PAUL, an apostle, (not from men, nor by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead,)

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

who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,

to whom be glory from age to age. Amen.

I am astonished that you are so soon turning away from him that called you into the grace of Christ, to another gospel:

But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach to you any other gospel than that which we have preached, let him be ac cursed.

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

But when God, who chose me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace, was pleased

But from those who were supposed to be something; (what they were is a matter of no importance to me: God does not accept the person of man;) they, indeed, who were supposed to be something, communicated no additional truth to me;

For, before certain persons came from James, he ate- with the Gentiles: but, when they had come, he withdrew, and separated himself, because he feared those who were of the circumcision.

Christ has bought us off from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us: (for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangs on a tree:)

But I say, that the heir, as long as he is a minor, differs in no respect from a servant, though he is owner of all;

These things are allegorized: for these women are the two covenants; the one from the Mount Sinai that brings forth for bondage, which is Hagar.

Stand firm, therefore, in the freedom with which Christ has made us free, and be not held fast again in the yoke of bondage.

You that are justified by law, have withdrawn from Christ: you have fallen from grace.

You were running well; who kept you back from obedience to the truth?

This readiness to be persuaded is not from him that calls you.

For he that sows for his flesh shall from the flesh, reap corruption; but he that sows for his spirit shall from the Spirit reap life eternal.