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

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

Who gave Himself for our sins, that He might deliver us out of the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father;

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

For ye heard of my conduct formerly in Judaism; that, beyond measure, I was persecuting the assembly of God, and laying it waste;

But, when it pleased God, who set me apart from my mother's womb, and called me through His grace,

to reveal His Son in me, that I might proclaim the good news of Him among the gentiles; straightway I conferred not with flesh and blood,

Now as to the things I am writing to you, behold, before God, I am not lying.

And they were glorifying God in me.

But from those reputed to be something (whatever they were, it matters not to me: God does not accept man's person): to me, in fact, those of repute added nothing;

For I through law died to law, that I might live to God.

I have been crucified with Christ; and no longer am I living, but Christ is living in me; and, in so far as I am now living in flesh, I live in the faith of the Son of God, Who loved me, and gave Himself for me.

I do not set aside the grace of God; for, if righteousness is through law, then Christ died needlessly!

Even as Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him for righteousness.

And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the gentiles through faith, proclaimed beforehand the Gospel to Abraham, saying, "In you shall all the nations be blessed."

Now that by law no one is justified with God, is evident; because "The righteous one shall live by faith."

But this I say: A covenant previously confirmed by God, the law, which came into existence four hundred and thirty years later, does not invalidate, that it should make the promise of no effect.

For, if the inheritance is of the law, it is no longer of promise; but God has freely given it to Abraham through promise.

Now a mediator is not of one, but God is one.

Is the law, then, against the promises of God? It could not be! For, if a law had been given, which was able to make alive, truly righteousness would have been by law;

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

But, when the fulness of the time came, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under law,

And, because ye are sons, God sent forth the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, "Abba," Father.

So that you are no longer a slave, but a son; and, if a son, also an heir through God.

But then, indeed, when ye knew not God, ye served those which by nature are no gods;

but, after having known God, or rather having been known by God, how are ye turning back again to the weak and beggarly elements, to which ye desire to be in bondage again?

and my trial in my flesh ye despised not, nor spurned; but ye received me as an angel of God, as Christ Jesus.

But it is good to be zealously sought in a good thing at all times, and not only when I am present with you,

O that those who are unsettling you would even cut themselves off!

envyings, drunkenness, revelings, and things like these; of which I forewarn you, as I also said before, that those practicing such things shall not inherit the Kingdom of God.

But let him who is being taught in the word share with him who is teaching, in all good things.

Be not deceived; God is not mocked; for whatsoever a man sows, the same shall be also reap;

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

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