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1:1 Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus
 Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;)
1:2 And all the brethren which are with me, unto the churches of
 Galatia:
1:3 Grace [be] to you and peace from God the Father, and [from]
 our Lord Jesus Christ,
1:4 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:
1:5 To whom [be] glory for ever and ever. Amen.
1:6 I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called
 you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:
1:7 Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you,
 and would pervert the gospel of Christ.
1:8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other
 gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let
 him be accursed.
1:9 As we said before, so say I now again, If any [man] preach
 any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him
 be accursed.
1:10 For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please
 men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of
 Christ.
1:11 But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was
 preached of me is not after man.
1:12 For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught
 [it], but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.
1:13 For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the
 Jews' religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church
 of God, and wasted it:
1:14 And profited in the Jews' religion above many my equals in
 mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the
 traditions of my fathers.
1:15 But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's
 womb, and called [me] by his grace,
1:16 To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the
 heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood:
1:17 Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles
 before me; but I went into Arabia, and returned again unto
 Damascus.
1:18 Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter,
 and abode with him fifteen days.
1:19 But other of the apostles saw I none, save James the Lord's
 brother.
1:20 Now the things which I write unto you, behold, before God,
 I lie not.
1:21 Afterwards I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia;
1:22 And was unknown by face unto the churches of Judaea which
 were in Christ:
1:23 But they had heard only, That he which persecuted us in
 times past now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed.
1:24 And they glorified God in me.
2:1 Then fourteen years after I went up again to Jerusalem with
 Barnabas, and took Titus with [me] also.
2:2 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.
2:3 But neither Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was
 compelled to be circumcised:
2:4 And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who
 came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ
 Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:
2:5 To whom we gave place by subjection, no, not for an hour;
 that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.
2:6 But of these who seemed to be somewhat, (whatsoever they
 were, it maketh no matter to me: God accepteth no man's
 person:) for they who seemed [to be somewhat] in conference
 added nothing to me:
2:7 But contrariwise, when they saw that the gospel of the
 uncircumcision was committed unto me, as [the gospel] of the
 circumcision [was] unto Peter;
2:8 (For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship
 of the circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the
 Gentiles:)
2:9 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.
2:10 Only [they would] that we should remember the poor; the
 same which I also was forward to do.
2:11 But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the
 face, because he was to be blamed.
2:12 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.
2:13 And the other Jews dissembled likewise with him; insomuch
 that Barnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation.
2:14 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?
2:15 We [who are] Jews by nature, and not sinners of the
 Gentiles,
2:16 Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the
 law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in
 Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of
 Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of
 the law shall no flesh be justified.
2:17 But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we
 ourselves also are found sinners, [is] therefore Christ the
 minister of sin? God forbid.
2:18 For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make
 myself a transgressor.
2:19 For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live
 unto God.
2:20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I,
 but 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.
2:21 I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness
 [come] by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.
3:1 O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should
 not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been
 evidently set forth, crucified among you?
3:2 This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by
 the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
3:3 Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now
 made perfect by the flesh?
3:4 Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if [it be] yet in
 vain.
3:5 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?
3:6 Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him
 for righteousness.
3:7 Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are
 the children of Abraham.
3:8 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.
3:9 So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful
 Abraham.
3:10 For as many as are of the works of the law are under the
 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.
3:11 But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of
 God, [it is] evident: for, The just shall live by faith.
3:12 And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them
 shall live in them.
3:13 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:
3:14 That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles
 through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the
 Spirit through faith.
3:15 Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though [it be]
 but a man's covenant, yet [if it be] confirmed, no man
 disannulleth, or addeth thereto.
3:16 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 Christ.
3:17 And this I say, [that] the covenant, that was confirmed
 before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and
 thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the
 promise of none effect.
3:18 For if the inheritance [be] of the law, [it is] no more of
 promise: but God gave [it] to Ab