God is my witness, I never prevaricated with you.

for what I, and Timothy, and Silvanus preached concerning Jesus Christ, the son of God, is not inconsistent, but invariably the same.

for all the promises of God do center in him, and are verifyed by him to the glory of God by our preaching.

now it is God who keeps you fix'd in the doctrine of Christ; who has appointed me,

I call God to witness, and may I die if it is not true, that the reason of my not coming yet to Corinth, was to avoid using any severity towards you.

witness) lest satan should have got some advantage of us: for we are apprized of his artifices.

but thanks be to God, who maketh me triumph, thro' Christ, and spreads his healing doctrine by me, in eevery place:

for God is pleased to accept my christian labours, in favour both of those who are in a saving, and of those who are in a ruinous state:

for we are not like others, who adulterate the word of God; but we preach the pure gospel of Christ, as I receiv'd it from God, and as in the presence of God.

which shows you to be the epistle of Christ, written by my ministration, not with ink, but with the spirit of the living God; not on tables of stone, but on living tables of the heart.

It is by Christ that I have this confidence in God.

not that I am sufficient of myself to effect any thing by the strength of my own reason: but my sufficiency is from God.

renouncing all secret dishonesty, and void of all artifice, I deliver the word of God unadulterated, and recommend my self by urging the truth home to every man's conscience, as in the presence of God.

to those unbelievers, whose minds the God of this world has so blinded, that the glorious lustre of the gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, does not enlighten them.

for God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to enlighten others in the knowledge of the glory of God, which shines in the person of Jesus Christ.

but this treasure is lodg'd in such earthen vessels as we are, that the exceeding efficacy of it may appear to be from God, and not from us.

for all things are for your sakes, that the grace which was conferr'd upon many, might by the gratitude of so many, redound to the glory of God.

now he that hath prepared us for this very state, is God, who hath given us the spirit as a pledge of it.

) in this assurance, I say, I think it best to be quit of this body, and be present with the Lord.

for we must all appear before the tribunal of Christ; that every one may receive the retribution, according as his actions in the body were either good or evil.

Shall I then, who know this terrible judgment of the Lord, endeavour to appease men? as for God, I am approved by him, and I trust also you are convinced of my being so approved.

for if I glory even to transport, my glorying is in God: if I am moderate, my glorying is for your service.

Now this is all owing to God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath made us the ministers of this reconciliation;

for it is God that has reconciled the world to himself, by Jesus Christ, by not imputing their sins to them; and hath committed to us the gospel of reconciliation.

we then are ambassadors for Christ, and 'tis God who makes you the offers by us: we pray you in the name of Christ, to make your peace with God.

for he hath made him who knew no sin to be a sin-offering for us, that we might be justified by God thro' him.

but in all things I approve myself as the minister of God, by great constancy in afflictions, in torments, in distresses, from stripes,

by the preaching of truth, by the power of God, by the arms of justice, both offensive and defensive.

and what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God has said, "I will dwell with, and walk among them; I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

since then, we have these promises, my dear brethren, let us cleanse our selves from all impurity, whether of body or mind, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

nevertheless, God who comforteth those that are cast down, gave me comfort by the arrival of Titus: not barely by his presence,

But thanks be to God, who disposed Titus to be so industrious for you.

always considering what is virtuous, with respect to God, and with respect to men.

let every man give as he is disposed in his own mind, without any regret or reluctance: for God loves a cheerful benefactor.

and God is able to make every charitable gift redound to your advantage; that being always sufficiently supply'd in every thing, you may excel in every good work:

so that being enriched in every thing, you may be continually beneficent to the glory of God by our thanksgiving.

for the execution of this charitable office, does not only supply the necessities of the converts, but by the thanksgivings of many redounds also to the glory of God.

having this proof of you by such a supply, they will glorify God for your profess'd subjection to the gospel of Christ, and for your liberal distribution to them as well as others;

and you will have the advantage of their earnest prayers, for the exceeding favour God has bestowed upon them by you:

thanks be to God for his unspeakable gift.

I will not boast of any thing done without my province, but confine myself within that line by which God has mark'd out my bounds, and in which you are included.

why so? is it because I love you not? far otherwise, God knows.

the ever-blessed God, and father of our Lord Jesus Christ, knows that I speak truth.

I knew a christian who above fourteen years ago, was snatch'd up even to the third heaven, whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knows.

but tho' I don't know whether it was in the body, or out of the body, which God only knows,

do you think I have been making excuses for not coming? as I am a christian, in the presence of God, I have, my beloved, in every thing consulted your advantage.

and I am afraid, God will humble me when I come again among you, and I shall bewail many who have formerly sinned, and have not yet repented of their impurity, their fornication, and dissoluteness.

for tho' he was crucified with the appearance of weakness, yet he lives by the power of God; tho' we are afflicted upon his account, we shall live with him by the power of God toward you.

now I pray God that I may not punish you; not that I may show you my proofs to your cost, but that by your acting honestly, I may be as if I had no proofs:

Finally, brethren, be cheerful: redress yourselves, encourage one another, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.

the favour of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communication of the Holy Spirit, be with you all. amen.

Paul an apostle (not from men, nor by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the father who raised him from the dead) and all the brethren,

who are with me, unto the churches of Galatia: grace be to you, and peace from God the father,

that he might deliver us from the vices of this present age, according to the will of God, even our father: to

for do I now act in obedience to men, or to God? or do I seek to please men? if I had hitherto pleased men, I should not have been the servant of Christ.

you have heard of my former behaviour, whilst I was of the Jewish religion, with what excessive violence I persecuted the church of God, and laid it waste:

but when it pleased God, who ordained me from my birth, and called me by his especial favour, to reveal his son to me,

what I write to you, I call God to witness is all true:

and they glorified God upon my account.

But as for those who were men of real eminency, how considerable soever they were heretofore, it does not any ways affect me; God accepts not the person of any man: for they who were of note, in conference with me, had nothing new to add.

only they recommended to us to get collections for the poor in Judea: which I was very careful to do.

for by one law, I am dead to the other law, that I might live unto God:

I am crucified with Christ, it is not I that now live, but Christ that liveth in me; the life I have in this body I live by faith in the son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if justification be by the law, Christ died to no purpose.

As Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness:

and the scripture insinuating, that God would justify the Gentiles thro' faith, gave Abraham an intimation of the gospel in these words, " in thee shall all nations be blessed."

but that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, is evident: for, " the just shall live by faith."

this therefore I say, that the law, which was not till four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul the promise, that was ratified before by God, so as to set the promise afoot.

now if the right to the inheritance be from the law, it is no longer founded upon the promise; altho' God made a donation of it to Abraham by promise.

now a mediator supposes two parties, of which God is but one.

for you are all the sons of God by faith in Christ Jesus.

God sent forth his own son born of a woman, and subject to the law, to redeem those,

and because ye are sons, God has sent forth the spirit of his son into your hearts, crying Abba, that is, father;

so that thou art no longer a bond servant, but a son: and if a son, then an heir of God thro' Christ.

When you did not know God, you did service to those, who in reality are no Gods; but now that you know God,

yet you did not despise me for the trial which attended my person, nor treated me with scorn; but received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.

drunkenness, revellings, and such like, concerning which I forewarn you now, as heretofore I have done, that they who practise such vices, shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

Let him that is instructed in the word freely communicate his good things to him that teaches him.

be not deceived, God will not be mocked: for what a man soweth, that shall he also reap:

let us then not be weary in doing good, for in due season we shall reap, if we be not tired.

therefore as we have opportunity, let us do good offices to all men, especially to the family of believers.

as many as walk by this rule, peace and mercy be on them, even upon the Israel of God.

grace be to you, and peace from God our father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

Blessed be the God and father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all the spiritual blessings in Christ's kingdom.

having predetermin'd to adopt us by Jesus Christ to be his children, according to the good pleasure of his own will,

for he has discover'd to us the secret of his will, that out of his meer good pleasure, he had purposed in himself,

that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the father of glory, may give you the spirit of wisdom and revelation, whereby ye may know him:

then it was that God, who is rich in mercy, thro' his great love, wherewith he loved us,

it is the gift of God) but not by works, so that no man can boast:

for he hath made us a-new, and form'd us by Christ Jesus to do good works, for which God had before prepared us, that we might live in them.

that at that time ye were without all knowledge of the Messiah, being aliens from the common-wealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope, and living in the world without any true knowledge of God.

that he might reconcile both in one body unto God by the cross, wherefore he destroyed the enmity that was between them:

Therefore now, you are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow-citizens with the saints, and domesticks of God's family,

if so be you have heard of the charge, which God has graciously dispens'd to me for you Gentiles;

of this I was made a minister, according to the gracious gift God bestowed on me, by the effectual operation of his influence:

and display to all the world that mysterious dispensation, which from all past ages has been conceal'd in the secret purpose of God, who created all things:

that the manifold wisdom of God, in ordering his heavenly kingdom, might by his church be now made known, to princes and magistrates,

by whom we have freedom of access to God, with confidence, by faith in him.

one God and father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in all.

till being united in a perfect belief, and acknowledgment of the son of God, we grow up to that full state of maturity required by Christ: