Galatians 4–6

Now I say, That ^athe heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all; ²but is under ^btutors and ^cgovernors until the time appointed of the father. ³Even so we, when we were children, ^dwere in bondage under ^ethe elements of the world: ⁴but ^fwhen the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, ^gmade ^hof a woman, ^gmade ⁱunder the law, ^5kto redeem them that were under the law, that ^lwe might receive the adoption of sons. ⁶And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth ^mthe Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, ⁿAbba, Father. ⁷Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and ^oif a son, then an heir of God through Christ. ⁸Howbeit then, ^pwhen ye knew not God, ^qye did service unto them which ^rby nature are no gods. ⁹But now, after that ye have known God, or rather ^sare known of God, ^thow turn ye again to the ^uweak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again ^dto be in bondage? ¹⁰Ye observe ^wdays, and ^xymonths, and ^ytimes, and ^zyears. ¹¹I am afraid of you, ^alest I have ^bbestowed upon you labour ^cin vain.

¹²Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as ye are: ^dye have not injured me at all. ¹³Ye know how ^ethrough infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you ^fat the first. ¹⁴And my temptation which was in my flesh ye despised not, nor rejected; but received me ^gas an angel of God, even ^has Christ Jesus. ¹⁵Where is then the ⁱblessedness you spake of? for I bear you record, that ^jif it had been possible, ye would have ^kplucked out your own eyes, and have given them to me. ¹⁶Am I therefore become your enemy, ^lbecause I tell you the truth? ¹⁷They ^mzealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would exclude you, that you might ^maffect them. ¹⁸But it is good ^mto be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you. ¹⁹ⁿMy little children, of whom I travail in birth again until ^oChrist be ^pformed ^oin you, ^20qI desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I ^rstand in doubt of you.

²¹Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law? ²²For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, ^sthe one by a bondmaid, ^tthe other by a freewoman. ²³But ^uhe who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; ^twbut he of the freewoman was by promise. ²⁴Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; ^xthe one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth ^yto bondage, which is Agar. ²⁵For this Agar is mount Sinai in ^zArabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and ^yis in bondage with her children. ²⁶But ^aJerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all. ²⁷For it is written, ^bRejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many moe children than she which hath a husband. ²⁸Now we, ^cbrethren, as Isaac was, are ^cthe children of promise. ²⁹But as then ^dhe that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, ^eeven so it is now. ³⁰Nevertheless what saith ^fthe scripture? ^gCast out the bondwoman and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman. ³¹So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, ^hbut of the free.

V.^aStand fast therefore in ^bthe liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with ^cthe yoke ^dof bondage. ²Behold, I Paul say unto you, that ^eif ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing. ³For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, ^fthat he is a debtor to do the whole law. ^4gChrist is ^hbecome of no effect unto you, ^gwhosoever of you are justified by the law; ⁱye are fallen from grace. ⁵For we through the Spirit ^kwait for the hope of righteousness by faith. ^6lFor in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but ^mfaith ⁿwhich worketh by love. ⁷Ye ^odid run well; who did ^phinder you ^qthat ye should not obey the truth? ⁸This persuasion cometh not of ^rhim that calleth you. ^9sA little leaven leaveneth the whole lump. ^10tI have confidence in you through the Lord, that ^uyou will be none otherwise minded: but ^whe that troubleth you shall bear his judgment, whosoever he be. ¹¹And I, brethren, ^xif I yet preach circumcision, ^ywhy do I yet suffer persecution? then ^zis the offence of the cross ^hceased. ^12aI would they were even ^bcut off which ^ctrouble you.

¹³For, brethren, ye have been called ^dunto liberty; only ^euse not liberty for an ^foccasion to the flesh, but ^gby love serve one another. ¹⁴For ^hall the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; ⁱThou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. ¹⁵But if ye ^jbite and devour one another, take heed ye be not consumed one of another. ¹⁶This I say then, ^kWalk in the Spirit, ^land ^mye shall not fulfil ⁿthe lust of the flesh. ¹⁷For ^othe flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ^pye cannot do the things that ye would. ¹⁸But if ye be ^qled of the Spirit, ^rye are not under the law. ¹⁹Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, ^stufornication, ^stvuncleanness, ^tvwlasciviousness, ^20xidolatry, ^ywitchcraft, hatred, ^zavariance, ^zaemulations, ^awrath, ^abstrife, ^zseditions, ^cheresies, ^21denvyings, ^dmurders, ^edrunkenness, ^frevellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that ^gthey which do such things ^gshall not inherit the kingdom of God. ²²But ^hthe fruit of the Spirit is ⁱlove, joy, peace, ^jklongsuffering, ^jkgentleness, ^lgoodness, ^mfaith, ^23kmeekness, ⁿtemperance: ^oagainst such there is no law. ²⁴And they that are Christ’s ^phave crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. ^25qIf we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. ^26rLet us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.

VI.Brethren, ^aif a man be overtaken in a fault, ye ^bwhich are spiritual, restore such a one ^cin the spirit of meekness; ^dconsidering thyself, lest thou also ^ebe tempted. ^2fBear ye one another’s burdens, and ^gso fulfil ^hthe law of Christ. ³For ⁱif a man think himself to be something, ^kwhen he is nothing, ^lhe deceiveth himself. ⁴But let every man ^mprove his own work, and then ⁿshall he have ^orejoicing in himself alone, and not in another. ⁵For ^pevery man shall ^qbear his own burden. ⁶Let him that is ^rtaught in the word ^scommunicate unto him that teacheth in all good things. ^7tBe not deceived; ^uGod is not ^vmocked: for ^pwwhatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. ⁸For ^xhe that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap ^ycorruption; but ^xhe that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. ⁹And ^zlet us not ^abe weary in well doing: for ^bin due season we shall reap, ^cif we faint not. ^10dAs we have therefore opportunity, ^elet us do good unto all men, ^eeespecially unto them who are of ^fthe household of faith.

¹¹Ye see how large a letter I have written unto you ^gwith mine own hand. ^12hAs many as desire to make a fair shew in the flesh, they ⁱconstrain you to be circumcised; only ^klest they should suffer persecution for the cross of Christ. ¹³For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh. ¹⁴But ^lGod forbid ^mthat I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom ⁿthe world ^ois crucified unto me, and I unto the world. ^15pFor in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but ^qa new creature. ¹⁶And ^ras many as ^swalk according to this rule, ^tupeace be on them, and ^umercy, and upon ^vthe ^tIsrael of God. ¹⁷From henceforth let no man trouble me: for ^wI bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus. ¹⁸Brethren, ^xthe grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.