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Galatians

Chapters 4-6

Galatians, Chapter 4

¹ Now I say, as long as the heir is a^a Or minorchild, he does not differ at all from a slave although he is^b Lit lordowner of everything, ² but he is under guardians and^c Or stewardsmanagers until the date set by the father. ³ So also we, while we were children, were held in bondage under the^d Or rudimentary teachings or principleselemental things of the world. ⁴ But when the fullness of the time came, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under^e Or lawthe Law, ⁵ so that He might redeem those who were under^f Or lawthe Law, that we might receive the adoption as sons. ⁶ Because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!” ⁷ Therefore you are no longer a slave, but a son; and if a son, then an heir^g I.e. through the gracious act ofthrough God.	3 Gal 2:4 Gal 4:8 Gal 4:24 Gal 4:9 Col 2:8 Col 2:20 Heb 5:12 4 Mar 1:15 Joh 1:14 Rom 1:3 Rom 8:3 Php 2:7 Luk 2:21 Luk 2:27 5 Rom 8:14 Gal 3:26 6 Act 16:7 Rom 5:5 Rom 8:9 Rom 8:16 Co2 3:17 Mar 14:36 Rom 8:15 7 Rom 8:17
⁸ However at that time, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those which by nature are no gods. ⁹ But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how is it that you turn back again to the weak and worthless^h Or rudimentary teachings or principleselemental things, to which you desire to be enslaved all over again? ¹⁰ You observe days and months and seasons and years. ¹¹ I fear for you, that perhaps I have laboredⁱ Or forover you in vain.	8 Co1 1:21 Eph 2:12 Th1 4:5 Th2 1:8 Gal 4:3 Ch2 13:9 Isa 37:19 Jer 2:11 Co1 8:4 Co1 10:20 9 Co1 8:3 Col 2:20 Gal 4:3 10 Rom 14:5 Col 2:16
¹² I beg of you, brethren, become as I am, for I also have become as you are. You have done me no wrong; ¹³ but you know that it was because of a^j Lit weakness of the fleshbodily illness that I preached the gospel to you the^k Or formerfirst time; ¹⁴ and that which was a^l Or temptationtrial to you in my^m Lit fleshbodily condition you did not despise orⁿ Lit spit out atloathe, but you received me as an angel of God, as Christ Jesus Himself. ¹⁵ Where then is^o Lit the congratulation of yourselvesthat sense of blessing you had? For I bear you witness that, if possible, you would have plucked out your eyes and given them to me. ¹⁶ So have I become your enemy by^p Or dealing truthfully with youtelling you the truth? ¹⁷ They eagerly seek you, not commendably, but they wish to shut you out so that you will seek them. ¹⁸ But it is good always to be eagerly sought in a commendable^q Or thingmanner, and not only when I am present with you. ¹⁹ My children, with whom I am again in labor until Christ is formed in you— ²⁰ but I could wish to be present with you now and to change my tone, for I am perplexed about you.	12 Gal 6:18 Co2 6:11 Co2 6:13 14 Mat 10:40 Th1 2:13 Gal 3:26 16 Amo 5:10 18 Gal 4:13 19 Jo1 2:1 Co1 4:15 Eph 4:13 20 Co2 4:8
²¹ Tell me, you who want to be under law, do you not listen to the law? ²² For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the bondwoman and one by the free woman. ²³ But the son by the bondwoman^r Lit has been bornwas born according to the flesh, and the son by the free woman through the promise. ²⁴ ^s Lit WhichThis is allegorically speaking, for these women are two covenants: one proceeding from Mount Sinai bearing children^t Lit into slaverywho are to be slaves;^u Lit whichshe is Hagar. ²⁵ Now this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for she is in slavery with her children. ²⁶ But the Jerusalem above is free;^v Lit whichshe is our mother. ²⁷ For it is written, “REJOICE, BARREN WOMAN WHO DOES NOT BEAR; BREAK FORTH AND SHOUT, YOU WHO ARE NOT IN LABOR; FOR MORE NUMEROUS ARE THE CHILDREN OF THE DESOLATE THAN OF THE ONE WHO HAS A HUSBAND.”	21 Luk 16:29 22 Gen 16:15 Gen 21:2 23 Rom 9:7 Gal 4:29 Gen 17:16 Gen 18:10 Gen 21:1 Gal 4:28 Heb 11:11 24 Co1 10:11 Deu 33:2 Gal 4:3 26 Heb 12:22 Rev 3:12 Rev 21:2 Rev 21:10 27 Isa 54:1
²⁸ And you brethren, like Isaac, are children of promise. ²⁹ But as at that time he who was born according to the flesh persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, so it is now also. ³⁰ But what does the Scripture say? “CAST OUT THE BONDWOMAN AND HER SON, FOR THE SON OF THE BONDWOMAN SHALL NOT BE AN HEIR WITH THE SON OF THE FREE WOMAN.”	28 Gal 4:23 Rom 9:7 Gal 3:29 29 Gal 4:23 Gen 21:9 Gal 5:11 30 Gen 21:10 Gen 21:12 Joh 8:35
³¹ So then, brethren, we are not children of a bondwoman,^w V 5:1, note 1but of the free woman.

Galatians, Chapter 5

¹ ^aIt was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery.	1 Joh 8:32 Joh 8:36 Rom 8:15 Co2 3:17 Gal 2:4 Gal 5:13 Co1 16:13 Act 15:10 Gal 2:4
² Behold I, Paul, say to you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will be of no benefit to you. ³ And I testify again to every man who receives circumcision, that he is under obligation to keep the whole Law. ⁴ You have been severed from Christ, you who^b Or would beare seeking to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace. ⁵ For we^c Lit bythrough the Spirit,^d Lit out ofby faith, are waiting for the hope of righteousness. ⁶ For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything, but faith working through love.	2 Co2 10:1 Act 15:1 Gal 5:3 Gal 5:6 Gal 5:11 3 Luk 16:28 Act 15:1 Gal 5:2 Gal 5:6 Gal 5:11 Rom 2:25 4 Heb 12:15 Pe2 3:17 5 Rom 8:23 Co1 1:7 6 Gal 3:26 Co1 7:19 Gal 6:15 Col 1:4 Th1 1:3 Jam 2:18 Jam 2:20 Jam 2:22
⁷ You were running well; who hindered you from obeying the truth? ⁸ This persuasion did not come from Him who calls you. ⁹ A little leaven leavens the whole lump of dough. ¹⁰ I have confidence^e Lit towardin you in the Lord that you will adopt no other view; but the one who is disturbing you will bear his judgment, whoever he is. ¹¹ But I, brethren, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? Then the stumbling block of the cross has been abolished. ¹² I wish that those who are troubling you would even^f Or cut themselves offmutilate themselves.	7 Gal 2:2 8 Rom 8:28 Gal 1:6 9 Co1 5:6 10 Co2 2:3 Gal 5:7 Php 3:15 Gal 1:7 Gal 5:12 11 Gal 4:29 Gal 6:12 Rom 9:33 Co1 1:23 12 Gal 2:4 Gal 5:10 Deu 23:1
¹³ For you were called to freedom, brethren; only do not turn your freedom into an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. ¹⁴ For the whole Law is fulfilled in one word, in the statement, “YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.” ¹⁵ But if you bite and devour one another, take care that you are not consumed by one another.	13 Gal 5:1 Co1 8:9 Pe1 2:16 Co1 9:19 Eph 5:21 14 Mat 7:12 Mat 22:40 Rom 13:8 Rom 13:10 Gal 6:2 Lev 19:18 Mat 19:19 Joh 13:34 15 Gal 5:20 Php 3:2
¹⁶ But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh. ¹⁷ For the flesh^g Lit lusts againstsets its desire against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are in opposition to one another, so that you may not do the things that you^h Lit wishplease. ¹⁸ But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the Law. ¹⁹ Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are:ⁱ I.e. sexual immoralityimmorality, impurity, sensuality, ²⁰ idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, disputes, dissensions,^j Or heresiesfactions, ²¹ envying, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these, of which I forewarn you, just as I have forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. ²² But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, ²³ gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. ²⁴ Now those who^k Lit are of Christ Jesusbelong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.	16 Rom 8:4 Rom 13:14 Gal 5:24 Rom 13:14 Eph 2:3 17 Rom 7:18 Rom 7:23 Rom 8:5 Rom 7:15 18 Rom 8:14 Rom 6:14 Rom 7:4 Ti1 1:9 19 Co1 6:9 Co1 6:18 Co2 12:21 20 Rev 21:8 Co2 12:20 Rom 2:8 Jam 3:14 Co1 11:19 21 Rom 13:13 Co1 6:9 22 Mat 7:16 Eph 5:9 Rom 5:1-5 Co1 13:4 Col 3:12-15 23 Act 24:25 Gal 5:18 24 Gal 3:26 Rom 6:6 Gal 2:20 Gal 6:14 Gal 5:16
²⁵ If we live by the Spirit, let us also^l Or follow the Spiritwalk by the Spirit. ²⁶ Let us not become boastful, challenging one another, envying one another.	25 Gal 5:16 26 Php 2:3

Galatians, Chapter 6

¹ Brethren, even if^a Gr anthroposanyone is caught in any trespass, you who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; each one looking to yourself, so that you too will not be tempted. ² Bear one another’s burdens, and thereby fulfill the law of Christ. ³ For if anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself. ⁴ But each one must examine his own work, and then he will have reason for boasting in regard to himself alone, and not in regard to another. ⁵ For each one will bear his own load.	1 Gal 6:18 Th1 4:1 Co1 2:15 Co2 2:7 Th2 3:15 Heb 12:13 Jam 5:19 Co1 4:21 2 Rom 15:1 Rom 8:2 Co1 9:21 Jam 1:25 Jam 2:12 Pe2 3:2 3 Act 5:36 Co1 3:18 Co2 12:11 4 Co1 11:28 Php 1:26 5 Pro 9:12 Rom 14:12 Co1 3:8
⁶ The one who is taught the word is to share all good things with the one who teaches him. ⁷ Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap. ⁸ For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life. ⁹ Let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we will reap if we do not grow weary. ¹⁰ So then,^b Or aswhile we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, and especially to those who are of the household of the faith.	6 Co1 9:11 Co1 9:14 Ti2 4:2 7 Co1 6:9 Job 13:9 Co2 9:6 8 Job 4:8 Hos 8:7 Rom 6:21 Co1 15:42 Rom 8:11 Jam 3:18 9 Co1 15:58 Co2 4:1 Mat 10:22 Heb 12:3 Heb 12:5 Jam 5:7 10 Pro 3:27 Joh 12:35 Eph 2:19 Heb 3:6 Pe1 2:5 Pe1 4:17 Act 6:7 Gal 1:23
¹¹ See with what large letters I^c Or have writtenam writing to you with my own hand. ¹² Those who desire to make a good showing in the flesh try to compel you to be circumcised, simply so that they will not be persecuted^d Or because offor the cross of Christ. ¹³ For those who^e Two early mss read have beenare circumcised do not even keep^f Or lawthe Law themselves, but they desire to have you circumcised so that they may boast in your flesh. ¹⁴ But may it never be that I would boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through^g Or whomwhich the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. ¹⁵ For neither is circumcision anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new^h Or creaturecreation. ¹⁶ And those who willⁱ Or follow this rulewalk by this rule, peace and mercy be upon them, and upon the Israel of God.	11 Co1 16:21 12 Mat 23:27 Act 15:1 Gal 5:11 13 Rom 2:25 Php 3:3 14 Luk 20:16 Gal 2:17 Gal 3:21 Co1 2:2 Gal 2:20 Col 2:20 Rom 6:2 Rom 6:6 Gal 2:19 Gal 5:24 15 Rom 2:26 Rom 2:28 Co1 7:19 Gal 5:6 Co2 5:17 Eph 2:10 Eph 2:15 Eph 4:24 Col 3:10 16 Rom 9:6 Gal 3:7 Gal 3:29 Php 3:3
¹⁷ From now on let no one cause trouble for me, for I bear on my body the brand-marks of Jesus.	17 Isa 44:5 Eze 9:4 Co2 4:10 Co2 11:23 Rev 13:16
¹⁸ The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brethren. Amen.	18 Rom 16:20 Ti2 4:22 Act 1:15 Rom 1:13 Gal 3:15 Gal 4:12 Gal 4:28 Gal 4:31