Paul, an apostle (not from men, nor through man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised Him from the dead),

which is not another, but some are troubling you, and desiring to pervert the gospel of Christ.

For now do I persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I yet pleased men, I would not be a servant of Christ.

And, brothers, I make known to you the gospel which was preached by me, that it is not according to man.

For I did not receive it from man, nor was I taught it except by a revelation of Jesus Christ.

to reveal His Son in me so that I might preach Him among the nations, immediately I did not confer with flesh and blood;

And what I write to you, behold, before God, I do not lie.

(But not even Titus, the one with me, a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised.)

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

But from those who seemed to be something (what kind they were then does not matter to me; God does not accept the face of man), for those seeming important conferred nothing to me.

But when I saw that they did not walk uprightly with the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter before all, If you, being a Jew, live as a Gentile, and not as the Jews, why do you compel the nations to judaize?

We Jews by nature, and not sinners of the nations,

knowing that a man is not justified by works of the Law, but through faith in Jesus Christ; even we believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith in Christ, and not by works of the Law. For all flesh will not be justified by works of law.

But if, while we seek to be justified in Christ, we also were found to be sinners, is Christ therefore a minister of sin? Let it not be said!

I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness is through law, then Christ died without cause.

O foolish Galatians, who bewitched you not to obey the truth, to whom before your eyes Jesus Christ was written among you crucified?

For as many as are out of works of the Law, these are under a curse; for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all things which are written in the Book of the Law, to do them."

But the Law is not of faith; but, "The man who does these things shall live in them."

And to Abraham and to his Seed the promises were spoken. It does not say, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, "And to your Seed," which is Christ.

And I say this, A covenant having been ratified by God in Christ, the Law (coming into being four hundred and thirty years after) does not annul the promise, so as to abolish it.

But the Mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one.

Is the Law then against the promises of God? Let it not be said! For if a law had been given which could have given life, indeed righteousness would have been out of Law.

But I say, Over so long a time the heir is an infant, he does not differ from a slave, though being lord of all;

But then, indeed, not knowing God, you served as slaves to those not by nature being gods.

Brothers, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as you. You have not injured me at all.

and you did not despise my temptation in my flesh, nor did you spurn it. But you received me as an angel of God, as Christ Jesus.

They are zealous for you, but not well. But they only desire to shut you out, that you be zealous to them.

But it is good to be zealous always in a good thing, and not only in my being present with you.

Tell me, those desiring to be under Law, do you not hear the Law?

For it is written, "Rejoice, barren one not bearing; break forth and shout, you not travailing; for more are the children of the desolate than she having the husband."

Then, brothers, we are not children of a slave-woman, but of the free woman.

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

You were running well. Who hindered you that you do not obey the truth?

This persuasion is not from Him who calls you.

For, brothers, you were called to liberty. Only do not use the liberty for an opening to the flesh, but by love serve one another.

But if you bite and devour one another, take heed that you are not consumed by one another.

I say, then, Walk in the Spirit and you shall not fulfill the lusts of the flesh.

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

envyings, murders, drunkennesses, revelings, and things like these; of which I tell you before, as I also said before, that they who do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

Let us not become glory-seeking, provoking one another, envying one another.

But let each one prove his own work, and then he alone will have a boast in himself, and not in another.

Do not be deceived, God is not mocked. For whatever a man sows, that he also will reap.

But we should not lose heart in well-doing, for in due season we shall reap, if we do not faint.

For they themselves, having been circumcised, do not even keep the Law, but they desire you to be circumcised so that they may boast in your flesh.

do not cease giving thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers,

far above all principality and authority and power and dominion, and every name being named, not only in this world, but also in the coming age.

For by grace you are saved through faith, and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God,

not of works, lest anyone should boast.

which in other ages was not made known to the sons of men, as it is now revealed to His holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit,

For this reason I desire that you faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.

This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you should not walk from now on as other nations walk, in the vanity of their mind,

But you have not so learned Christ,

Be angry, and do not sin. Do not let the sun go down upon your wrath,

Let not any filthy word go out of your mouth, but if any is good to building up in respect of need, that it may give grace to the ones hearing.

And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you are sealed until the day of redemption.

For let fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness not be once named among you, as becomes saints,

neither baseness, foolish talking, jesting, which are not becoming, but rather giving of thanks.

Therefore do not be partakers with them.

See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,

Therefore do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

And do not be drunk with wine, in which is excess, but be filled with the Spirit,

And fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

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

with good will doing service as to the Lord and not to men

For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the world's rulers, of the darkness of this age, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

Those, indeed, preach Christ out of contention, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my bonds.

But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labor. Yet I do not know what I shall choose.

For to you it is given on behalf of Christ not only to believe on Him, but also to suffer for His sake,

Do not let each man look upon his own things, but each man also on the things of others.

who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God,

Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, cultivate your own salvation with fear and trembling.

holding forth the Word of Life, so that I may rejoice with you in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain nor labored in vain.

For all seek their own, not the things which are of Jesus Christ.

For indeed he was sick, coming near death, but God had mercy on him, and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.

because for the work of Christ he was near death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack of service toward me.

Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you is indeed not grievous to me, but for you it is safe.

and be found in Him; not having my own righteousness, which is of the Law, but through the faith of Christ, the righteousness of God by faith,

Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect, but I am pressing on, if I may lay hold of that for which I also was taken hold of by Christ Jesus.

My brothers, I do not count myself to have taken possession, but one thing I do, forgetting the things behind and reaching forward to the things before,

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

Not that I speak according to need, for I have learned to be content in whatever state I am.

I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound. In everything and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.

I do not say this because I desire a gift, but I desire fruit that may abound to your account.

But my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

For this cause we also, since the day we heard, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that you might be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,

if indeed you continue in the faith grounded and settled, and are not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which you have heard and which was proclaimed in all the creation under Heaven, of which I, Paul, became a minister,

For I want you to know what a great conflict I have for you and those at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh,

that their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and to all riches of the full assurance of the understanding, to the full knowledge of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;

And I say this that not anyone should beguile you with enticing words.

Beware lest anyone rob you through philosophy and vain deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the elements of the world, and not according to Christ.

Let no one defraud you, delighting in humility and worship of the angels, intruding into things which he has not seen, without a cause being vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,

and not holding the Head, from whom all the body, having been supplied through the joints and bands, and having been joined together, will grow with the growth of God.

touch not, taste not, handle not;

These things indeed have a reputation of wisdom in self-imposed worship and humility, and unsparing severity of the body, but are not of any value for the satisfying of the flesh.

Be mindful of things above, not on things on the earth.

Do not lie to one another, having put off the old man with his deeds

Husbands, love your wives, and do not be bitter against them.

Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they be discouraged.

Slaves, obey your masters according to the flesh in all things; not with eye-service, as men-pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing God.

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