even now I desired to be present with you, and to change my voice; for I am in doubt as to you.

For it is written: Abraham had two sons, the one out of the slave-woman, and one out of the free woman.

which things are being allegorized; for these are the two covenants, one indeed from Mount Sinai bringing forth to slavery, which is Hagar.

For Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and answers to Jerusalem which now is, and is in slavery with her children.

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."

But what does the Scripture say? "Cast out the slave-woman and her son; for in no way shall the son of the slave-woman inherit with the son of the free woman."

For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do all the Law,

For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness out of faith.

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any strength, but faith working through love.

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.

For all the Law is fulfilled in one word, even in this, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."

For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh. And these are contrary to one another; lest whatever you may will, these things you do.

For if anyone thinks himself to be something, being nothing, he deceives himself.

For each one will bear his own load.

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

For he sowing to his flesh will reap corruption from the flesh. But he sowing to the Spirit will reap life everlasting from the Spirit.

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

As many as desire to look well in the flesh, these compel you to be circumcised; only lest they should suffer persecution for the cross of Christ.

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.

But may it never be for me to boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified to me, and I to the world.

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision has any strength, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation.

For the rest, let no one give troubles to me, for I bear in my body the brands of the Lord Jesus.

for an administration of the fullness of times, to head up all things in Christ, both the things in Heaven, and the things on earth, even in Him,

for us to be to the praise of His glory, who previously had trusted in Christ;

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

But God, who is rich in mercy, for His great love with which He loved us

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

For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to good works, which God has before ordained that we should walk in them.

For He is our peace, He making us both one, and He has broken down the middle wall of partition between us,

For through Him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father.

in whom you also are built together for a dwelling place of God through the Spirit.

For this cause, I, Paul, am the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you nations,

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

For this cause I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ.

For they, being past feeling, have given themselves up to lust, to work all uncleanness with greediness.

For you ought to put off the old man (according to your way of living before) who is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts,

Therefore putting away lying, let each man speak truth with his neighbor, for we are members of one another.

And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake has forgiven you.

And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us, and has given Himself for us as an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet smelling savor.

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

For you know this, that no fornicator, or unclean person, or covetous one (who is an idolater), has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

Let no man deceive you with vain words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the children of disobedience.

For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord; walk as children of light

(for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth),

For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done by them in secret.

But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light, for whatever makes manifest is light.

always giving thanks for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church; and He is the Savior of the body.

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for it,

For no man ever yet hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, even as the Lord loves the church.

For we are members of His body, of His flesh, and of His bones.

"For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother and shall be joined to his wife, and the two of them shall be one flesh."

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

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.

praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching to this very thing with all perseverance and supplication for all saints.

And pray for me, that utterance may be given to me, that I may open my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel,

for which I am an ambassador in bonds; so that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

whom I have sent to you for the same purpose, that you might know our affairs and that he might comfort your hearts.

always in every prayer of mine making my request for you all with joy

for your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now;

even as it is righteous for me to think this of you all, because you have me in your heart, inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, you are all partakers of my grace.

For God is my witness how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.

But these others preach in love, knowing that I am set for the defense of the gospel.

For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your prayer and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

For I am pressed together by the two: having a desire to depart and to be with Christ, which is far better.

But to remain in the flesh is more needful for you.

And having this confidence, I know that I shall remain and continue with you all, for your advancement and joy of faith,

so that your rejoicing may be more abundant in Jesus Christ for me by my coming to you again.

Only let your conduct be as becomes the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you, or else am absent, I may hear of your affairs, that you stand fast in one spirit, striving together with one mind for the faith of the gospel,

and terrified in nothing by your adversaries. For this is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of God.

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

For let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus,

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

but made Himself of no reputation, and took upon Himself the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men.

For it is God who works in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure.

For I have no one who is like-minded, who will naturally care for your state.

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

For he longed after you all and was full of heaviness, because you had heard that he had been sick.

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.

For we are the circumcision who worship God in the spirit and rejoice in Christ Jesus and have no confidence in the flesh;

But whatever things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.

But no, rather, I also count all things to be loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them to be dung, so that I may win Christ

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.

I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

Brothers, be imitators together of me, and mark those who walk this way, for you have us for a pattern.

(For many are walking, of whom I have told you often and now tell you even weeping, as the enemies of the cross of Christ;

For our citizenship is in Heaven, from which also we are looking for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,

Therefore, my brothers, ones loved and longed for, my joy and crown, stand fast in this way in the Lord, beloved ones.

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

For even in Thessalonica you sent once and again to my necessity.

We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,

for the hope which is laid up for you in Heaven, of which you heard before in the Word of the truth of the gospel,

even as you learned from Epaphras our beloved fellow-servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ for you,

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,

For He has delivered us from the power of darkness and has translated us into the kingdom of His dear Son;

For all things were created in Him, the things in the heavens, and the things on the earth, the visible and the invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers, all things were created through Him and for Him.