to Whom be the glory for ever and ever. Amen.

But even if we or an angel out of Heaven should proclaim a Gospel to you other than that which we delivered to you, let him be accursed!

As we have said before, even now also I say again, if any one is delivering a Gospel to you, contrary to that which ye received, let him be accursed.

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 I make known to you, brethren, that the Gospel which was proclaimed by me is not according to man;

and I was unknown by face to the assemblies of Judaea, which were in Christ;

And I went up according to revelation, and laid before them the Gospel which I preach among the Gentiles; but privately to those of repute, lest by any means I should run, or had run, in vain.

But not even Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised;

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;

And, perceiving the grace which was given to me, James and Cephas and John, who were reputed to be pillars, gave to me and Barnabas right-hands of fellowship, that we should go to the gentiles, and they to the circumcision;

And the rest of the Jews also dissembled with him, so that even Barnabas was carried away by their hypocrisy.

We who are by nature Jews, and not sinners from among the gentiles,

yet knowing that a man is not justified by works of law, but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we believed on Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ, and not by works of law; because by works of law no flesh shall be justified.

But, if while seeking to be justified in Christ, we ourselves also were found sinners, is, then, Christ a minister of sin? It could not be!

For, if I am building up again, what I pulled down, I show myself to be a transgressor.

This only do I wish to learn of you: Did ye receive the Spirit by works of law, or by the hearing of faith?

Did ye suffer so many things in vain? if, indeed, it be even in vain.

Does He, therefore, Who was supplying to you the Spirit, and was working miracles among you, doing it by works of law, or by the hearing of faith?

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.

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;

but the Scripture shuts up all things under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.

But, before the faith came, we were kept guarded under law, being shut up to the faith about to be revealed.

So that the law has become our tutor to lead us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

but is under guardians and stewards, until the time appointed by the father.

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?

I am afraid of you, lest by any means I have toiled for you in vain.

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

my little children, for whom I am in travail again, until Christ be formed in you!

And I was wishing to be present with you now, and to change my voice; because I am perplexed about you.

Tell me, ye who are wishing to be under law, do ye not hear the law?

For it has been written that Abraham had two sons, one by the bond-woman, and one by the free-woman.

But the one by the bond-woman has been born after the flesh; and the one by the free-woman, through promise.

For freedom did Christ make us free; stand fast, therefore, and be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage.

Behold, I, Paul, say to you, that, if ye be circumcised, Christ will profit you nothing.

Ye were separated from Christ, whoever of you are being justified by law; ye fell out of grace;

for we, in the Spirit, wait, by faith, for the hope of righteousness.

I have confidence toward you in the Lord, that ye will regard nothing else; but he who is troubling you shall bear his sentence, whosoever he may be.

But, if ye bite and devour one another, beware, lest ye be consumed by one another.

But I say, walk by the Spirit, and ye will not fulfill the desire of the flesh.

But, if ye are being led by the Spirit, ye are not under law.

If we live by the Spirit, by the Spirit let us also walk.

Brethren, even if a man be caught in any trespass, ye who are spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of meekness; considering yourself, lest you also be tempted.

For, if any one thinks himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.

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

As many as wish to make a fair show in the flesh, these constrain you to be circumcised, only that they may not suffer persecution for the cross of Christ.

For neither do those themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but they wish you to be circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh.

But it could not be that I should glory, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has become crucified to me, and I to the world.

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

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brethren. Amen.