And the law is not of faith; but, He who does them will have life by them.

Now to Abraham were the undertakings given, and to his seed. He says not, And to seeds, as of a great number; but as of one, he says, And to your seed, which is Christ.

Because if the heritage is by the law, it is no longer dependent on the word of God; but God gave it to Abraham by his word.

Now a go-between is not a go-between of one; but God is one.

But before faith came, we were kept in prison under the law, waiting for the revelation of the faith which was to come.

But now that faith is come, we are no longer under a servant.

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;

But is under keepers and managers till the time fixed by the father.

But when the time had come, God sent out his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,

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

But at that time, having no knowledge of God, you were servants to those who by right are no gods:

But now that you have come to have knowledge of God, or more truly, God has knowledge of you, how is it that you go back again to the poor and feeble first things, desiring to be servants to them again?

But you have knowledge that with a feeble body I was preaching the good news to you the first time;

And you did not have a poor opinion of me because of the trouble in my flesh, or put shame on it; but you took me to your hearts as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.

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

But it is good to have an interest in a good cause at all times, and not only when I am present with you.

Now the son by the servant-woman has his birth after the flesh; but the son by the free woman has his birth through the undertaking of God.

But the Jerusalem on high is free, which is our mother.

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.

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

Because in Christ Jesus, having circumcision or not having circumcision are equally of no profit; but only faith working through love.

I am certain about you in the Lord, that you will be of no other mind; but he who is troubling you will have his punishment, whoever he is.

But I, brothers, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still attacked? then has the shame of the cross been taken away.

Because you, brothers, were marked out to be free; only do not make use of your free condition to give the flesh its chance, but through love be servants one to another.

But if you are given to fighting with one another, take care that you are not the cause of destruction one to another.

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

But if you are guided by the Spirit, you are not under the law.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, a quiet mind, kind acts, well-doing, faith,

But let every man make test of his work, and then will his cause for glory be in himself only, and not in his neighbour.

But let him who gets teaching in the word give a part in all good things to his teacher.

Because he who puts in the seed of the flesh will of the flesh get the reward of death; but he who puts in the seed of the Spirit will of the Spirit get the reward of eternal life.

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.

But far be it from me to have glory in anything, but only in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which this world has come to an end on the cross for me, and I for it.

For having circumcision is nothing, and not having circumcision is nothing, but only a new order of existence.

Far over all rule and authority and power and every name which is named, not only in the present order, but in that which is to come:

But God, being full of mercy, through the great love which he had for us,

But now in Christ Jesus you who at one time were far off are made near in the blood of Christ.

So then you are no longer as those who have no part or place in the kingdom of God, but you are numbered among the saints, and of the family of God,

Which in other generations was not given to the sons of men, but the revelation of it has now been made to his holy Apostles and prophets in the Spirit;

But to every one of us has grace been given in the measure of the giving of Christ.

(Now this, He went up, what is it but that he first went down into the lower parts of the earth?

But saying true words in love, may come to full growth in him, who is the head, even Christ;

Let him who was a thief be so no longer, but let him do good work with his hands, so that he may have something to give to him who is in need.

Let no evil talk come out of your mouth, but only what is good for giving necessary teaching, and for grace to those who give ear.

But evil acts of the flesh and all unclean things, or desire for others' property, let it not even be named among you, as is right for saints;

And let there be no low behaviour, or foolish talk, or words said in sport, which are not right, but in place of them the giving of praise.

For you at one time were dark, but now are light in the Lord: let your behaviour be that of children of light

And have no company with the works of the dark, which give no fruit, but make their true quality clear;

But all things, when their true quality is seen, are made clear by the light: because everything which is made clear is light.

Take care then how you are living, not as unwise, but as wise;

For this reason, then, do not be foolish, but be conscious of the Lord's pleasure.

And do not take overmuch wine by which one may be overcome, but be full of the Spirit;

And might take it for himself, a church full of glory, not having one mark or fold or any such thing; but that it might be holy and complete.

For no man ever had hate for his flesh; but he gives it food and takes care of it, even as Christ does for the church;

This is a great secret: but my words are about Christ and the church.

But do you, everyone, have love for his wife, even as for himself; and let the wife see that she has respect for her husband.

And, you fathers, do not make your children angry: but give them training in the teaching and fear of the Lord.

Not only under your master's eye, as pleasers of men; but as servants of Christ, doing the pleasure of God from the heart;

For our fight is not against flesh and blood, but against authorities and powers, against the world-rulers of this dark night, against the spirits of evil in the heavens.

But so that you may have knowledge of my business, and how I am, Tychicus, the well-loved brother and tested servant in the Lord, will give you news of all things:

But those are preaching Christ in a spirit of competition, not from their hearts, but with the purpose of giving me pain in my prison.

In the measure of my strong hope and belief that in nothing will I be put to shame, but that without fear, as at all times, so now will Christ have glory in my body, by life or by death.

But if I go on living in the flesh--if this is the fruit of my work--then I do not see what decision to make.

Having no fear of those who are against you; which is a clear sign of their destruction, but of your salvation, and that from God;

Because to you it has been given in the cause of Christ not only to have faith in him, but to undergo pain on his account:

Doing nothing through envy or through pride, but with low thoughts of self let everyone take others to be better than himself;

Not looking everyone to his private good, but keeping in mind the things of others.

But he made himself as nothing, taking the form of a servant, being made like men;

So then, my loved ones, as you have at all times done what I say, not only when I am present, but now much more when I am not with you, give yourselves to working out your salvation with fear in your hearts;

But I am hoping in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you before long, so that I may be comforted when I have news of you.

But his quality is clear to you; how, as a child is to its father, so he was a help to me in the work of the good news.

But I have faith in the Lord that I myself will come before long.

But it seemed to me necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, who has taken part with me in the work and in the fight, and your servant, sent by you for help in my need;

For in fact he was ill almost to death: but God had mercy on him; and not only on him but on me, so that I might not have grief on grief.

But those things which were profit to me, I gave up for Christ.

And be seen in him, not having my righteousness which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:

Not as if I had even now got the reward or been made complete: but I go on in the hope that I may come to the knowledge of that for which I was made the servant of Christ Jesus.

Brothers, it is clear to me that I have not come to that knowledge; but one thing I do, letting go those things which are past, and stretching out to the things which are before,

Have no cares; but in everything with prayer and praise put your requests before God.

But I am very glad in the Lord that your care for me has come to life again; though you did in fact take thought for me, but you were not able to give effect to it.

But I will not say anything about my needs, for I am able, wherever I am, to be dependent on myself.

But you did well to have care for me in my need.

And you have knowledge, Philippians, that when the good news first came to you, when I went away from Macedonia, no church took part with me in the business of giving to the saints, but you only;

Not that I am looking for an offering, but for fruit which may be put to your credit.

The secret which has been kept from all times and generations, but has now been made clear to his saints,

For these are an image of the things which are to come; but the body is Christ's.

But now it is right for you to put away all these things; wrath, passion, bad feeling, curses, unclean talk;

Where there is no Greek or Jew, no one with circumcision or without circumcision, no division between nations, no servant or free man: but Christ is all and in all.

Servants, in all things do the orders of your natural masters; not only when their eyes are on you, as pleasers of men, but with all your heart, fearing the Lord:

Because our good news came to you, not in word only, but in power, and in the Holy Spirit, so that you were completely certain of it; even as you saw what our behaviour to you was like from our love to you.

For not only was the word of the Lord sounding out from you in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place your faith in God is made clear; so that we have no need to say anything.

But after we had first undergone much pain and been cruelly attacked as you saw, at Philippi, by the help of God we gave you the good news without fear, though everything was against us.

But even as the good news was given to us by the approval of God, so we give it out; not as pleasing men, but God by whom our hearts are tested.

But we were gentle among you, like a woman caring for her little ones:

Even so, being full of loving desire for you, we took delight in giving you not only God's good news, but even our lives, because you were dear to us.

And for this cause we still give praise to God, that, when the word came to your ears through us, you took it, not as the word of man, but, as it truly is, the word of God, which has living power in you who have faith.

Who, to make the measure of their sins complete, kept us from giving the word of salvation to the Gentiles: but the wrath of God is about to come on them in the fullest degree.

But we, my brothers, being away from you for a short time, in body but not in heart, had all the more desire to see your face;

For which reason we made attempts to come to you, even I, Paul, once and again; but Satan kept us from coming.

But now that Timothy has come to us from you, and has given us good news of your faith and love, and that you have happy memories of us, desiring greatly to see us, even as we do to see you;