I marvel that ye are so soon removed from Christ who called you by his grace to another gospel, Which is not another;

But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached by me is not according to man.

Now the things which I write to you, behold before God, I lie not.

And I was unknown by face to the churches of Judea which were in Christ.

Only they had heard, He that persecuted in time past, now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed.

I went up by revelation, and explained to them the gospel, which I preach among the Gentiles; but severally to those of eminence, lest by any means I should run, or should have run in vain.

being a Greek, compelled to be circumcised, Because of false brethren introduced unawares, who came in privily, to spy out our liberty which we have through Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:

the same which I also was forward to do.

God forbid. For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor.

for it is written, Cursed is every one who continueth not in all the things which are written in the book of the law, to do them.

Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.

And this I say, the covenant which was before confirmed of God through Christ, the law which was four hundred and thirty years after, doth not disannul, so as to make the promise of no effect.

Is then the law against the promises of God? God forbid. But if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness would have been by the law.

But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up together unto the faith which was to be revealed.

But now having known God, or rather being known of God, how turn ye back to the weak and beggarly elements, to which ye desire to be in bondage again?

And ye did not slight or disdain my temptation which was in the flesh, but received me as an angel of God, as Christ Jesus.

Which things are an allegory; for these are the two covenants; one from mount Sinai, bearing children to bondage, which is Agar.

But Jerusalem that is above is free, which is the mother of us all.

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but faith which worketh by love.

For the flesh desireth against the Spirit, but the Spirit desireth against the flesh (these are contrary to each other) that ye may not do the things which ye would.

Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these, adultery, fornication,

emulations, wraths, strifes, divisions, heresies, Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of which I tell you before (as I have also told you in time past) that they who practise such things, shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world is crucified to me, and I unto the world.