spirit3 so also it is now4    #d3cj4    
,but what saith the scripture8 ,cast out
 the bondwoman and her son3  for the son
 of the bondwoman shall not be heir with
 the son of the free  woman4    #d3ca4  
,so then1 brethren1 we are not the      
children of the bondwoman but of  the   

free3 by the freedom wherewith ,christ  
has made us free4    ,galatians ,chapter
 #e    ,he exhorts them to stand to     
their ,christian liberty4 ,of the fruits
 of  the flesh and of the spirit4       
#e3a4 ,stand fast and be not held again 
under the yoke of bondage4    #e3b4     
,behold1 ,i ,paul tell you1 that if you 
be circumcised1 ,christ shall  profit   
you nothing4    #e3c4 ,and ,i testify   
again to every man circumcising himself 
that he is a  debtor to do the whole    
law4    #e3d4 ,you are made void of     
,christ1 you who are justified in the   
law3 you  are fallen from grace4        
#e3e4 ,for we in spirit1 by faith1 wait 
for the hope of justice4    #e3f4 ,for  
in ,christ ,jesus neither circumcision  
availeth any thing nor  uncircumcision3 
but faith that worketh by ,charity4     
#e3g4 ,you did run well4 ,what hath     
hindered you1 that you should not obey  
the truth8    #e3h4 ,this persuasion is 
not from him that calleth you4    #e3i4 
,a little leaven corrupteth the whole   

lump4    #e3aj4 ,i have confidence in   
you in the ,lord that you will not be of
  another mind3 but he that troubleth   
you shall bear the judgment1  whosoever 
he be4    #e3aa4 ,and ,i1 brethren1 if  
,i yet preach circumcision1 why do ,i   
yet suffer  persecution8 ,then is the   
scandal of the cross made void4         
#e3ab4 ,i would they were even cut off1 
who trouble you4    #e3ac4 ,for you1    
brethren1 have been called unto liberty4
 ,only make not  liberty an occasion to 
the flesh3 but by charity of the spirit 
serve one  another4    #e3ad4 ,for all  
the law is fulfilled in one word3 ,thou 
shalt love thy  neighbour as thyself4   
#e3ae4 ,but if you bite and devour one  
another3 take heed you be not  consumed 
one of another4    #e3af4 ,i say then3  
,walk in the spirit3 and you shall not  
fulfill the  lusts of the flesh4        
#e3ag4 ,for the flesh lusteth against   
the spirit3 and the spirit against  the 
flesh3 ,for these are contrary one to   
another3 so that you do not the  things 

that you would4    #e3ah4 ,but if you   
are led by the spirit1 you are not under
 the law4    #e3ai4 ,now the works of   
the flesh are manifest3 which are       
fornication1  uncleanness1 immodesty1   
luxury1    #e3bj4 ,idolatry1            
witchcrafts1 enmities1 contentions1     
emulations1 wraths1  quarrels1          
dissensions1 sects1    #e3ba4 ,envies1  
murders1 drunkenness1 revellings1 and   
such like4  ,of the  which ,i foretell  
you1 as ,i have foretold to you1 that   
they who do such  things shall not      
obtain the kingdom of ,god4    #e3bb4   
,but the fruit of the ,spirit is1       
charity1 joy1 peace1 patience1          
benignity1 goodness1 longanimity1       
#e3bc4 ,mildness1 faith1 modesty1       
continency1 chastity4 ,against such     
there  is no law4    #e3bd4 ,and they   
that are ,christ's have crucified their 
flesh1 with the  vices and              
concupiscences4    #e3be4 ,if we live in
 the ,spirit1 let us also walk in the   
,spirit4    #e3bf4 ,let us not be made  

desirous of vain glory1 provoking one   
another1  envying one another4          
,galatians ,chapter #f    ,he exhorts to
 charity1 humility and all virtue4 ,he  
glories in nothing  but in the cross of 
,christ4    #f3a4 ,brethren1 and if a   
man be overtaken in any fault1 you1 who 
are  spiritual1 instruct such a one in  
the spirit of meekness1 considering     
thyself1 lest thou also be tempted4     
#f3b4 ,bear ye one another's burdens3   
and so you shall fulfil the law of      
,christ4    #f3c4 ,for if any man think 
himself to be some thing1 whereas he is 
nothing1 he deceiveth himself4    #f3d4 
,but let every one prove his own work3  
and so he shall have glory in  himself  
only and not in another4    #f3e4 ,for  
every one shall bear his own burden4    
#f3f4 ,and let him that is instructed in
 the word communicate to him that       
instructeth him1 in all good things4    
#f3g4 ,be not deceived3 ,god is not     
mocked4    #f3h4 ,for what things a man 
shall sow1 those also shall he reap4    

,for he  that soweth in his flesh of the
 flesh also shall reap corruption4 ,but 
he  that soweth in the spirit of the    
spirit shall reap life everlasting4     
#f3i4 ,and in doing good1 let us not    
fail4 ,for in due time we shall reap1   
not failing4    #f3aj4 ,therefore1      
whilst we have time1 let us work good to
 all men1 but  especially to those who  
are of the household of the faith4      
#f3aa4 ,see what a letter ,i have       
written to you with my own hand4        
#f3ab4 ,for as many as desire to please 
in the flesh1 they constrain you  to be 
circumcised1 only that they may not     
suffer the persecution of the  cross of 
,christ4    #f3ac4 ,for neither they    
themselves who are circumcised keep the 
law3 but  they will have you to be      
circumcised1 that they may glory in your
 flesh4    #f3ad4 ,but ,god forbid that 
,i should glory1 save in the cross of   
our ,lord  ,jesus ,christ3 by whom the  
world is crucified to me1 and ,i to the 
world4    #f3ae4 ,for in ,christ ,jesus 

neither circumcision availeth any thing1
 nor  uncircumcision3 but a new         
creature4    #f3af4 ,and whosoever shall
 follow this rule1 peace on them and    
mercy3 and  upon the ,israel of ,god4   
#f3ag4 ,from henceforth let no man be   
troublesome to me3 for ,i bear the      
marks of the ,lord ,jesus in my body4   
#f3ah4 ,the grace of our ,lord ,jesus   
,christ be with your spirit1 brethren4  
,amen4