Who gave Himself for our sins, that He might deliver us out of the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father;

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

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;

for neither did I receive it from man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through revelation of Jesus Christ.

For ye heard of my conduct formerly in Judaism; that, beyond measure, I was persecuting the assembly of God, and laying it waste;

and was making progress in Judaism above many companions of the same age in my own nation, being more exceedingly a zealot for my ancestral instructions.

to whom not even for an hour did we yield in subjection, that the truth of the Gospel might continue with you.

(for He Who wrought for Peter with regard to an apostleship of the circumcision, wrought for me also with regard to the gentiles).

for, before certain ones came from James, he was eating with the gentiles; but, when they came, he was withdrawing and separating himself, fearing those of the circumcision.

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

For I through law died to law, that I might live to God.

I have been crucified with Christ; and no longer am I living, but Christ is living in me; and, in so far as I am now living in flesh, I live in the faith of the Son of God, Who loved me, and gave Himself for me.

I do not set aside the grace of God; for, if righteousness is through law, then Christ died needlessly!

Even as Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him for righteousness.

For as many as are of works of law are under a curse; for it has been written, "Cursed is every one who continues not in all the things written in the book of the law, to do them."

Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us; because it has been written, "Cursed is every one who is hung upon a tree";

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.

For, if the inheritance is of the law, it is no longer of promise; but God has freely given it to Abraham through promise.

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;

for ye are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus;

for as many of you as were immersed into Christ, did put on Christ.

There exists neither Jew nor Greek, there exists neither bond nor free, there exists neither male nor female; for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

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

Where, then, is your benedictions for me? For I bear you witness that, if possible, plucking out your eyes, ye would have given them to me!

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

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.

Which things are an allegory; for these women are two covenants; one, indeed, from mount Sinai, bringing forth into servitude, which is Hagar

(for the word Hagar is mount Sinai in Arabia), and corresponds to the present Jerusalem; for she is in bondage with her children.

But the Jerusalem which is above is free, which, indeed, is our mother;

for it has been written, "Rejoice, O barren, that bear not! Break forth and cry, you that travail not! because many are the children of the desolate, rather than of her who has the husband."

But what says the Scripture? "Cast out the bond-woman and her son; for the son of the bond-woman shall in nowise inherit with the son of the free-woman."

Wherefore, brethren, we are not children of a bond-woman, but of the free-woman.

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

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

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision avails anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love.

For ye were called to freedom, brethren; only use not your freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through love serve one another;

for the whole law has been fulfilled in one word, in this: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."

For the flesh covets against the spirit, and the spirit against the flesh; for these are contrary one to the other, that ye may not do the things which ye wish.

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

For each one shall bear his own load.

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

And, in doing what is noble, let us not grow weary; for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

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.

For neither is circumcision anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation.

Henceforth let no one occasion trouble to me; for I am bearing in my body the brand-marks of Jesus.