But the one by the bondwoman was born after the flesh; while the one by the freewoman was through the promise.

But ye, brethren, as Isaac was, are children of a promise.

But as at that time he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born through the Spirit, so it is now.

in whom ye also, after having heard the word of truth, the glad tidings of your salvation, in whom, I say, having also believed, ye were sealed with the Holy Spirit that was promised,

if, indeed, ye heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which was given me toward you,

that by revelation the mystery was made known to me, as I wrote before in few words,

which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it hath now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;

To me, who am less than the least of all saints, was this grace given, to make known among the gentiles the glad tidings of the unsearchable riches of Christ,

But to each one of us was given the grace [which he hath] according to the measure of the gift of Christ.

and that ye put on the new man, who was created according to God in righteousness and holiness of the truth.

for to you it was given in behalf of Christ, not only to believe in him, but in his behalf to suffer also;

Yea, let this mind be in you which was in Christ Jesus,

and in what appertained to him appearing as a man, he humbled himself, and was obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

for he was longing after you all, and was much troubled, because ye heard that he was sick.

For indeed he was sick near to death; but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.

because he was near to death on account of the work, hazarding his life to supply what was wanting on your part in the ministration to me.

Not that I have already obtained, or have been already perfected; but I press on, if I may also lay hold of that for which I was laid hold of by Christ.

But I have all, and abound; I am full, having received from Epaphroditus what was sent from you, a sweet odor, a sacrifice acceptable, wellpleasing to God.

for God was pleased that in him all the fullness should dwell, and by him to reconcile all things to himself,

to whom it was the will of God to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory;

blotting out the handwriting in ordinances that was against us, which was opposed to us, he hath taken it out of the way, nailing it to the cross;

when he shall come in that day to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all who believed; for our testimony to you was believed.

Do ye not remember, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?

according to the glorious gospel of the blessed God which was committed to my trust.

though formerly I was a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and a doer of outrage; but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly, in unbelief;

and the grace of our Lord was exceedingly abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

who gave himself a ransom for all; to which the testimony was to be borne in its own due times,

whereunto I was appointed a herald and an apostle, (I speak the truth, I lie not,) a teacher of the gentiles in faith and truth.

For Adam was first formed, then Eve.

And Adam was not deceived; but the woman being deceived fell into transgression.

And confessedly great is the mystery of godliness, in him who was manifested in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen by angels, preached among the gentiles, believed on in the world, received up in glory.

Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.

Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on everlasting life, to which thou wast called, and didst profess the good profession before many witnesses.

who saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and the grace which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,

for which I was appointed a herald, and an apostle, and a teacher of the gentiles.

The Lord give mercy to the house of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain; but on the contrary,

But they will proceed no further; for their folly will be clearly manifest to all, as that of those men was.

But do thou continue in the things which thou didst learn and wast assured of, knowing from what teachers thou didst learn them,

But the Lord stood by me, and strengthened me, that the preaching might be fully accomplished by me, and that all the gentiles might hear; and I was delivered out of the lions mouth.

but in his own seasons manifested his word through the preaching with which I was intrusted by the commandment of God our Saviour:

holding fast the sure word according to what he was taught, that he may be able by sound teaching both to exhort, and to refute the gainsayers.

For the grace of God, that bringeth salvation to all men, was manifested,

who in time past was unprofitable to thee, but is now profitable to thee and to me;

For perhaps he was separated from thee for a season to this end, that thou shouldst receive him back as thine for ever;

how shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation, which at the first was spoken through the Lord, and was confirmed to us through those who heard him,

But we see him who was made a little lower than the angels, Jesus, on account of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor; that by the grace of God he might taste death for every one.

Whence it was right for him to be in all respects made like to his brethren, that he might become a merciful and faithful highpriest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.

who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also was Moses in all his house.

And Moses indeed was faithful in all his house as a servant, that he might testify of those things which were to be spoken;

Wherefore I was offended with that generation, and said, They always err in their heart, but they knew not my ways;

who then, when they had heard, provoked? Was it not all who came out of Egypt by means of Moses?

And with whom was he offended forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose carcasses fell in the wilderness?

For to us were glad tidings addressed, as well as to them; but the word which was heard did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in those who heard it.

And no one taketh this honor to himself, but when called by God, as was Aaron.

Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications, with strong crying and tears, to him that was able to save him from death, and was heard by reason of his godly reverence,

to whom also Abraham apportioned a tenth part of all, who by interpretation is first King of righteousness, and then also was King of Salem, which is, King of peace,

Consider now how great this man was, to whom even Abraham the patriarch gave a tenth of the spoils.

for he was yet in the loins of his father when Melchizedek met him.

If indeed perfection had been by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people hath received the Law,) what further need was there that a different priest should arise after the order of Melchizedek, and not be called alter the order of Aaron?

And inasmuch as it was not without an oath that he was made priest,

For the Law maketh men highpriests, who have infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was after the Law, maketh the Son, who is perfected for ever.

who serve the mere delineation and shadow of the heavenly things, as Moses was admonished by God when he was about to make the tabernacle; for, "See," saith he, "that thou make all things according to the pattern which was shown thee in the mount."

For a tabernacle was prepared, the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the showbread; which is called the holy place:

which had the golden altar of incense, and the ark of the covenant overlaid on every side with gold, wherein was the golden pot containing the manna, and the rod of Aaron which budded, and the tables of the covenant;

And for this cause he is the mediator of a new covenant, that, death having taken place for redemption from the transgressions under the first covenant, they who have been called may receive the everlasting inheritance which was promised.

Hence neither was the first covenant ratified without blood.

It was necessary therefore that the copies of the things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with sacrifices better than these.

of how much heavier punishment, think ye, will he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite to the Spirit of grace?

By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he received testimony that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts; and by it though dead he yet speaketh.

By faith Enoch was translated, that he should not see death; and he was not found, because God translated him; for before his translation he had the testimony that he pleased God.

By faith Abraham, when called, obeyed to go forth to a place which he was afterward to receive for an inheritance, and went forth, not knowing whither he was going.

for he was looking for the city which hath foundations, whose maker and builder is God.

Through faith Sarah herself also received power to conceive, even when she was past age, because she accounted him faithful who had promised.

By faith Abraham, when tried, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises was offering up his onlybegotten son,

he to whom it was said, "From Isaac shall thine offspring be reckoned;"

By faith Moses, when born, was hidden three months by his parents, because they saw that the child was fair and they feared not the kings commandment.

By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called son of Pharaohs daughter,

of whom the world was not worthy; they wandered in deserts and mountains, and caves and the clefts of the earth.

looking to the author and perfecter of the faith, Jesus, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and hath sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

For ye know that when he afterward wished to inherit the blessing, he was rejected; for he found no place for repentance, though he sought it earnestly with tears.

for they could not bear that which was commanded, "If even a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned;" and,

so terrible was the sight, Moses said: "I exceedingly fear and tremble;"

for he beholds himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what manner of man he was.

Was not Abraham our father accepted as righteous through works, when he offered Isaac his son upon the altar?

Thou seest that faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect.

And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith, "Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him for righteousness;" and he was called the friend of God.

And in like manner was not also Rahab the harlot accounted as righteous through works, when she received the messengers, and sent them out another way?

Elijah was a man of like nature with us, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain; and it rained not on the earth for three years and six months;

Concerning which salvation the prophets sought earnestly and searched earnestly, who prophesied of the grace that was to come to you;

searching what or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them signified, when it testified beforehand the sufferings to come upon Christ, and the glories that were to follow;

to whom it was revealed, that not to themselves, but to you, they were ministering the things, which have now been announced to you by them that have brought the glad tidings to you by the Holy Spirit sent down from heaven; which things angels desire to look into.

who was foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but manifested in these last times for you,

but the word of the Lord abideth for ever;" and this is the word which was preached to you.

who committed no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth;

who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered did not threaten, but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously;

who were disobedient in times past, when the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was preparing, wherein a few, that is, eight souls, were saved by water;

For to this end was the gospel preached also to the dead, that they might indeed be judged according to men in the flesh, but might live according to God in the spirit.

But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins.

For he received from God the Father honor and glory, when such a voice as this was borne to him from the excellent glory: "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased."

but was rebuked for his iniquity; the dumb ass, speaking with mans voice, restrained the madness of the prophet.