Now a mediator is not the mediator of one only; and God is but one.

Is the law then contrary to the promises of God? not at all: for if a law had been given, which could have confered life, certainly righteousness would have been by the law.

But then indeed, when ye knew not God, ye served those which in reality are no gods.

Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I also was as ye are: and ye have not injured me at all.

and my temptation which was in my flesh ye despised not, nor rejected me for it; but received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.

They are zealous for you, but not as they ought: for they would exclude us, that ye may be zealous for them:

But it is good to be zealously affected always in that which is good, and not only when I am present with you.

Tell me, you that are so desirous to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?

For it is written, Rejoice thou barren, that for a while didst not bear, break forth and cry aloud for joy, thou that didst not travail with child; for many more are the children of the desolate than of her that hath an husband."

But what saith the scripture? "Cast out the servant and her son: for the son of the servant shall not inherit with the son of the free-woman."

Now we, my brethren, are not children of the servant, but of the free-woman.

Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again in the yoke of bondage.

This persuasion came not from him that called you: but a little leaven leaveneth the whole mass.

that ye will not think otherwise: but he that troubleth you shall bear his judgement, whosoever he be.

For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only abuse not this liberty for an occasion to indulge the flesh, but by mutual love serve one another.

But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not destroyed by one another.

I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye will not fulfil the desire of the flesh:

for the flesh desireth things contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit things contrary to the flesh: and these are opposite to each other; so that ye do not those things which ye would.

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

heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and the like: of which I forewarn you, as I have also told you before, that they who practise such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

Let us not be vain-glorious, provoking one another, envying one another.

But let every one try his own work, and then he will have matter of glorying in himself alone, and not in another.

Be not deceived, God is not to be mocked: for whatever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

And let us not be weary in doing good: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

They, who want to make a fair appearance in the flesh, would constrain you to be circumcised; only that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ.

For they, who are circumcised, do not themselves keep the law: but they would have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh.

and your love to all the saints, cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;

far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:

For by grace ye are saved, through faith: and this not of yourselves; it is the gift of God: not by works, that no one may boast:

which in other generations was not made known to men, as it is now revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit; that the Gentiles should be co-heirs,

Wherefore I desire that ye would not be discouraged at my afflictions on your account, which is your glory.

But ye have not so learned Christ;

Be angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath;

and give not the devil room to ensnare you.

Let him that stole steal no more; but rather let him labour, doing some good with his hands, that he may have something to bestow on him that hath need of it.

And grieve not the holy Spirit of God whereby ye are sealed to the day of redemption.

But fornication, and all uncleanness, or inordinate desire, let it not be even named among you; for so it becometh saints:

nor ribaldry, nor buffoonery, nor wanton jesting, which are not meet: but rather giving of thanks.

Therefore be not partners with them.

See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise men:

Wherefore be not thoughtless, but consider what is the will of the Lord.

And be not drunk with wine, in which there is riotous excess; but be filled with the Spirit:

that He might prepare it for Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle, or any such thing: but that it should be holy and unblameable.

And ye fathers, do not exasperate your children: but educate them in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

not with eye-service as men-pleasers, but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;

For our conflict is not with flesh and blood only, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the world and of the darkness of this age, against wicked spirits in heavenly places.

the former preach Christ out of contention, not sincerely, thinking to add affliction to my bonds;

so that I know not what to chuse;

For to you it is granted as a favor from Christ, not only to believe on Him, but also to suffer for his sake:

Look not every one to his own interests only, but every one also to the concerns of others.

who being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be as God.

Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed the gospel, not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence; be still working out your own salvation though with fear and trembling:

exhibiting the word of life; to my rejoicing in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, nor laboured in vain.

For all seek their own interests, not those of Christ Jesus.

For indeed he was sick and nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him, and not on him only, but on me also, that I might not have sorrow upon sorrow.

because for the work of Christ he was nigh unto death, not regarding his own life, so that he might fill up what was wanting in your kind offices towards me.

Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you is not irksome to me, and for you it is safe.

not having my own righteousness which is of the law, but that which is by the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith: that I may know Him,

not that I have yet won the prize, or am already perfect: but I press forward to acquire that perfection, for which also I have been apprehended by Christ Jesus.

Brethren, I count not myself to have attained it: but one thing I do, forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to those before,

Not that I speak on account of want; for I have learnt in whatever circumstances I am, to be contented.

Not that I desire a gift, but I desire fruit that may abound to your account.

For this cause we also, from the day that we heard it, cease not to pray for you, and to request that ye may be filled with the knowledge of his will, in all wisdom and spiritual understanding:

if so be ye continue grounded and settled in the faith, and be not moved from the gospel, which ye have heard, and which hath been preached throughout the whole creation, of which I Paul am a minister.

For I would have you know what a great conflict I have for you, and for those in Laodicea, and as many as have not seen me in person:

that their hearts may be comforted, being knit together in love, and to all the riches of a full assurance of understanding in these things, to the acknowledgment of the mystery of our God and Father, and of Christ:

Take heed least any one make a prey of you by philosophy and vain deceit, according to the tradition of men, after the elements of the world, and not after Christ:

In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision not performed by hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh, by the circumcision which is of Christ:

Let no one deprive you of your reward by an affected humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into what he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his carnal mind;

and not adhering to the head, from which all the body, being supplied and held together as by joints and bands, increaseth with the increase of God.

(such as "touch not, taste not,

handle not," which all tend to corruption in the using,) according to the commandments and doctrines of men?

Mind the things above, not those on the earth.

Lie not one to another, seeing ye have put off the old man with his evil practices;

and ye husbands, love your wives, and be not embittered against them.

and ye fathers, do not irritate your children, least they be discouraged.

Servants, be obedient in all things to your lawful masters, not with eye-service as men-pleasers, but in uprightness of heart, fearing God; and whatever service ye do,

do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not to men;

For our gospel came not to you in word only, but also in power, and in the holy Ghost, and in much certainty; as ye know what sort of persons we were among you for your sakes.

For the word of the Lord sounded forth from you, not only in Macedonia and Achaia; but also in every place your faith towards God is spread abroad, so that we have no need to say any thing of it.

For ye yourselves, brethren, know our entrance among you, that it was not in vain.

For our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of impurity, nor in guile:

but as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God, who trieth our hearts.

so we, being affectionately desirous of you, were willing to impart to you, not only the gospel of God, but even our own souls, because ye were dear unto us.

For ye remember, brethren, our labor and toil; for working night and day, that we might not be burthensome to any of you, we preached among you the gospel of God.

For this also we thank God continually, that when ye received the word of God, which ye heard from us, ye received it not as the word of men, but (as it is in truth) the word of God, which also worketh effectually in you that believe.

But we, brethren, being separated from you for a season, in person not in heart, endeavoured the more earnestly to see you again with much desire.

For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of boasting? are not ye also among others in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?

night and day most ardently praying, that we may see your face, and perfect whatever is wanting in your faith?

not in the passion of lust, like the heathens who know not God.

For God hath not called us to impurity, but to holiness.

He therefore who rejecteth us, rejecteth not man, but God; who hath given us his holy Spirit.

But as to brotherly love, ye need not that I write unto you; for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.

as we gave you in charge, that ye may walk decently toward those that are without, and may have need of no one's assistance.

But I would not have you ignorant, my brethren, concerning those that are fallen asleep, that ye may not be grieved like others who have no hope:

For this we tell you in the word of the Lord, that we who shall be living and remain to the coming of the Lord, shall not be before those that are asleep.

But of the times and seasons, brethren, ye have no need of my writing to you:

for ye yourselves know full well, that the day of the Lord cometh like a thief in the night.

And when they shall say, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

But ye, my brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should seize you as a thief: