Galatians 1–2

Paul, an apostle, (^anot of men, neither by man, but ^bby Jesus Christ, and God the Father, ^cwho raised him from the dead;) ²and all ^dthe brethren which are with me, unto the churches of ^eGalatia: ^3fgrace be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ, ^4gwho gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this ^hpresent ⁱevil world, according to the will of ^jGod and our Father: ^5kto whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

⁶I marvel that you are ^lso soon ^mremoved from ⁿhim that called you into the grace of Christ unto ^oanother gospel: ⁷which is not another; but there be some that ^ptrouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. ⁸But though we, or ^qan angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be ^raccursed. ⁹As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach ^sany other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be ^raccursed. ¹⁰For ^tdo I now ^upersuade men, or God? or do I seek ^wto please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.

¹¹But ^xzI certify you, brethren, that ^ythe gospel which was preached of me is not after man. ¹²For ^zI neither received it ^aof man, neither was I taught it, but by ^athe revelation of Jesus Christ. ¹³For ye have heard of my ^bconversation in time past in the ^cJews’ religion, how that ^dbeyond measure I persecuted ^ethe church of God, and ^fwasted it: ¹⁴and ^gprofited in the ^cJews’ religion above many my equals in mine own nation, ^hbeing more exceedingly zealous of ⁱthe traditions of my fathers. ¹⁵But when ^jit pleased God, ^kwho separated me from my mother’s womb, and ^lcalled me by his grace, ^16ato reveal his Son in me, ^mthat I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I ⁿconferred not with ^oflesh and blood: ¹⁷neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before me: but I went into ^pArabia, and returned again unto ^qDamascus. ¹⁸Then after ^rthree years ^rrI went up to Jerusalem to see Peter, and abode with him ^sfifteen days. ¹⁹But other of the apostles saw I none, save ^tJames ^uthe Lord’s brother. ²⁰Now the things which I write unto you, behold, ^wbefore God, I lie not. ²¹Afterwards I came into the ^xregions of ^ySyria and ^zCilicia; ²²and was unknown by face unto ^athe churches of Judea ^bwhich were in Christ: ²³but they had heard only, That he which persecuted us in times past now preacheth the faith which once he ^fdestroyed. ²⁴And ^cthey glorified God in me.

II.Then fourteen years ^aafter ^bI ^cwent up again to Jerusalem with ^dBarnabas, and took ^eTitus with me also. ²And I went up ^fby revelation, ^gand ^hcommunicated unto them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but ⁱprivately to them ^kwhich were of reputation, lest by any means ^lI should run, or had run, in vain. ³But neither ^eTitus, who was with me, being a Greek, ^mwas compelled to be circumcised: ⁴and that ⁿbecause of ^ofalse brethren unawares brought in, who ^pcame in privily to spy out ^qour liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, ^rthat they might bring us into bondage: ⁵to whom we gave place by subjection, no, not ^sfor an hour; that ^tthe truth of the gospel might continue with you. ⁶But of these ^kwho seemed ^uto be somewhat, (whatsoever they were, it maketh no matter to me: ^wGod accepteth no man’s person:) for ^xthey ^kwho seemed to be somewhat ^yin conference added nothing to me: ⁷but contrariwise, when they saw that ^zthe gospel of the uncircumcision ^awas committed unto me, as the gospel of the circumcision was unto Peter; ⁸(for he that wrought effectually in Peter to the ^bapostleship of the circumcision, the same ^cwas mighty in me towards the Gentiles:) ⁹and when ^dJames, ^eCephas, and ^fJohn, ^gwho seemed to be ^hpillars, perceived ⁱthe grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and ^jBarnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, and they unto the circumcision. ¹⁰Only they would ^kthat we should remember the poor; ^lthe same which I also was forward to do.

¹¹But ^mwhen Peter was come to ⁿAntioch, I withstood him ^oto the face, because he was to be blamed. ¹²For before that certain came from ^dJames, ^phe did eat with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing ^qthem which were of the circumcision. ¹³And the other Jews dissembled likewise with him; insomuch that ^jBarnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation. ¹⁴But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to ^rthe truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter ^sbefore them all, If thou, being a Jew, ^plivest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why ^sscompellest thou the Gentiles to ^tlive as do the Jews? ^15uWe who are Jews ^vby nature, and not ^wsinners of the Gentiles, ¹⁶knowing that ^xa man is not justified by the works of the law, but ^yuby the ^zfaith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified ^uby the ^zfaith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for ^aby the works of the law shall no flesh be justified. ¹⁷But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found ^bsinners, is therefore Christ ^cthe minister of sin? ^dGod forbid. ¹⁸For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I ^emake myself a transgressor. ¹⁹For I ^fthrough the law ^gam dead to the law, that ^hI might live unto God. ²⁰I am ⁱcrucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh ^hI live by the faith of the Son of God, ^kwho loved me, and ^lgave himself for me. ²¹I do not ^mfrustrate the grace of God: for ⁿif righteousness come by the law, then ^oChrist is dead in vain.

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