Paul, an apostle, not from men, nor through man, but through Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead,

Grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ,

who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from the present evil world, according to the will of God our Father;

For do I now seek the favor of men, or of God? Or am I endeavoring to please men? If I were still pleasing men, I should not be the servant of Christ.

For ye have heard of my conduct formerly in Judaism; that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and was destroying it,

Now as to what I am writing to you, behold, before God, I do not lie.

and they glorified God in me.

But from those who were reputed to be somewhatwhatever they were, it matters not to me, (God accepteth no mans person,) for to me those in reputation communicated nothing new.

For I through the Law died to the Law, that I might live to God.

I have been crucified with Christ, and no longer do I live, but Christ liveth in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

I do not set aside the grace of God; for if righteousness come through the Law, then did Christ die for nought.

Even as Abraham "believed God, and it was accounted to him as righteousness."

Moreover the Scripture, foreseeing that God was to accept the gentiles as righteous by faith, proclaimed beforehand the glad tidings to Abraham, saying, "In thee shall all nations be blessed."

But further, that through the observance of the Law no one is accepted as righteous with God is evident; for "the righteous shall live by faith."

And what I mean is this; that a covenant that was before ratified by God, the Law, which came four hundred and thirty years after, cannot annul, so as to make void the promise;

for if the inheritance cometh from the Law, it ceaseth to be the consequence of the promise; but to Abraham God gave it by promise.

Now no mediator is a mediator of one; but God is one.

Is then the Law against the promises of God? Far be it! For if a law had been given which was able to give life, righteousness would indeed have been by the Law;

For ye are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus;

but when the fullness of the time came, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the Law,

And to show that ye are sons, God sent forth the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, Abba, Father!

So then thou art no longer a bondservant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir through God.

But at that time, indeed, when ye knew not God, ye were in slavery to those who in their nature are not gods;

but now, after having known God, or rather having been known by God, how is it that ye are turning back to the weak and beggarly rudiments to which ye wish to be again in bondage?

and my trial which was in my flesh ye did not despise nor spurn; but received me as an angel of God, yea, as Christ Jesus.

But it is good to be an object of zeal in what is good always, and not only when I am present with you.

Would that they who unsettle you would quite cut themselves off!

envyings, drunkenness, revelings, and things like these; of which I tell you beforehand, as I also told you in time past, that they who practise such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

Let him that is taught in the word share with the teacher in all good things.

Be not deceived; God is not mocked; for whatever a man soweth, that shall he also reap;

So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all, especially to those who are of the household of faith.

But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ; through whom the world is crucified to me, and I to the world.

And as many as walk by this rule, peace be upon them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.