Who gave himself for our sins, so that he might make us free from this present evil world, after the purpose of our God and Father:

To whom be the glory for ever and ever. So be it.

I am surprised that you are being so quickly turned away from him whose word came to you in the grace of Christ, to good news of a different sort;

As we have said before, so say I now again, If any man is a preacher to you of any good news other than that which has been given to you, let there be a curse on him.

Because I say to you, my brothers, that the good news of which I was the preacher is not man's.

But when it was the good pleasure of God, by whom I was marked out even from my mother's body, through his grace,

To give the revelation of his Son in me, so that I might give the news of him to the Gentiles; then I did not take the opinion of flesh and blood,

Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Cephas, and was there with him fifteen days.

But of the other Apostles I saw only James, the Lord's brother.

And I went up by revelation; and I put before them the good news which I was preaching among the Gentiles, but privately before those who were of good name, so that the work which I was or had been doing might not be without effect.

And that because of the false brothers let in secretly, who came searching out our free condition which we have in Christ Jesus, so that they might make servants of us;

To whom we gave way not even for an hour; so that the true words of the good news might still be with you.

But from those who seemed to be important (whatever they were has no weight with me: God does not take man's person into account): those who seemed to be important gave nothing new to me;

But, quite the opposite, when they saw that I had been made responsible for preaching the good news to those without circumcision, even as Peter had been for those of the circumcision

When they saw the grace which was given to me, James and Cephas and John, who had the name of being pillars, gave to me and Barnabas their right hands as friends so that we might go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcision;

And the rest of the Jews went after him, so that even Barnabas was overcome by their false ways.

But when I saw that they were not living uprightly in agreement with the true words of the good news, I said to Cephas before them all, If you, being a Jew, are living like the Gentiles, and not like the Jews, how will you make the Gentiles do the same as the Jews?

Being conscious that a man does not get righteousness by the works of the law, but through faith in Jesus Christ, we had faith in Christ Jesus, so that we might get righteousness by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the law: because by the works of the law will no flesh get righteousness.

For I, through the law, have become dead to the law, so that I might be living to God.

Are you so foolish? having made a start in the Spirit, will you now be made complete in the flesh?

So then those who are of faith have a part in the blessing of Abraham who was full of faith.

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.

Now this I say: The law, which came four hundred and thirty years after, does not put an end to the agreement made before by God, so as to make the undertaking without effect.

However, the holy Writings have put all things under sin, so that that for which God gave the undertaking, based on faith in Jesus Christ, might be given to those who have such faith.

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

And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and yours is the heritage by the right of God's undertaking given to Abraham.

But I say that as long as the son is a child, he is in no way different from a servant, though he is lord of all;

So we, when we were young, were kept under the first rules of the world;

So that you are no longer a servant, but a son; and if a son, then the heritage of God is yours.

So then am I no longer your friend, because I give you true words?

Their interest in you is not good; but their desire is that you may be shut out, so that you may go after them.

Say, you whose desire it is to be under the law, do you not give ear to the law?

But as in those days he who had birth after the flesh was cruel to him who had birth after the Spirit, even so it is now.

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.

So, brothers, we are not children of the servant-woman, but of the free woman.

See, I Paul say to you, that if you undergo circumcision, Christ will be of no use to you.

But I say, Go on in the Spirit, and you will not come under the rule of the evil desires of the flesh.

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.

And those who are Christ's have put to death on the cross the flesh with its passions and its evil desires.

Take on yourselves one another's troubles, and so keep the law of Christ.

So then, as we have the chance, let us do good to all men, and specially to those who are of the family of the faith.

See the size of the handwriting which I myself have made use of in writing to you.

Because even those who undergo circumcision do not themselves keep the law; but they would have you undergo circumcision, so that they may have glory in your flesh.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brothers. So be it.