Paul, an apostle sent not from men nor by any man, but by Jesus Christ and by God the Father who raised him from the dead;

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

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

But even though I myself or an angel from heaven were to preach any gospel other than that which I did preach to you, let him be accursed.

for neither did I myself receive it from man, nor by man was I taught it, but by a revelation an apocalypse of Jesus Christ.

But when God who had set me apart from my very birth,

For until certain men came from James he used to eat with the Gentile Christians, but when they came, he began to draw back and to separate himself, because he was afraid of the circumcision party.

But if while seeking to be justified in Christ we ourselves also have been found to be sinners, is Christ then a minister of sin? Far from it!

Answer me this one question. "When you received the Spirit, was it from doing what the Law commands or from believing the message heard?"

Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the Law by becoming a curse for us (for it is written, Cursed is every one who is hanged upon a tree),

Let me illustrate, brothers, from every-day life. When once a human testament is made, and formally ratified, no one sets it aside or adds to it.

For if the inheritance comes from law, it no longer comes from a promise; but God did give it as a free gift to Abraham by a promise.

Is the Law then opposed to the promises of God? Certainly not; for if a law had been given which could make alive, then righteousness would actually have come from law;

What I mean is this. As long as the heir is a child, he differs in no respect from a slave, though he be the owner of the whole inheritance;

to redeem from captivity those under law, in order that we might receive our sonship.

Now all this is an allegory, for these women are the two covenants; one from Mount Sinai, which is Hagar bearing children into bondage

stand firm then, and do not be again entangled in a yoke of bondage.

If you are being justified by law, you are cut off from Christ; you are fallen away from grace.

You were running your race nobly. Who hindered you from obeying the truth?

The influence brought to bear does not come from him who is calling you.

From this time forth let no one trouble me, for I bear branded in my body the marks of Jesus, my Master.