Paul an apostle (not from men, nor by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the father who raised him from the dead) and all the brethren,

and from our Lord Jesus Christ: who gave himself for our sins,

from me, who called you by the grace of Christ; this can be

owing to nothing but your being practised upon by some, who would overturn the gospel of Christ.

for do I now act in obedience to men, or to God? or do I seek to please men? if I had hitherto pleased men, I should not have been the servant of Christ.

for I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.

but was personally unknown to the churches of Christ in Judea,

and as to the false brethren, who insidiously crept in to spy out our liberty which we have by Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into servitude;

yet knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in him, and not by the works of the law, by which there is no justification.

Now if it be a sin to seek for justification by Christ, then is Christ the minister of sin, which cannot be.

I am crucified with Christ, it is not I that now live, but Christ that liveth in me; the life I have in this body I live by faith in the son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if justification be by the law, Christ died to no purpose.

O foolish Galatians, who hath deluded you, you that have had the crucifixion of Jesus Christ represented to your view?

Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us. (for it is written, " cursed is every one, that hangeth upon a tree.")

that the blessing promised to Abraham might come on the Gentiles thro' Jesus Christ; that we by believing might receive the spirit that was promised.

now to Abraham and his offspring were the promises made. he does not say, "to offsprings," as if he spoke of many; but as speaking of one, "and to thy offspring," which means Christ.

but the scripture has declar'd all guilty of sin, that the blessing promised on condition of faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.

so that the law was our school-master to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

for you are all the sons of God by faith in Christ Jesus.

there is now no distinction of Jew or Greek, of bond or free, of male or female: for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

and if you belong to Christ, you are Abraham's offspring, and his heirs by virtue of the promise.

so that thou art no longer a bond servant, but a son: and if a son, then an heir of God thro' Christ.

yet you did not despise me for the trial which attended my person, nor treated me with scorn; but received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.

my dear children, how am I in pain, till Christ be formed in you?

so then, my brethren, we are not children of the bond-woman, but of the free-woman, by virtue of that freedom which Christ has procur'd for us.

take notice, 'tis I Paul declare it to you, that if you are circumcised, Christ shall be of no advantage to you.

Christ is of no use to you, whoever of you seek to be justified by the law; you have lost all interest in the gospel-dispensation.

now they who belong to Christ, have crucified the animal nature with the affections and passions thereof.

bear with one another's infirmities, and so fulfil the law of Christ.

they who desire to make a figure in the world, constrain you to be circumcised, only to avoid being persecuted for the cross of Christ.

but far be it from me that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world is as contemptible to me, as I am to the world.

for in the dispensation of Jesus Christ, neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but the new creation.

Brethren, the favour of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. amen.