GALATIANS
Galatians 1
1 Paul, an apostle, (not of people, neither by mankind, but by Yahshua the
Christ, and God the Father, Who raised Him from the dead;)
2 And all the brethren which are with me, unto the churches of Galatia:
3 Grace [be] to you and peace from God the Father, and [from] our Lord Yahshua
the Christ,
4 Who gave Himself for our sins, that He might deliver us from this present
evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:
5 To Whom [be] glory for ever and ever. Amen.
6 I marvel that ye are so soon removed from Him That called you into the grace
of the Christ unto another gospel:
7 Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert
the gospel of the Christ.
8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than
that which we preached unto you, let him be accursed.
9 As we said before, so say I now again, If any preach
any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.
10 For do I now persuade people, or God? or do I seek
to please people? for if I yet pleased people, I
should not be the servant of the Christ.
11 But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which
was preached of me is not after mankind.
12 For I neither received it of mankind, neither was I taught [it], but by the
revelation of Yahshua the Christ.
13 For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews' religion, how
that beyond measure I persecuted the
14 And profited in the Jews' religion above many my equals in mine own nation,
being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers.
15 But when it pleased God, Who separated me from my mother's womb, and called
[me] by His grace,
16 To reveal His Son in me, that I might preach Him among the heathen;
immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood:
17 Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before me; but I
went into Arabia, and returned again unto Damascus.
18 Then after three years I went up to
19 But other of the apostles saw I none, save James the Lord's brother.
20 Now the things which I write unto you, behold, before God, I lie not.
21 Afterwards I came into the regions of
22 And was unknown by face unto the churches of
23 But they had heard only, That he which persecuted us in times past now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed.
24 And they glorified God in me.
1 Then fourteen years after I went
up again to
2 And I went up by revelation, and communicated unto them that gospel which I
preach among the Gentiles, but privately to them which were of reputation, lest
by any means I should run, or had run, in vain.
3 But neither Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be
circumcised:
4 And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in the Christ
Yahshua, that they might bring us into bondage:
5 To whom we gave place by subjection, no, not for an hour; that the truth of
the gospel might continue with you.
6 But of these who seemed to be somewhat, (whatsoever they were, it maketh no matter to me: God accepteth
no one's person:) for they who seemed [to be somewhat] in conference added
nothing to me:
7 But contrariwise, when they saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision
was committed unto me, as [the gospel] of the circumcision [was] unto Peter;
8 (For He That wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the
circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles:)
9 And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be
pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas
the right hands of fellowship; that we [should go] unto the heathen, and they
unto the circumcision.
10 Only [they would] that we should remember the poor; the same which I also
was forward to do.
11 But when Peter was come to
12 For before that certain came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles: but
when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them which were
of the circumcision.
13 And the other Jews dissembled likewise with him; insomuch that Barnabas also
was carried away with their dissimulation.
14 But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the
gospel, I said unto Peter before [them] all, If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the
Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do
the Jews?
15 We [who are] Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,
16 Knowing that a person is not justified by works of law, but by faith of
Yahshua the Christ, even we believed in Yahshua the Christ, that we might be
justified by the faith of the Christ, and not by works of law: for by works of
law shall no flesh be justified.
17 But if, while we seek to be justified by the Christ, we ourselves also are
found sinners, [is] therefore the Christ the minister of sin? God forbid.
18 For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a
transgressor.
19 For I through the law am dead to
the law, that I might live unto God.
20 I am crucified with the Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but the
Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in
the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, Who loved me, and gave Himself
for me.
21 I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness [come] by the law,
then the Christ is dead in vain.
1 O foolish Galatians, who bewitched you, before whose eyes Yahshua the
Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified?
2 This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by works of law, or by
hearing of faith?
3 Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are
ye now made perfect by the flesh?
4 Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if [it be]
yet in vain.
5 He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit,
and worketh miracles among you, [doeth he it] by the
works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
6 Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.
7 Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the sons of
Abraham.
8 And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through
faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, [saying], "In thee shall
all nations be blessed".
9 So then they which be of faith are blessed with
faithful Abraham.
10 For as many as are of works of law are under [a] curse: for it is written,
"Cursed [is] every one that continueth not in
all things which are written in the book of the law to do them".
11 But that no one is justified by the law in the sight of God, [it is]
evident: for, "The just shall live by faith".
12 And the law is not of faith: but, "He that doeth them shall live in
them".
13 The Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse
for us: for it is written, "Cursed [is] every one that hangeth
on a tree":
14 That the blessing of Abraham might come on the
Gentiles through Yahshua the Christ; that we might receive the promise of the
Spirit through faith.
15 Brethren, I speak after the manner of mankind; Though
[it be] but a person's covenant, yet [if it be] confirmed, no one disannulleth, or addeth thereto.
16 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 the Christ.
17 And this I say, [that] the covenant, that was confirmed before by God, the
law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it
should make the promise of none effect.
18 For if the inheritance [be] of the law, [it is] no more of promise: but God
gave [it] to Abraham by promise.
19 Wherefore then [serveth] the law? It was added
because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was
made; [and it was] ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
20 Now a mediator is not [a mediator] of one, but God is one.
21 [Is] the law then against the promises of God? God
forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily
righteousness should have been by the law.
22 But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that
the promise by faith of Yahshua the Christ might be given to them that believe.
23 But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith
which should afterwards be revealed.
24 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster [to bring us] unto the Christ, that
we might be justified by faith.
25 But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.
26 For ye are all the sons of God by faith in the Christ Yahshua.
27 For as many of you as have been baptized into the Christ put on the Christ.
28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male and female: for ye are all one in the Christ
Yahshua.
29 And if ye [be] the Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according
to the promise.
1 Now I say, [That] the heir, as
long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a
servant, though he be lord of all;
2 But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.
3 Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the
world:
4 But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent
forth his Son, made of a woman, made under law,
5 To redeem them that were under law, that we might receive the sonship.
6 And because ye are sons, God sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your
hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
7 Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir
of God through the Christ.
8 Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature
are no gods.
9 But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn
ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in
bondage?
10 Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years.
11 I am afraid of you, lest I have
bestowed upon you labour in vain.
12 Brethren, I beseech you, be as I [am]; for I [am] as ye [are]: ye injured me
not at all.
13 Ye know how through infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you at
the first.
14 And my temptation which was in my flesh ye despised not, nor rejected; but
received me as an angel of God, [even] as the Christ Yahshua.
15 Where is then the blessedness ye spake of? for I
bear you record, that, if [it had been] possible, ye would have plucked out
your own eyes, and have given them to me.
16 Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?
17 They zealously affect you, [but] not well; yea, they would exclude you, that
ye might affect them.
18 But [it is] good to be zealously affected always in [a] good [thing], and
not only when I am present with you.
19 My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until the Christ be
formed in you,
20 I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in
doubt of you.
21 Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?
22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by a bondmaid, and one by a
freewoman.
23 But he [who was] of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the
freewoman [was] by promise.
24 Which things are an allegory: for these are the two
covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth
to bondage, which is Agar.
25 For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and
answereth to
26 But
27 For it is written, "Rejoice, [thou] barren that bearest
not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not:
for the desolate hath many more children than she which
hath an husband".
28 Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.
29 But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him [that was born]
after the Spirit, even so [it is] now.
30 Nevertheless what saith the scripture? "Cast out the bondwoman and her
son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the
freewoman".
31 So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free.
1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith the Christ made us free, and
be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
2 Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, the Christ shall
profit you nothing.
3 For I testify again to every person that is circumcised, that he is a debtor
to do the whole law.
4 The Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by law; ye are fallen from grace.
5 For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of
righteousness by faith.
6 For in Yahshua the Christ neither circumcision availeth
any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.
7 Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?
8 This persuasion [cometh] not of Him That calleth you.
9 A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.
10 I have confidence in you through the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise
minded: but he that troubleth you shall bear his
judgment, whosoever he be.
11 And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer
persecution? then is the offence of the stake ceased.
12 I would they were even cut off which trouble you.
13 For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only [use] not liberty for
an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, [even] in this; "Thou shalt
love thy neighbour as thyself".
15 But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be
not consumed one of another.
16 [This] I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil
the lust of the flesh.
17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the
Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that
ye cannot do the things that ye would.
18 But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.
19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are [these]; Fornication,
uncleanness, lasciviousness,
20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife,
seditions, heresies,
21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before,
as I have also told [you] in time past, that they which do such things shall
not inherit the kingdom of God.
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness,
goodness, faith,
23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
24 And they that are the Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections
and lusts.
25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
26 Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one
another.
1 Brethren, if a person be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual,
restore such an one in the spirit of meekness;
considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
2 Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of the Christ.
3 For if one think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
4 But let each one prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in
himself alone, and not in another.
5 For each one shall bear his own burden.
6 Let him that is taught the word communicate unto him
that teacheth in all good things.
7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a person soweth, that shall he also reap.
8 For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh
reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit
shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we
faint not.
10 As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good
unto all, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
11 Ye see how large a letter I have written unto you
with mine own hand.
12 As many as desire to make a fair shew in the flesh, they constrain you to be
circumcised; only lest they should suffer persecution for the stake of the
Christ.
13 For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to
have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh.
14 But God forbid that I should glory, save in the stake of our Lord Yahshua
the Christ, by Whom the world is crucified unto me,
and I unto the world.
15 For in the Christ Yahshua neither circumcision availeth
any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.
16 And as many as walk according to this rule, peace [be] on them, and mercy,
and upon the Israel of God.
17 From henceforth let no one trouble me: for I bear in my body the marks of
Yahshua.
18 Brethren, the grace of our Lord Yahshua the Christ [be]
with your spirit. Amen.