GAL 1:1 Paul, an
apostle (not sent from men, nor through the agency
of man, but through Jesus Christ, and God the
Father, who raised Him from the dead),
GAL 1:2 and all the brethren who are with me,
to the churches of Galatia:
GAL 1:3 Grace to you and peace from God our
Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ,
GAL 1:4 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,
GAL 1:5 to whom be the glory forevermore.
Amen.
GAL 1:6 I am amazed that you are so quickly
deserting Him who called you by the grace of Christ,
for a different gospel;
GAL 1:7 which is really not another; only
there are some who are disturbing you, and want to
distort the gospel of Christ.
GAL 1:8 But even though we, or an angel from
heaven, should preach to you a gospel contrary to
that which we have preached to you, let him be
accursed.
GAL 1:9 As we have said before, so I say
again now, if any man is preaching to you a gospel
contrary to that which you received, let him be
accursed.
GAL 1:10 For am I now seeking the favor of
men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I
were still trying to please men, I would not be a
bond-servant of Christ.
GAL 1:11 For I would have you know, brethren,
that the gospel which was preached by me is not
according to man.
GAL 1:12 For I neither received it from man,
nor was I taught it, but I received it through a
revelation of Jesus Christ.
GAL 1:13 For you have heard of my former
manner of life in Judaism, how I used to persecute
the church of God beyond measure, and tried to
destroy it;
GAL 1:14 and I was advancing in Judaism
beyond many of my contemporaries among my
countrymen, being more extremely zealous for my
ancestral traditions.
GAL 1:15 But when He who had set me apart,
even from my mother's womb, and called me through
His grace, was pleased
GAL 1:16 to reveal His Son in me, that I
might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not
immediately consult with flesh and blood,
GAL 1:17 nor did I go up to Jerusalem to
those who were apostles before me; but I went away
to Arabia, and returned once more to Damascus.
GAL 1:18 Then three years later I went up to
Jerusalem to become acquainted with Cephas, and
stayed with him fifteen days.
GAL 1:19 But I did not see any other of the
apostles except James, the Lord's brother.
GAL 1:20 (Now in what I am writing to you, I
assure you before God that I am not lying.)
GAL 1:21 Then I went into the regions of
Syria and Cilicia.
GAL 1:22 And I was still unknown by sight to
the churches of Judea which were in Christ;
GAL 1:23 but only, they kept hearing, "He who
once persecuted us is now preaching the faith which
he once tried to destroy."
GAL 1:24 And they were glorifying God because
of me.
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GAL 2:1 Then
after an interval of fourteen years I went up again
to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus along also.
GAL 2:2 And it was because of a revelation
that I went up; and I submitted to them the gospel
which I preach among the Gentiles, but I did so in
private to those who were of reputation, for fear
that I might be running, or had run, in vain.
GAL 2:3 But not even Titus who was with me,
though he was a Greek, was compelled to be
circumcised.
GAL 2:4 But it was because of the false
brethren who had sneaked in to spy out our liberty
which we have in Christ Jesus, in order to bring us
into bondage.
GAL 2:5 But we did not yield in subjection to
them for even an hour, so that the truth of the
gospel might remain with you.
GAL 2:6 But from those who were of high
reputation (what they were makes no difference to
me; God shows no partiality) - - well, those who
were of reputation contributed nothing to me.
GAL 2:7 But on the contrary, seeing that I
had been entrusted with the gospel to the
uncircumcised, just as Peter had been to the
circumcised
GAL 2:8 (for He who effectually worked for
Peter in his apostleship to the circumcised
effectually worked for me also to the Gentiles),
GAL 2:9 and recognizing the grace that had
been given to me, James and Cephas and John, who
were reputed to be pillars, gave to me and Barnabas
the right hand of fellowship, that we might go to
the Gentiles, and they to the circumcised.
GAL 2:10 They only asked us to remember the
poor - - the very thing I also was eager to do.
GAL 2:11 But when Cephas came to Antioch, I
opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned.
GAL 2:12 For prior to the coming of certain
men from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles;
but when they came, he began to withdraw and hold
himself aloof, fearing the party of the
circumcision.
GAL 2:13 And the rest of the Jews joined him
in hypocrisy, with the result that even Barnabas was
carried away by their hypocrisy.
GAL 2:14 But when I saw that they were not
straightforward about the truth of the gospel, I
said to Cephas in the presence of all, "If you,
being a Jew, live like the Gentiles and not like the
Jews, how is it that you compel the Gentiles to live
like Jews?
GAL 2:15 "We are Jews by nature, and not
sinners from among the Gentiles;
GAL 2:16 nevertheless knowing that a man is
not justified by the works of the Law but through
faith in Christ Jesus, even we have believed in
Christ Jesus, that we may be justified by faith in
Christ, and not by the works of the Law; since by
the works of the Law shall no flesh be justified.
GAL 2:17 "But if, while seeking to be
justified in Christ, we ourselves have also been
found sinners, is Christ then a minister of sin? May
it never be!
GAL 2:18 "For if I rebuild what I have once
destroyed, I prove myself to be a transgressor.
GAL 2:19 "For through the Law I died to the
Law, that I might live to God.
GAL 2:20 "I have been crucified with Christ;
and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in
me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I
live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and
delivered Himself up for me.
GAL 2:21 "I do not nullify the grace of God;
for if righteousness comes through the Law, then
Christ died needlessly."
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GAL 3:1 You
foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you, before
whose eyes Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as
crucified?
GAL 3:2 This is the only thing I want to find
out from you: did you receive the Spirit by the
works of the Law, or by hearing with faith?
GAL 3:3 Are you so foolish? Having begun by
the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the
flesh?
GAL 3:4 Did you suffer so many things in vain
- - if indeed it was in vain?
GAL 3:5 Does He then, who provides you with
the Spirit and works miracles among you, do it by
the works of the Law, or by hearing with faith?
GAL 3:6 Even so Abraham believed God, and it
was reckoned to him as righteousness.
GAL 3:7 Therefore, be sure that it is those
who are of faith who are sons of Abraham.
GAL 3:8 And the Scripture, foreseeing that
God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached
the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, "All the
nations shall be blessed in you."
GAL 3:9 So then those who are of faith are
blessed with Abraham, the believer.
GAL 3:10 For as many as are of the works of
the Law are under a curse; for it is written,
"Cursed is everyone who does not abide by all things
written in the book of the law, to perform them."
GAL 3:11 Now that no one is justified by the
Law before God is evident; for, "The righteous man
shall live by faith."
GAL 3:12 However, the Law is not of faith; on
the contrary, "He who practices them shall live by
them."
GAL 3:13 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" -
-
GAL 3:14 in order that in Christ Jesus the
blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles, so
that we might receive the promise of the Spirit
through faith.
GAL 3:15 Brethren, I speak in terms of human
relations: even though it is only a man's covenant,
yet when it has been ratified, no one sets it aside
or adds conditions to it.
GAL 3:16 Now the promises were spoken to
Abraham and to his seed. He does not say, "And to
seeds," as referring to many, but rather to one,
"And to your seed," that is, Christ.
GAL 3:17 What I am saying is this: the Law,
which came four hundred and thirty years later, does
not invalidate a covenant previously ratified by
God, so as to nullify the promise.
GAL 3:18 For if the inheritance is based on
law, it is no longer based on a promise; but God has
granted it to Abraham by means of a promise.
GAL 3:19 Why the Law then? It was added
because of transgressions, having been ordained
through angels by the agency of a mediator, until
the seed should come to whom the promise had been
made.
GAL 3:20 Now a mediator is not for one party
only; whereas God is only one.
GAL 3:21 Is the Law then contrary to the
promises of God? May it never be! For if a law had
been given which was able to impart life, then
righteousness would indeed have been based on law.
GAL 3:22 But the Scripture has shut up all
men under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus
Christ might be given to those who believe.
GAL 3:23 But before faith came, we were kept
in custody under the law, being shut up to the faith
which was later to be revealed.
GAL 3:24 Therefore the Law has become our
tutor to lead us to Christ, that we may be justified
by faith.
GAL 3:25 But now that faith has come, we are
no longer under a tutor.
GAL 3:26 For you are all sons of God through
faith in Christ Jesus.
GAL 3:27 For all of you who were baptized
into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.
GAL 3:28 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.
GAL 3:29 And if you belong to Christ, then
you are Abraham's offspring, heirs according to
promise.
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GAL 4:1 Now I
say, as long as the heir is a child, he does not
differ at all from a slave although he is owner of
everything,
GAL 4:2 but he is under guardians and
managers until the date set by the father.
GAL 4:3 So also we, while we were children,
were held in bondage under the elemental things of
the world.
GAL 4:4 But when the fulness of the time
came, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born
under the Law,
GAL 4:5 in order that He might redeem those
who were under the Law, that we might receive the
adoption as sons.
GAL 4:6 And because you are sons, God has
sent forth the Spirit of His Son into our hearts,
crying, "Abba! Father!"
GAL 4:7 Therefore you are no longer a slave,
but a son; and if a son, then an heir through God.
GAL 4:8 However at that time, when you did
not know God, you were slaves to those which by
nature are no gods.
GAL 4:9 But now that you have come to know
God, or rather to be known by God, how is it that
you turn back again to the weak and worthless
elemental things, to which you desire to be enslaved
all over again?
GAL 4:10 You observe days and months and
seasons and years.
GAL 4:11 I fear for you, that perhaps I have
labored over you in vain.
GAL 4:12 I beg of you, brethren, become as I
am, for I also have become as you are. You have done
me no wrong;
GAL 4:13 but you know that it was because of
a bodily illness that I preached the gospel to you
the first time;
GAL 4:14 and that which was a trial to you in
my bodily condition you did not despise or loathe,
but you received me as an angel of God, as Christ
Jesus Himself.
GAL 4:15 Where then is that sense of blessing
you had? For I bear you witness, that if possible,
you would have plucked out your eyes and given them
to me.
GAL 4:16 Have I therefore become your enemy
by telling you the truth?
GAL 4:17 They eagerly seek you, not
commendably, but they wish to shut you out, in order
that you may seek them.
GAL 4:18 But it is good always to be eagerly
sought in a commendable manner, and not only when I
am present with you.
GAL 4:19 My children, with whom I am again in
labor until Christ is formed in you - -
GAL 4:20 but I could wish to be present with
you now and to change my tone, for I am perplexed
about you.
GAL 4:21 Tell me, you who want to be under
law, do you not listen to the law?
GAL 4:22 For it is written that Abraham had
two sons, one by the bondwoman and one by the free
woman.
GAL 4:23 But the son by the bondwoman was
born according to the flesh, and the son by the free
woman through the promise.
GAL 4:24 This is allegorically speaking: for
these women are two covenants, one proceeding from
Mount Sinai bearing children who are to be slaves;
she is Hagar.
GAL 4:25 Now this Hagar is Mount Sinai in
Arabia, and corresponds to the present Jerusalem,
for she is in slavery with her children.
GAL 4:26 But the Jerusalem above is free; she
is our mother.
GAL 4:27 For it is written, "Rejoice, barren
woman who does not bear; Break forth and shout, you
who are not in labor; For more are the children of
the desolate Than of the one who has a husband."
GAL 4:28 And you brethren, like Isaac, are
children of promise.
GAL 4:29 But as at that time he who was born
according to the flesh persecuted him who was born
according to the Spirit, so it is now also.
GAL 4:30 But what does the Scripture say?
"Cast out the bondwoman and her son, For the son of
the bondwoman shall not be an heir with the son of
the free woman."
GAL 4:31 So then, brethren, we are not
children of a bondwoman, but of the free woman.
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GAL 5:1 It was
for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep
standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke
of slavery.
GAL 5:2 Behold I, Paul, say to you that if
you receive circumcision, Christ will be of no
benefit to you.
GAL 5:3 And I testify again to every man who
receives circumcision, that he is under obligation
to keep the whole Law.
GAL 5:4 You have been severed from Christ,
you who are seeking to be justified by law; you have
fallen from grace.
GAL 5:5 For we through the Spirit, by faith,
are waiting for the hope of righteousness.
GAL 5:6 For in Christ Jesus neither
circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything, but
faith working through love.
GAL 5:7 You were running well; who hindered
you from obeying the truth?
GAL 5:8 This persuasion did not come from Him
who calls you.
GAL 5:9 A little leaven leavens the whole
lump of dough.
GAL 5:10 I have confidence in you in the
Lord, that you will adopt no other view; but the one
who is disturbing you shall bear his judgment,
whoever he is.
GAL 5:11 But I, brethren, if I still preach
circumcision, why am I still persecuted? Then the
stumbling block of the cross has been abolished.
GAL 5:12 Would that those who are troubling
you would even mutilate themselves.
GAL 5:13 For you were called to freedom,
brethren; only do not turn your freedom into an
opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve
one another.
GAL 5:14 For the whole Law is fulfilled in
one word, in the statement, "You shall love your
neighbor as yourself."
GAL 5:15 But if you bite and devour one
another, take care lest you be consumed by one
another.
GAL 5:16 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and
you will not carry out the desire of the flesh.
GAL 5:17 For the flesh sets its desire
against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the
flesh; for these are in opposition to one another,
so that you may not do the things that you please.
GAL 5:18 But if you are led by the Spirit,
you are not under the Law.
GAL 5:19 Now the deeds of the flesh are
evident, which are: immorality, impurity,
sensuality,
GAL 5:20 idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife,
jealousy, outbursts of anger, disputes, dissensions,
factions,
GAL 5:21 envying, drunkenness, carousing, and
things like these, of which I forewarn you just as I
have forewarned you that those who practice such
things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
GAL 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love,
joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness,
faithfulness,
GAL 5:23 gentleness, self-control; against
such things there is no law.
GAL 5:24 Now those who belong to Christ Jesus
have crucified the flesh with its passions and
desires.
GAL 5:25 If we live by the Spirit, let us
also walk by the Spirit.
GAL 5:26 Let us not become boastful,
challenging one another, envying one another.
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GAL 6:1 Brethren,
even if a man is caught in any trespass, you who are
spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of
gentleness; each one looking to yourself, lest you
too be tempted.
GAL 6:2 Bear one another's burdens, and thus
fulfill the law of Christ.
GAL 6:3 For if anyone thinks he is something
when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
GAL 6:4 But let each one examine his own
work, and then he will have reason for boasting in
regard to himself alone, and not in regard to
another.
GAL 6:5 For each one shall bear his own load.
GAL 6:6 And let the one who is taught the
word share all good things with him who teaches.
GAL 6:7 Do not be deceived, God is not
mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also
reap.
GAL 6:8 For the one who sows to his own flesh
shall from the flesh reap corruption, but the one
who sows to the Spirit shall from the Spirit reap
eternal life.
GAL 6:9 And let us not lose heart in doing
good, for in due time we shall reap if we do not
grow weary.
GAL 6:10 So then, while we have opportunity,
let us do good to all men, and especially to those
who are of the household of the faith.
GAL 6:11 See with what large letters I am
writing to you with my own hand.
GAL 6:12 Those who desire to make a good
showing in the flesh try to compel you to be
circumcised, simply that they may not be persecuted
for the cross of Christ.
GAL 6:13 For those who are circumcised do not
even keep the Law themselves, but they desire to
have you circumcised, that they may boast in your
flesh.
GAL 6:14 But may it never be that I should
boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ,
through which the world has been crucified to me,
and I to the world.
GAL 6:15 For neither is circumcision
anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation.
GAL 6:16 And those who will walk by this
rule, peace and mercy be upon them, and upon the
Israel of God.
GAL 6:17 From now on let no one cause trouble
for me, for I bear on my body the brand-marks of
Jesus.
GAL 6:18 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ
be with your spirit, brethren. Amen.
