May you have unearned favor and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ,

whom be glory for ever and ever. amen. I wonder you have so soon deserted unto another gospel,

I wonder that you have so quickly turned away from him that called you in the grace of Christ to another gospel,

Nevertheless, though we ourselves, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, hold him as accursed.

As I said before, so say I now again, if any man preach any other thing unto you, than that ye have received, hold him accursed.

For do I now obey man, or God? or do I seek to please men? For if I yet pleased men, I could not have been a servant of Christ.

For I would have you know, brothers, that the gospel I preach is not man-made;

For ye have heard of my conversation in times past in the Jews' ways, how that beyond measure I persecuted the congregation of God, and spoiled it:

And [you have heard how] I surpassed many of my contemporaries among my countrymen in [my advanced study of the laws of] Judaism, as I was extremely loyal to the traditions of my ancestors.

But only they had heard that he who persecuted us before, now preacheth the faith which he formerly would have destroyed.

Yea, and I went up by revelation, and commended with them of the gospel, which I preach among the gentiles - but between ourselves with them which were counted chief, lest it should have been thought that I should run, or had run in vain.

and that because of incomers, being false brethren, which came in among others to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage.

to whom not even for an hour have we yielded subjection, that the truth of the gospel might abide with you.

but, on the contrary, having seen that I have been entrusted with the good news of the uncircumcision, as Peter with that of the circumcision,

only desiring that we would remember the poor??he very thing which I have also been diligent to perform.

But when I saw that they were not acting consistently with the truth of the gospel, I told Cephas in front of everyone, "Though you are a Jew, you have been living like a gentile and not like a Jew. So how can you insist that the gentiles must live like Jews?"

Although we are Jews by natural birth, and not sinful Gentiles [who do not have a relationship with God],

know that a man is not justified by the deeds of the law: but by the faith of Jesus Christ - and therefore we have believed on Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ and not by the deeds of the law: because that no flesh shall be justified by the deeds of the law.

Now if, in our efforts to come into right standing with God through union with Christ, we have proved ourselves to be sinners like the heathen themselves, does that make Christ a party to our sin? Of course not.

For if I build up again what I have destroyed, I make myself a transgressor.

For through the law I myself have become dead to the law, so that I may live for God.

I have been crucified with Christ, and I myself no longer live, but Christ is living in me; the life I now live as a mortal man I live by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave Himself for me.

O foolish Galatians, by what strange powers have you been tricked, to whom it was made clear that Jesus Christ was put to death on the cross?

This only I wish to learn of you, Have ye received the Spirit on the principle of works of law, or of the report of faith?

Are ye so unwise, that after ye have begun in the spirit, ye would now end in the flesh?

So many things there ye have suffered in vain, if that be in vain.

You see, then, that those who have faith are Abraham's real descendants.

And the holy Writings, seeing before the event that God would give the Gentiles righteousness by faith, gave the good news before to Abraham, saying, In you will all the nations have a blessing.

So then, the ones [who have] faith are blessed together with Abraham who believed.

for as many as are of works of law are under a curse, for it hath been written, 'Cursed is every one who is not remaining in all things that have been written in the Book of the Law -- to do them,'

That no one is accepted as upright by God for obeying the Law is evident because the upright will have life because of his faith,

But the Law has nothing to do with faith. Instead, "The person who keeps the commandments will have life in them."

So that on the Gentiles might come the blessing of Abraham in Christ Jesus; in order that we through faith might have the Spirit which God had undertaken to give.

Brothers, as men would say, even a man's agreement, when it has been made certain, may not be put on one side, or have additions made to it.

Is the law, then, against the promise of God? God forbid. Howbeit, if there had been a law given which could have given life: then no doubt righteousness should have come by the law.

But the Scripture pictures all mankind as prisoners of sin, so that the promised blessing through faith in Christ might be given to those who have faith.

So the law has been a servant to take us to Christ, so that we might have righteousness by faith.

For all ye that are baptised, have put on Christ.

All distinctions between Jew and Greek, slave and freeman, male and female, have vanished; for in union with Christ Jesus you are all one.

so that He might redeem and liberate those who were under the Law, that we [who believe] might be adopted as sons [as God’s children with all rights as fully grown members of a family].

But once, when you Gentiles had no knowledge of God, you were slaves to gods which have no real being.

But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?

Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years. I am afraid for you, lest I have laboured upon you in vain.

I am in fear of you, lest I have bestowed on you labour in vain.

Brethren, I beseech you, be ye as I am: for I am as ye are. Ye have not hurt me at all.

and ye have known that through infirmity of the flesh I did proclaim good news to you at the first,

And you did not have a poor opinion of me because of the trouble in my flesh, or put shame on it; but you took me to your hearts as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.

How happy were ye then? For I bear you record that if it had been possible, ye would have plucked out your own eyes, and have given them to me.

Have I then turned into an enemy to you, because I tell you the truth?

These people who have been instructing you are devoted to you, but not in a good way. They want you to avoid me so that you will be devoted to them.

Now it is a fine thing to have special attention paid you, if it is done sincerely and unceasingly, and not only when I am with you.

my children, of whom I again travail in birth until Christ shall have been formed in you:

Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law: have ye not heard of the law?

Which things have an allegorical sense; for these are two covenants: one from mount Sinai, gendering to bondage, which is Hagar.

For it is written, "Rejoice, O barren woman, who does not give birth to [children]; burst out and shout, [you] who do not have birth pains, because many [are] the children of the desolate [woman], even more than [those of] the one who has a husband."

What then do the Writings say? Send away the servant-woman and her son; for the son of the servant-woman will not have a part in the heritage with the son of the free woman.

It was for this freedom that Christ set us free [completely liberating us]; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery [which you once removed].

Yes, I give witness again to every man who undergoes circumcision, that he will have to keep all the law.

You people, whoever you are among you, who try to get into right standing with God, through law have cut yourselves off from Christ, you have missed the way of God's favor.

*We* have not, for through the Spirit we wait with longing hope for an acceptance with God which is to come through faith.

I have confidence in you however through the Lord,

I have trust toward you in God, that ye will be none otherwise minded. He that troubleth you shall bear his judgment, whatsoever he be.

I almost wish that these men who are upsetting you would go all the way, and have themselves mutilated.

For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.

For all the law is made complete in one word, even in this, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.

This is what I have to say--Let your steps be guided by the Spirit, and then you will never gratify the cravings of your earthly nature.

For the flesh has desires against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; because these are opposite the one to the other; so that you may not do the things which you have a mind to do.

envying, murder, drunkenness, gluttony, and such like. Of the which I tell you before, as I have told you in time past, that they which commit such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

They that are Christ's have crucified the flesh, with the appetites and lusts.

If we [claim to] live by the [Holy] Spirit, we must also walk by the Spirit [with personal integrity, godly character, and moral courage—our conduct empowered by the Holy Spirit].

let us have no vanity, no provoking, no envy of one another.

Let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in his own self, and not in another.

For everyone will have to carry his own load.

Howbeit, let him who is being orally instructed in the word, have fellowship with him that is so instructing him, in all good things.

While we have, therefore, time; let us do good unto all men, and specially, unto them which are of the household of faith.

Behold how large a letter I have written unto you with mine own hand.

As many as desire to have a fair appearance in the flesh, these compel you to be circumcised, only that they may not be persecuted because of the cross of Christ.

For they themselves which are circumcised keep not the law: but desire to have you circumcised that they might rejoice in your flesh.

But far be it from me to have glory in anything, but only in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which this world has come to an end on the cross for me, and I for it.