PAUL an apostle ??not appointed by men nor commissioned by any man but by Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised him from the dead, ??2 with all the brothers who are beside me, to the churches of Galatia;

who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil world ??by the will of our God and Father,

to whom be glory for ever and ever: Amen.

I am astonished you are hastily shifting like this, deserting Him who called you by Christ's grace and going over to another gospel.

But the God who had set me apart from my very birth called me by his grace,

instead of going up to Jerusalem to see those who had been apostles before me, I went off at once to Arabia, and on my return I came back to Damascus.

There were traitors of false brothers, who had crept in to spy out the freedom we enjoy in Christ Jesus; they did aim at enslaving us again.

(for He who equipped Peter to be an apostle of the circumcised equipped me as well for the uncircumcised),

I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, Christ lives in me; the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave himself up for me.

O senseless Galatians, who has bewitched you ??you who had Jesus Christ the crucified placarded before your very eyes?

Well then, you see that the real sons of Abraham are those who rely on faith.

So that those who rely on faith are blessed along with believing Abraham.

Whereas a curse rests on all who rely upon obedience to the Law; for it is written, Cursed is everyone who does not hold by all that is written in the book of the law, to perform it.

And because no one is justified on the score of the Law before God (plainly, the just shall live by faith, ??12 and the Law is not based on faith: no, he who performs these things shall live by them),

Christ ransomed us from the curse of the Law by becoming accursed for us (for it is written, Cursed is everyone who hangs on a gibbet),

Then what about the Law? Well, it was interpolated for the purpose of producing transgressions till such time as the Offspring arrived to whom the Promise was made; also, it was transmitted by means of angels through the agency of an intermediary

but Scripture has consigned all without exception to the custody of sin, in order that the promise due to faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who have faith.

(for all of you who had yourselves baptized into Christ have taken on the character of Christ).

to ransom those who were under the Law, that we might get our sonship.

In those days, when you were ignorant of God, you were in servitude to gods who are really no gods at all;

O my dear children, you with whom I am in travail over again till Christ be formed within you,

Tell me, you who are keen to be under the Law, will you not listen to the Law?

For it is written, Rejoice, O thou barren who bearest not, break into joy, thou who travailest not; for the children of the desolate woman are far more than of the married.

I insist on this again to everyone who gets circumcised, that he is obliged to carry out the whole of the Law.

You were doing splendidly. Who was it that prevented you from obeying the Truth?

That sort of suasion does not come from Him who called you!

I feel persuaded in the Lord that you will not go wrong. But he who unsettles you will have to meet his doom, no matter who he is.

O that those who are upsetting you would get themselves castrated!

envy, [murder], drinking bouts, revelry, and the like; I tell you beforehand as I have told you already, that people who indulge in such practices will never inherit the Realm of God.

gentleness, self-control: ??there is no law against those who practise such things.

Now those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its emotions and passions.

Those who are taught must share all the blessings of life with those who teach them the Word.

he who sows for his flesh will reap destruction from the flesh, and he who sows for the Spirit will reap life eternal from the Spirit.

These men who are keen upon you getting circumcised are just men who want to make a grand display in the flesh ??it is simply to avoid being persecuted for the cross of Christ.

On all who will be guided by this rule, may peace and mercy rest, even upon the Israel of God.