Galatians 2–3

2^*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 toward 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.

3O foolish ^aGalatians, who hath bewitched you, ^bthat ye should not obey ^bcthe truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ ^dhath been evidently set forth, crucified among you? ²This only would I learn of you, ^eReceived ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or ^fby the hearing of ^efaith? ³Are ye so foolish? having ^gbegun in the Spirit, are ye now ^ghmade perfect by the flesh? ⁴ⁱHave ye suffered ^||so many things in vain? if it be yet in vain. ⁵He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and ^kworketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? ⁶Even as ^lAbraham believed God, and it was ^||accounted to him for righteousness. ⁷Know ye therefore that ^mthey which are of faith, ⁿthe same are the children of Abraham. ⁸And ^othe scripture, foreseeing that God ^pwould justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, ^qIn thee shall all nations be blessed. ⁹So then ^mthey which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham. ¹⁰For as many as are of the works of the law ^rare under the curse: for it is written, ^sCursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them. ¹¹But ^tthat no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, ^uThe just shall live by faith. ¹²And the law is not of faith: but, ^wThe man that doeth them shall live in them. ^13xChrist hath ^yredeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, ^zCursed is every one that ^ahangeth on a tree: ¹⁴That the blessing of Abraham ^bmight come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might ^creceive ^dthe promise of the Spirit through faith. ¹⁵Brethren, I speak ^eafter the manner of men; Though it be but a man’s ^||fcovenant, yet if it be ^gconfirmed, no man ^hdisannulleth, or addeth thereto. ¹⁶Now ^hhto Abraham and his seed were ⁱthe promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but ^jas of one, ^kAnd to thy seed, which is Christ. ¹⁷And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, ^lwhich was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot ^mdisannul, that it should ^nomake the promise of none effect. ¹⁸For if ^othe inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise.

¹⁹Wherefore then serveth the law? ^pIt was added because of transgressions, till ^kthe seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ^qordained by angels ^rin the hand of a mediator. ²⁰Now a ^smediator is not a mediator of one, but ^tGod is one. ²¹Is the law then against the promises of God? ^uGod forbid: ^wfor if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law. ²²But ^xthe scripture hath ^yconcluded all under sin, ^zthat the promise by ^afaith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe. ²³But ^bbefore faith came, we were ^ckept under the law, ^yshut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed. ²⁴Wherefore ^dthe law was our ^eschoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, ^fthat we might be justified by faith. ²⁵But ^bafter that faith is come, we are no longer under a ^eschoolmaster. ²⁶For ^gye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. ²⁷For ^has many of you as have been baptized into Christ ⁱhave put on Christ. ²⁸There is ^kneither Jew nor Greek, there is ^lneither bond nor free, there is ^mneither male nor female: for ⁿye are all one in Christ Jesus. ²⁹And if ^oye be Christ’s, ^pthen are ye Abraham’s seed, and ^qheirs according to the promise.