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Written especially against those who say that Christians must abide by OT Jewish law, and therefore, to make it easier for non-Jews to convert to Christianity. this letter to the Galatians is one the genuine writings of Paul in the Bible1; the oldest fragment we have of it is an almost complete copy in Papyrus 46, dating to approx. 200CE2. The Book of Acts (written up to 80 years after Paul's death) manages to contradict Galatians repeatedly; it's safer to accept Galatians3. The most important difference is that Paul says, after he received a vision and converted to follow Jesus, he goes straight to Arabia, and doesn't feel any other disciples nor return to Jerusalem for 3 years (Galatians 1:15-18. But, few Christians trusted him. When Acts was written, it tried to create more trust towards Paul, and said that he went to see the disciples (and also said he went blind until they healed him). A key verse (4:4 denies the virgin birth, by asserting that Jesus was 'made of a woman'. It's final comments are against circumcision.
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13 of the books of the Christian New Testament are the epistles (letters) of St. Paul, which form the oldest text in the New Testament4. Seven were probably written by Paul himself and six others have been written in his name by (anonymous) followers, some up to 80 years after his death. By the time the official Bible canon was produced, no-one knew that only some were genuine. The historical Paul probably did write 1 Thessalonians, Galatians, 1 Corinthians and 2 Corinthians, Philippians, Philemon and Romans. Letters forged in the name of Paul are 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, Titus, Ephesians, Colossians and 2 Thessalonians.5,6,7,8. Paul was born in Tarsus as "Saul" and adopted the name of Paul after converting to what is now Christianity. He was an early leader of the growing Christian churches around the Roman Empire, and the writings of St. Paul are the earliest existing Christian writings known to historians. Despite this, Paul never met Jesus and appears to rely mostly on Greek myths and legends, many of which he copied, placing Jesus at the center of them instead of their original heroes.
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When Paul converted from a persecutor of Christians into a believer in Jesus, many people continued not to trust him. He had to plead, and to have others speak on his behalf, in order for other believers to start to come to accept him. This level of unease amongst people around Paul could only be dismissed through one story: The story of how Paul converted to Christianity and what he done afterwards. Many of his actions after the conversion are told in by Paul in Galatians 1:11-12,17-24 and 2:1-21. Yet nearly every detail is communicated wrongly by the author of Acts - these are parts of the story that Paul must have explained to people over and over, in multiple locations, in multiple arguments. Yet the author of Luke & Acts was apparently not paying much attention! Bart Ehrman mentions a few of these contradictions, including ones surrounding the conversion story:
In Galatians, after Paul is called by God, he speaks to no-one, and goes into Arabia before returning to Damascus (which is where he was, originally). He doesn't go to Jerusalem for 3 years, and aside from James, and he specifically tells us that he spoke to none of the other disciples. But in Acts he is on the road to Damascus and after his conversion Paul is, it says, blinded, and goes straight to the city to meet a disciple in Damascus called Ananias, who restores his sight. He then goes to Jerusalem to meet all of the disciples.
| Galatians 1:15-18 | Acts 9:3-26 |
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“[After being called by God] I conferred not with flesh and blood: neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before me; but I went into Arabia, and returned again unto Damascus. Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter, and abode with him fifteen days. | “He came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven. [...] The Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do. [...] And Saul arose from the earth; and when his eyes were opened, he saw no man: but they led him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus. And he was three days without sight, and neither did eat nor drink. And there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias [... who] putting his hands on [Paul...] and he received sight forthwith, and arose, and was baptized. And when he had received meat, he was strengthened. |
But other of the apostles saw I none, save James the Lord's brother.” | Then was Saul certain days with the disciples which were at Damascus. [...] And when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he assayed to join himself to the disciples.” |
“[Paul] stresses, after the vision of Christ that converted him, he did not even go to Jerusalem to talk with the apostles. He went away into Arabia, then back to Damascus, and did not go to Jerusalem for another three years (1:15-19). This makes the story of Paul's conversion in the book of Acts very interesting. Here we are told that Paul is blinded by his vision of Jesus on the road to Damascus; he then enters the city and regains his sight. And what's the very first thing he does when he leaves town? He makes a beeline straight to Jerusalem to see the apostles (Acts 9:1-26).
Moreover, whom does he see there? Paul insists in Galatians 1:18-19 that in his fifteen-day visit he saw only two people, Peter and James, the brother of Jesus [and Paul swears this is true by oath] (1:19-20). [In Acts] when Paul arrives in Jerusalem directly after being converted, he meets with apostles and spends some time among them - not just with Peter and James, but apparently with all of them (9:26-30).”
“There are other differences between Acts and Galatians that are even harder to reconcile. Here I'll mention just two. In Galatians Paul tries to convince his Gentile readers that it would be an enormous mistake if they were to become circumsized and begin following the Jewish law. He wants to insist that his understanding of this matter came directly from God [and not] from those who were apostles before him, Peter, James and the others.
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Acts is quite clear that Peter realized, even before Paul did, that it was a good and right thing to share meals with Gentiles who did not keep kosher, in Galatians 2 this is precisely what Peter refuses to do when Jewish 'brothers' show up in town."”
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| 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? | O thoughtless Galatians, who did bewitch you, not to obey the truth -- before whose eyes Jesus Christ was described before among you crucified? | Some comments on Galatians 3:13 are on SAB: Are the laws of the Old Testament still binding? Some Bible Verses Say Yes, Others Say No Galatians 3:13: See Ephesians - The Epistle of St. Paul to the Ephesians: 5.3. Ephesians 6:1-2 (Obey and Honour Your Parents) Contradictions Galatians 3:13: See The Old Testament Versus the New Testament: Do Christians Still Have to Observe OT Law?: 1. The Old Testament Versus the New Testament: Do Christians Still Have to Observe OT Law? Galatians 3:13 is mentioned on Biblical Dress Codes: God's Laws on Clothes: 3. All Laws of the Bible Must be Followed, Both Old and New Galatians 3:13 appears on The Gradual Instruction of Humankind by a Series of Prophets from God: 3.2. Christianity: Does the New Testament Represent a New Revelation Which Overrides the Jewish Scriptures? Galatians 3:24-25 is referenced on SAB: Are the laws of the Old Testament still binding? Some Bible Verses Say Yes, Others Say No |
| 2 | This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? | this only do I wish to learn from you -- by works of law the Spirit did ye receive, or by the hearing of faith? | |
| 3 | Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh? | so thoughtless are ye! having begun in the Spirit, now in the flesh do ye end? | |
| 4 | Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if it be yet in vain. | so many things did ye suffer in vain! if, indeed, even 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? | He, therefore, who is supplying to you the Spirit, and working mighty acts among you -- by works of law or by the hearing of faith `is it'? | |
| 6 | Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness. | according as Abraham did believe God, and it was reckoned to him -- to righteousness; | |
| 7 | Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham. | know ye, then, that those of faith -- these are 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. | and the Writing having foreseen that by faith God doth declare righteous the nations did proclaim before the good news to Abraham -- | |
| 9 | So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham. | `Blessed in thee shall be all the nations;' so that those of faith are blessed with the faithful Abraham, | |
| 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. | for as many as are of works of law are under a curse, for it hath been written, `Cursed `is' every one who is not remaining in all things that have been written in the Book of the Law -- to do them,' | |
| 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. | and that in law no one is declared righteous with God, is evident, because `The righteous by faith shall live;' | |
| 12 | And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them. | and the law is not by faith, but -- `The man who did them shall live in them.' | |
| 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: | Christ did redeem us from the curse of the law, having become for us a curse, for it hath been written, `Cursed is every one who is hanging on a tree,' | |
| 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. | that to the nations the blessing of Abraham may come in Christ Jesus, that the promise of the Spirit we may receive through the faith. | |
| 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. | Brethren, as a man I say `it', even of man a confirmed covenant no one doth make void or doth add to, | |
| 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. | and to Abraham were the promises spoken, and to his seed; He doth not say, `And to seeds,' as of many, but as of one, `And to thy seed,' which is Christ; | |
| 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. | and this I say, A covenant confirmed before by God to Christ, the law, that came four hundred and thirty years after, doth not set aside, to make void the promise, | |
| 18 | For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise. | for if by law `be' the inheritance, `it is' no more by promise, but to Abraham through promise did God grant `it'. | |
| 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. | Why, then, the law? on account of the transgressions it was added, till the seed might come to which the promise hath been made, having been set in order through messengers in the hand of a mediator -- | |
| 20 | Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one. | and the mediator is not of one, and 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. | the law, then, `is' against the promises of God? -- let it not be! for if a law was given that was able to make alive, truly by law there would have been the righteousness, | |
| 22 | But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe. | but the Writing did shut up the whole under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ may be given to those believing. | |
| 23 | But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed. | And before the coming of the faith, under law we were being kept, shut up to the faith about to be revealed, | |
| 24 | Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. | so that the law became our child-conductor -- to Christ, that by faith we may be declared righteous, | |
| 25 | But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster. | and the faith having come, no more under a child-conductor are we, | |
| 26 | For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. | for ye are all sons of God through the faith in Christ Jesus, | |
| 27 | For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. | for as many as to Christ were baptized did put on Christ; | |
| 28 | There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. | there is not here Jew or Greek, there is not here servant nor freeman, there is not here male and female, for all ye are one in Christ Jesus; | |
| 29 | And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise. | and if ye `are' of Christ then of Abraham ye are seed, and according to promise -- heirs. |
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| 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; | And I say, so long time as the heir is a babe, he differeth nothing from a servant -- being lord of all, | Galatians 4:4 is referenced on The Gospel According to Saint Matthew: 2.1.2. Other Christians and Previous Christians Did Not Believe in the Virgin Birth Galatians 4:4 is mentioned on this page in a different section |
| 2 | But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father. | but is under tutors and stewards till the time appointed of the father, | |
| 3 | Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world: | so also we, when we were babes, under the elements of the world were in servitude, | |
| 4 | But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, | and when the fulness of time did come, God sent forth His Son, come of a woman, come under law, | |
| 5 | To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. | that those under law he may redeem, that the adoption of sons we may receive; | |
| 6 | And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. | and because ye are sons, God did send 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 Christ. | so that thou art no more a servant, but a son, and if a son, also an heir of God through Christ. | |
| 8 | Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods. | But then, indeed, not having known God, ye were in servitude to those not by nature 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? | and now, having known God -- and rather being known by God -- how turn ye again unto the weak and poor elements to which anew ye desire to be in servitude? | |
| 10 | Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years. | days ye observe, and months, and times, and years! | |
| 11 | I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain. | I am afraid of you, lest in vain I did labour toward you. | |
| 12 | Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as ye are: ye have not injured me at all. | Become as I `am' -- because I also `am' as ye brethren, I beseech you; to me ye did no hurt, | |
| 13 | Ye know how through infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you at the first. | and ye have known that through infirmity of the flesh I did proclaim good news to 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 Christ Jesus. | and my trial that `is' in my flesh ye did not despise nor reject, but as a messenger of God ye did receive me -- as Christ Jesus; | |
| 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. | what then was your happiness? for I testify to you, that if possible, your eyes having plucked out, ye would have given to me; | |
| 16 | Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth? | so that your enemy have I become, being true to you? | |
| 17 | They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them. | they are zealous for you -- `yet' not well, but they wish to shut us out, that for them ye may be zealous; | |
| 18 | But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you. | and `it is' good to be zealously regarded, in what is good, at all times, and not only in my being present with you; | |
| 19 | My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you, | my little children, of whom again I travail in birth, till Christ may 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. | and I was wishing to be present with you now, and to change my voice, because I am in doubt about you. | |
| 21 | Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law? | Tell me, ye who are willing to be under law, the law do ye not hear? | |
| 22 | For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman. | for it hath been written, that Abraham had two sons, one by the maid-servant, and one by the free-woman, | |
| 23 | But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise. | but he who `is' of the maid-servant, according to flesh hath been, and he who `is' of the free-woman, through the 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. | which things are allegorized, for these are the two covenants: one, indeed, from mount Sinai, to servitude bringing forth, which is Hagar; | |
| 25 | For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children. | for this Hagar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and doth correspond to the Jerusalem that now `is', and is in servitude with her children, | |
| 26 | But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all. | and the Jerusalem above is the free-woman, which is mother of us all, | |
| 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. | for it hath been written, `Rejoice, O barren, who art not bearing; break forth and cry, thou who art not travailing, because many `are' the children of the desolate -- more than of her having the husband.' | |
| 28 | Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise. | And we, brethren, as Isaac, are 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. | but as then he who was born according to the flesh did persecute him according to the spirit, so also 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. | but what saith the Writing? `Cast forth the maid-servant and her son, for the son of the maid-servant may not be heir with the son of the free-woman;' | |
| 31 | So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free. | then, brethren, we are not a maid-servant's children, but the free-woman's. |
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| 1 | Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. | In the freedom, then, with which Christ did make you free -- stand ye, and be not held fast again by a yoke of servitude; | For more on Galatians 5:17 see Christian Moral Theory and Morality in Action: Biblical Morals and Social Disaster: 7. Christianity and Sexuality: The Damaging Results of Faulty Teachings Galatians 5:17 is referenced on The Peacock vs. the Ostrich - Religious Behaviour and Sexuality: 5. Case Study: Christianity Galatians 5:17: Christianity and Sexuality: The Damaging Results of Faulty Teachings Galatians 5:17: See Christianity and Marriage: 3. Christianity and Sexuality: The Damaging Results of Faulty Teachings Galatians 5:18 is referenced on SAB: Are the laws of the Old Testament still binding? Some Bible Verses Say Yes, Others Say No Some comments on Galatians 5:18 are on The Gospel According to Saint Luke: 2. Contradictions and Mistakes Galatians 5:18 is mentioned on Ephesians - The Epistle of St. Paul to the Ephesians: 5.3. Ephesians 6:1-2 (Obey and Honour Your Parents) Contradictions Galatians 5:18 comments: The Old Testament Versus the New Testament: Do Christians Still Have to Observe OT Law?: 1. The Old Testament Versus the New Testament: Do Christians Still Have to Observe OT Law? Galatians 5:18 comments: Biblical Dress Codes: God's Laws on Clothes: 3. All Laws of the Bible Must be Followed, Both Old and New Galatians 5:19-21 is referenced on Pascal's Wager is Safer in Reverse: Picking a Religion is Dangerous Business: 3.2. The Christian Bible - Believing the Wrong Things is a Ticket to Hell Galatians 5:19-21 is discussed on Marriage: Its Diversity and Character: 5.3. Christianity and Marriage For more on Galatians 5:19-21 see Christianity and Sexuality: The Damaging Results of Faulty Teachings: 2. Christianity and Marriage Galatians 5:19-21 is discussed on Christianity: The Bible Teachings on Those Who Believe Wrongly Galatians 5:19-21 appears on Christianity: The Bible Teachings on Those Who Believe Wrongly: 1. The Dangers of Worshipping the Wrong God Some comments on Galatians 5:19-21 are on Christianity and Marriage Galatians 5:19-21 appears on Christianity and Marriage: 2. The Bible's Demands No Sex Without Marriage (Mostly) |
| 2 | Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing. | lo, I Paul do say to you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing; | |
| 3 | For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law. | and I testify again to every man circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law; | |
| 4 | Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace. | ye were freed from the Christ, ye who in law are declared righteous; from the grace ye fell away; | |
| 5 | For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. | for we by the Spirit, by faith, a hope of righteousness do wait for, | |
| 6 | For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love. | for in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith through love working. | |
| 7 | Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth? | Ye were running well; who did hinder you -- not to obey the truth? | |
| 8 | This persuasion cometh not of him that calleth you. | the obedience `is' not of him who is calling you! | |
| 9 | A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump. | a little leaven the whole lump doth leaven; | |
| 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. | I have confidence in regard to you in the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise minded; and he who is troubling you shall bear the judgment, whoever he may be. | |
| 11 | And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? then is the offence of the cross ceased. | And I, brethren, if uncircumcision I yet preach, why yet am I persecuted? then hath the stumbling-block of the cross been done away; | |
| 12 | I would they were even cut off which trouble you. | O that even they would cut themselves off who are unsettling 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. | For ye -- to freedom ye were called, brethren, only not the freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through the love serve ye one another, | |
| 14 | For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. | for all the law in one word is fulfilled -- in this: `Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself;' | |
| 15 | But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another. | and if one another ye do bite and devour, see -- that ye may not by one another be consumed. | |
| 16 | This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. | And I say: In the Spirit walk ye, and the desire of the flesh ye may not complete; | |
| 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. | for the flesh doth desire contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit contrary to the flesh, and these are opposed one to another, that the things that ye may will -- these ye may not do; | |
| 18 | But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law. | and if by the Spirit ye are led, ye are not under law. | |
| 19 | Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, | And manifest also are the works of the flesh, which are: Adultery, whoredom, uncleanness, lasciviousness, | |
| 20 | Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, | idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, strifes, emulations, wraths, rivalries, dissensions, sects, | |
| 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. | envyings, murders, drunkennesses, revellings, and such like, of which I tell you before, as I also said before, that those doing such things the reign of God shall not inherit. | |
| 22 | But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, | And the fruit of the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith, | |
| 23 | Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. | meekness, temperance: against such there is no law; | |
| 24 | And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. | and those who are Christ's, the flesh did crucify with the affections, and the desires; | |
| 25 | If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. | if we may live in the Spirit, in the Spirit also we may walk; | |
| 26 | Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another. | let us not become vain-glorious -- one another provoking, one another envying! |
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| 1 | Brethren, if a man 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. | Brethren, if a man also may be overtaken in any trespass, ye who `are' spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of meekness, considering thyself -- lest thou also may be tempted; | Galatians 6:11 is discussed on St Paul - History, Biblical Epistles, Gnosticism and Mithraism: 1.3. The Forged Letters Were Not the Result of a Secretary Writing Them for Him |
| 2 | Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. | of one another the burdens bear ye, and so fill up the law of the Christ, | |
| 3 | For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself. | for if any one doth think `himself' to be something -- being nothing -- himself he doth deceive; | |
| 4 | But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another. | and his own work let each one prove, and then in regard to himself alone the glorying he shall have, and not in regard to the other, | |
| 5 | For every man shall bear his own burden. | for each one his own burden shall bear. | |
| 6 | Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things. | And let him who is instructed in the word share with him who is instructing -- in all good things. | |
| 7 | Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. | Be not led astray; God is not mocked; for what a man may sow -- that also he shall 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. | because he who is sowing to his own flesh, of the flesh shall reap corruption; and he who is sowing to the Spirit, of the Spirit shall reap life age-during; | |
| 9 | And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. | and in the doing good we may not be faint-hearted, for at the proper time we shall reap -- not desponding; | |
| 10 | As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith. | therefore, then, as we have opportunity, may we work the good to all, and especially unto those of the household of the faith. | |
| 11 | Ye see how large a letter I have written unto you with mine own hand. | Ye see in how large letters I have written to you with my 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 cross of Christ. | as many as are willing to make a good appearance in the flesh, these constrain you to be circumcised -- only that for the cross of the Christ they may not be persecuted, | |
| 13 | For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh. | for neither do those circumcised themselves keep the law, but they wish you to be circumcised, that in your flesh they may glory. | |
| 14 | But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world. | And for me, let it not be -- to glory, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which to me the world hath been crucified, and I to the world; | |
| 15 | For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature. | for in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation; | |
| 16 | And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God. | and as many as by this rule do walk -- peace upon them, and kindness, and on the Israel of God! | |
| 17 | From henceforth let no man trouble me: for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus. | Henceforth, let no one give me trouble, for I the scars of the Lord Jesus in my body do bear. | |
| 18 | Brethren, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen. | The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ `is' with your spirit, brethren! Amen. |