Galatians 3 Cross References - Riverside

¹ O THOUGHTLESS Galatians, who has bewitched you before whose eyes Jesus Christ was pictured crucified? ² Only this I wish to learn from you: Was it because of works of law that you received the Spirit, or because of hearing with faith? ³ Are you so thoughtless? After beginning with spirit are you now finishing with flesh? ⁴ Have you suffered such things to no purpose? — if it is to no purpose. ⁵ He who supplies to you the Spirit and works miracles among you, is he doing it because of works of law or because of hearing with faith, ⁶ just as Abraham had faith in God and it was credited to him for righteousness? ⁷ You know, then, that those who are of faith — they are children of Abraham. ⁸ For the Scripture, foreseeing that God would declare the Gentiles righteous because of faith, announced the good news in advance to Abraham, "In you all the Gentiles will be blessed." ⁹ So then those who are of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham. ¹⁰ For all who are of the works of law are under a curse, for it is written, "Cursed is every one who does not abide by all the precepts of the book of the Law and do them." ¹¹ But that by law no one is declared righteous before God is plain, because, "He who is righteous by faith shall live." ¹² But the Law is not of faith, but "He who does these things shall live by them." ¹³ Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law by becoming a curse for our sake, for it is written, "Cursed is every one who hangs on a tree," ¹⁴ in order that the blessing of Abraham might in Jesus Christ come on the Gentiles, that they might receive through faith the promise of the Spirit. ¹⁵ Brethren, I am speaking humanly, a ratified covenant, although but a man's, no one can set aside or add to. ¹⁶ But the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his offspring. It does not say, "and to offsprings," as meaning many, but as if meaning one, "and to your offspring," who is Christ. ¹⁷ I mean this, a covenant ratified by God, the Law that came four hundred and thirty years afterward does not annul, so as to defeat the promise. ¹⁸ For if the inheritance is by law, it is no longer by promise. But God granted it to Abraham by promise. ¹⁹ Why then was the Law? It was added later to make transgressions, until the Offspring should come to whom the promise had been made, and it was arranged through angels by the hand of a mediator. ²⁰ A mediator does not belong to one person, but God is one. ²¹ Is the Law then against the promises of God? Never! For if a law had been given which could give life, then really righteousness would have come by law. ²² But the Scripture has shut up all under sin that the promise based on faith in Jesus Christ may be given to those who have faith. ²³ Before faith came we were guarded under law, shut up waiting for the faith that was to be revealed. ²⁴ Thus the Law became our tutor leading us to Christ, that we might be declared righteous by faith. ²⁵ Now that faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor. ²⁶ You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. ²⁷ All who have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. ²⁸ There cannot be Jew or Greek, slave or free, male or female: for you all are one in Christ Jesus. ²⁹ If you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's offspring and heirs according to the promise.

¹⁷ "Do not think that I have come to do away with the Law or the Prophets. I have not come to do away with them, but to fill them full.

¹⁷ "Do not think that I have come to do away with the Law or the Prophets. I have not come to do away with them, but to fill them full. ¹⁸ I tell you truly, until heaven and earth pass away not the smallest letter or part of a letter will pass away from the Law, until all is done.

¹⁸ I tell you truly, until heaven and earth pass away not the smallest letter or part of a letter will pass away from the Law, until all is done. ¹⁹ Whoever breaks one of these commandments, the least of them, and teaches men to do so, will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, and whoever does them and teaches them, he will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. ²⁰ For I say to you that, unless your righteousness far exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter into the kingdom of heaven.

²⁶ And every one who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house upon the sand.

¹⁷ He said to him, "Why do you ask me about the good? One only is the Good. But if you wish to enter into life, keep the commandments."

²⁴ For false Christs and false prophets will arise and will give great signs and wonders so as to mislead, if possible, even the chosen.

⁴¹ Then he will say to those on his left hand, 'Depart from me, you cursed, into the fire eternal prepared for the Devil and his angels.

²⁸ for this is my blood of the covenant, which is shed for many for the forgiveness of sins.

⁵ Then throwing the silver into the Temple he left and went and hung himself.

¹⁹ Go, therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, ²⁰ teaching them to keep all the commands that I have given you. And, behold, I am with you all the days to the end of the world."

¹⁵ He said to them, "Go into all the world and proclaim the good news to all the creation. ¹⁶ He who believes and is baptized will be saved, but he who does not believe will be condemned.

¹⁶ He who believes and is baptized will be saved, but he who does not believe will be condemned.

⁵⁴ He brings help to Israel his servant, mindful of kindness, ⁵⁵ just as he promised our fathers, Abraham and his descendants, forever."

⁵⁵ just as he promised our fathers, Abraham and his descendants, forever."

⁶⁸ "Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel! For he has looked upon his people, and made deliverance for them. ⁶⁹ He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of David his servant, ⁷⁰ As he spoke through the mouth of his holy prophets of old, ⁷¹ Salvation from our enemies and from the hands of all those that hate us, ⁷² Dealing kindly with our forefathers, mindful of his holy covenant,

⁷² Dealing kindly with our forefathers, mindful of his holy covenant, ⁷³ The oath which he swore to Abraham our father,

⁷³ The oath which he swore to Abraham our father, ⁷⁴ To grant that we, saved from the hands of our enemies, may serve him Without fear ⁷⁵ in holiness and righteousness before him all our days. ⁷⁶ And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High. You will go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways, ⁷⁷ To give the knowledge of salvation to his people by the forgiveness of their sins, ⁷⁸ Through the tender compassion of our God, With which the sunrise from on high will shine upon us; ⁷⁹ To give light to those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death, To guide our feet into the path of peace."

¹⁰ but the angel said to them, "Have no fear! Indeed, I am bringing you good news of a great joy which is to be for all the people; ¹¹ for there was born for you to-day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ and Lord.

²³ Turning to his disciples, he said privately, "Blessed are your eyes that see what you see! ²⁴ I tell you, many prophets and kings wished to see the things that you see and did not see them, and to hear the things that you hear and did not hear them." ²⁵ Then a certain lawyer stood up to test him, and said, "Teacher, what must I do to inherit life eternal?" ²⁶ He said to him, "What is written in the Law? How do you read it?" ²⁷ He answered, " 'Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul and with all thy strength and with all thy mind, and thy neighbor as thyself.' ²⁸ Jesus said to him, "You have answered correctly; do this and you will live."

¹³ If then you, evil though you are, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Heavenly Father give a holy spirit to those who ask him."

²² But the father said to his servants, 'Bring out quickly the best robe and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet;

³¹ Abraham replied, 'If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rises from the dead.'

⁹ He gave also this illustration to some who trusted in themselves as being righteous and despised others: ¹⁰ "Two men went up to the Temple courts to pray. One was a Pharisee and the other was a tax collector. ¹¹ The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, 'God, I thank thee that I am not like the rest of men, extortioners, cheats, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. ¹² I fast twice a week. I give tithes of all I get.' ¹³ But the tax collector stood far off and would not even lift his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, 'God be merciful to me, the sinner!'

⁹ Jesus said to him, "To-day salvation has come to this house, since he also is a son of Abraham.

³¹ So, too, when you see these things happening, know that the kingdom of God is near.

²⁵ Jesus said to them, "O men lacking insight and slow in heart to believe all that the prophets spoke!

⁴⁹ And, see, I am sending upon you the promise of my Father. But you are to stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high."

¹² All who received him — to them he gave power to become children of God, to those who believe in his name, ¹³ who were born not of blood nor of the will of flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.

¹⁷ For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

¹⁵ that every one who believes in him may have life eternal." ¹⁶ For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son that every one who believes in him may not perish, but have life eternal. ¹⁷ For God did not send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through him. ¹⁸ He who believes in him is not condemned. He who does not believe has been already condemned, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.

³⁶ He who believes in the Son has life eternal. He who disbelieves in the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God abides upon him.

²⁴ Truly, truly, I tell you, he who hears my word and believes him who sent me has life eternal and does not come into condemnation, but has passed over from death into life.

⁴⁵ Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father. You have an accuser, Moses in whom you trust. ⁴⁶ If you believed Moses, you would believe me, for he wrote about me. ⁴⁷ But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe my words?"

⁴⁰ For this is the will of my Father, that every one who looks upon the Son and believes in him shall have life eternal, and I will raise him up on the last day."

³⁸ He who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within him." ³⁹ This he said referring to the Spirit which those who had believed in him were soon to receive. For as yet there was no Spirit, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.

⁴² Does not the Scripture say that the Christ comes of the descendants of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?"

³⁹ They answered him, "Abraham is our father." He said to them, "If you were children of Abraham you would do the works of Abraham.

⁵⁶ Abraham your father rejoiced that he was to see my day, and he saw it and was glad." ⁵⁷ The Jews said to him, "You are not yet fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham? ⁵⁸ Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I tell you, before Abraham came into being I am."

¹⁶ But I have other sheep which are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice, and there will be one flock, one shepherd.

²⁵ Jesus said to her, "I am the Resurrection and the Life. He who believes in me even though he dies will live, ²⁶ and no one who lives and believes in me will ever die. Do you believe this?"

⁵² and not for the nation only, but to gather into one the children of God now scattered far and wide.

⁴⁶ I have come as a Light into the world that no one who believes in me may remain in darkness.

²² If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have had sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.

¹¹ Now I am no longer in the world, but these are in the world, and I am coming to thee. Holy Father, keep in thy name those whom thou hast given to me, that they may be one, as we are.

²⁰ "I pray not for them alone, but also for those who believe in me through their word, ²¹ that all may be one, as thou, Father, art in me and I in thee, that they may be one in us, that the world may believe that thou didst send me.

³⁷ And again another Scripture says, "They will look on him whom they have pierced."

¹⁷ Jesus said to her, "Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brethren and say to them, 'I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'

³¹ But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life through his name.

⁴ Also while eating with them, he charged them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, "which," said he, "you have heard from me. ⁵ For John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days hence."

²⁵ For David says of him, 'I saw the Lord always before my face, for he is at my right hand so that I may not be cast down. ²⁶ Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices, and my flesh still dwells in hope

³³ Therefore having been exalted to the right hand of God and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this which you see and hear.

³⁵ till I make your enemies your footstool.'

³⁸ Peter said to them, "Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ, for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

³⁸ Peter said to them, "Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ, for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. ³⁹ For the promise belongs to you and to your children and to all those who are far off, as many as the Lord your God may call."

²⁵ You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant which God established with your fathers when he said to Abraham, 'In your descendants all the families of the earth will be blessed.'

²⁵ You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant which God established with your fathers when he said to Abraham, 'In your descendants all the families of the earth will be blessed.' ²⁶ To you first God, when he raised up his servant, sent him, to bless you by turning each one of you from his wicked ways."

¹² Nor is there salvation in any other. For there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved."

³⁰ The God of our fathers raised up Jesus whom you had killed by hanging him on a cross.

³² We are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit which God has given to those who obey him."

⁷ The message of God continued to spread and the number of the disciples in Jerusalem increased greatly, and even a great body of the priests were obedient to the faith.

⁶ God spoke thus, 'His descendants will sojourn in a land not their own, and they will be enslaved and maltreated four hundred years.'

³⁸ This is he who was in the assembly in the wilderness, with the angel who spoke to him in Mount Sinai and with our fathers, and he received the living words to give to us.

⁵³ you who received the law as it was transmitted by angels and have not kept it."

⁹ A certain man named Simon had previously been practicing magic in the city and astonishing the people of Samaria, giving out that he was some great one. ¹⁰ They had all given attention to him, from the least to the greatest, saying, "This man is the power of God which is called great." ¹¹ They had given attention to him because for a long time he had amazed them by his magic.

¹⁵ They on arrival prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Spirit. ¹⁶ For the Spirit had not yet fallen on any one of them; they had merely been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

³⁶ As they were going along the road they came to water, and the eunuch said, "Here is water. What is there to hinder my being baptized?" ³⁷ TEXT OMITTED ³⁸ He ordered the chariot to stop and they both went down into the water, Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him.

¹⁸ Immediately scales seemed to fall from his eyes and he could see, and he arose and was baptized,

⁴⁴ While Peter was speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell on all who were listening to his message. ⁴⁵ All the believers who were of the circumcision who had come along with Peter were amazed that the gift of the Holy Spirit was poured out on the Gentiles, ⁴⁶ for they heard them speaking with tongues and glorifying God. Then Peter said, ⁴⁷ "Can any one forbid water for the baptism of these people who have received the Holy Spirit just as we did?"

¹⁵ When I began speaking the Holy Spirit fell on them, just as on us at the beginning,

¹⁵ When I began speaking the Holy Spirit fell on them, just as on us at the beginning, ¹⁶ and I remembered the words of the Lord how he said, 'John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.'

¹⁶ and I remembered the words of the Lord how he said, 'John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.' ¹⁷ If then God gave to them the same gift that he gave to us on believing in the Lord Jesus, who was I that I could oppose God?" ¹⁸ On hearing this they ceased their criticism and gave glory to God, saying, "Then even to the Gentiles God has granted the change of heart that leads to life."

²⁰ Herod had a bitter feud with the Tyrians and Sidonians. But they came to him with one mind, and having won over Blastus, the King's chamberlain, they begged for peace, because their country depended for its food supply on the King's country.

³⁸ "Therefore let it be known to you, brethren, that through him forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you. ³⁹ Yes, every one who believes in him is cleared from all the sins from which you could not be cleared by the Law of Moses.

³ Therefore the apostles spent considerable time speaking freely and fearlessly in reliance upon the Lord, who bore witness to his gracious message by permitting signs and wonders to be done by their hands.

⁹ He was listening to Paul as he was speaking. Paul fixed his eyes on him, and, seeing that he had faith to be healed, ¹⁰ said in a loud voice, "Stand up straight on your feet." He sprang up and walked about.

⁸ And God, who knows all hearts, bore witness to them by giving them the Holy Spirit, just as he did to us.

¹⁵ With this the words of the prophets agree, as it is written, ¹⁶ 'After this I will return and build up again the tent of David which has fallen down; yes, I will build up its ruins and erect it again, ¹⁷ that the rest of mankind may seek the Lord, even all the Gentiles upon whom my name has been bestowed, says the Lord ¹⁸ who does these things foreknown from of old.'

¹⁵ When she had been baptized along with her household, she begged us, "If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house and stay," and she insisted on our doing so.

³¹ They said, "Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, and your household,"

³¹ They said, "Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, and your household," ³² and they told the message of God to him and to all who were in his house. ³³ He took them at that hour of the night and washed their stripes. Then he was baptized, he and all of his household, immediately.

² He said to them, "Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?" They said to him, "On the contrary, we did not even hear that there was a Holy Spirit." ³ He said, "How then were you baptized?" They said, "With John's baptism." ⁴ Paul said, "John baptized with the baptism of a change of heart, telling the people to believe in one who was coming after him, that is, in Jesus." ⁵ On hearing that, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus, ⁶ and when Paul laid his hands on them the Holy Spirit came on them and they spoke with tongues and prophesied.

¹¹ Through the hands of Paul, God did miracles of no ordinary kind, ¹² so that handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched his body were carried to the sick, and the diseases left them and the evil spirits departed.

¹⁶ For I am not ashamed of the good news. It is the power of God for salvation to every one who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. ¹⁷ For a righteousness of God is revealed in it from faith to faith, as it is written, "He who is righteous by faith shall live."

⁸ But to those of a partisan spirit who do not obey the truth, but obey wickedness, there will be wrath and hot anger. ⁹ Distress and crushing calamity will fall upon every human soul that works evil, upon the Jew first and also upon the Greek. ¹⁰ But glory and honor and peace will come to every one who works good, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

¹³ (for it is not the hearers of law who are righteous before God, but the doers of law are pronounced righteous;

¹ WHAT then is the advantage of the Jew, or what is the benefit of circumcision? ² Much in every way. First, they were intrusted with the oracles of God. ³ For what if some were faithless, will their faithlessness prevent the faithfulness of God? ⁴ Never. Let God be true, but every man a liar, as it is written, "That thou mayest be proved right in thy words and triumph when thou art judged." ⁵ But if our unrighteousness shows the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous when he inflicts his wrath? (I am speaking humanly.) ⁶ Never. If so how can God judge the world?

⁹ What then? Have we an advantage? Not at all. We have already brought the charge against both Jews and Greeks that they are all under sin, ¹⁰ as it is written, "There is not even one righteous; ¹¹ there is none that seeks God. ¹² All have turned away; together they have become worthless; there is none who does what is useful, not even one. ¹³ Their throat is an open sepulcher; with their tongues they deceive; the poison of asps is under their lips. ¹⁴ Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness; ¹⁵ their feet are swift to shed blood; ¹⁶ ruin and misery are in their paths. ¹⁷ The path of peace they do not know. ¹⁸ There is no reverence for God before their eyes." ¹⁹ We know that all that the Law says, it says to those who are under the Law, that every mouth may be shut and all the world may come under the condemnation of God.

¹⁹ We know that all that the Law says, it says to those who are under the Law, that every mouth may be shut and all the world may come under the condemnation of God. ²⁰ Therefore by works of the Law no human being will be pronounced righteous before him. For through the Law comes the knowledge of sin.

²⁰ Therefore by works of the Law no human being will be pronounced righteous before him. For through the Law comes the knowledge of sin. ²¹ But now, apart from law, a righteousness of God has been revealed, confirmed by the Law and the Prophets — ²² a righteousness from God through faith in Jesus Christ for all believers. For there is no difference.

²² a righteousness from God through faith in Jesus Christ for all believers. For there is no difference. ²³ All have sinned and have come short of the glory of God. ²⁴ All are pronounced righteous by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, ²⁵ whom God has set forth as a propitiation by his blood through faith, for the manifestation of his righteousness, because of the passing over of previous sins in the forbearance of God —

²⁵ whom God has set forth as a propitiation by his blood through faith, for the manifestation of his righteousness, because of the passing over of previous sins in the forbearance of God — ²⁶ for a manifestation at the present time of his righteousness, that he may himself be righteous and may accept as righteous him who has faith in Jesus.

²⁸ For we reason that a man is pronounced righteous by faith aside from works of law. ²⁹ Does God belong to the Jews only? Does he not belong also to the Gentiles? Yes, to the Gentiles, ³⁰ if God is one and will pronounce the circumcision righteous by faith and the uncircumcision righteous through faith. ³¹ Do we then by faith nullify the Law? Never. On the contrary we establish the Law.

³ for what says the Scripture? "Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him for righteousness."

³ for what says the Scripture? "Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him for righteousness." ⁴ To him who works, wages are credited not as by grace, but as due;

⁴ To him who works, wages are credited not as by grace, but as due;

⁴ To him who works, wages are credited not as by grace, but as due; ⁵ but to him who does not work, but believes in him who calls the unrighteous man righteous, his faith is credited for righteousness.

⁵ but to him who does not work, but believes in him who calls the unrighteous man righteous, his faith is credited for righteousness.

⁵ but to him who does not work, but believes in him who calls the unrighteous man righteous, his faith is credited for righteousness. ⁶ Just so David speaks of the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works,

⁶ Just so David speaks of the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works, ⁷ "Blessed are they whose lawless acts have been forgiven, and whose sins have been covered over. ⁸ Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord will not charge up to him." ⁹ Does this blessedness come to the circumcision, or also to the uncircumcision? For we say, "Faith was credited to Abraham for righteousness."

⁹ Does this blessedness come to the circumcision, or also to the uncircumcision? For we say, "Faith was credited to Abraham for righteousness." ¹⁰ How was it credited, when he was in circumcision or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.

¹⁰ How was it credited, when he was in circumcision or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision. ¹¹ And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness of faith that he had in uncircumcision, so that he should be the father of all who believe while uncircumcised, and righteousness should be credited to them;

¹¹ And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness of faith that he had in uncircumcision, so that he should be the father of all who believe while uncircumcised, and righteousness should be credited to them;

¹¹ And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness of faith that he had in uncircumcision, so that he should be the father of all who believe while uncircumcised, and righteousness should be credited to them;

¹¹ And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness of faith that he had in uncircumcision, so that he should be the father of all who believe while uncircumcised, and righteousness should be credited to them;

¹¹ And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness of faith that he had in uncircumcision, so that he should be the father of all who believe while uncircumcised, and righteousness should be credited to them; ¹² and the father of the circumcised, that is, of those who are not only circumcised, but who walk in the steps of the faith which our father Abraham had while uncircumcised.

¹² and the father of the circumcised, that is, of those who are not only circumcised, but who walk in the steps of the faith which our father Abraham had while uncircumcised.

¹² and the father of the circumcised, that is, of those who are not only circumcised, but who walk in the steps of the faith which our father Abraham had while uncircumcised.

¹² and the father of the circumcised, that is, of those who are not only circumcised, but who walk in the steps of the faith which our father Abraham had while uncircumcised. ¹³ It was not through the Law that the promise came to Abraham or to his descendants that he should be the heir of the world, but through the righteousness of faith.

¹³ It was not through the Law that the promise came to Abraham or to his descendants that he should be the heir of the world, but through the righteousness of faith.

¹³ It was not through the Law that the promise came to Abraham or to his descendants that he should be the heir of the world, but through the righteousness of faith.

¹³ It was not through the Law that the promise came to Abraham or to his descendants that he should be the heir of the world, but through the righteousness of faith. ¹⁴ For if those who are of the Law are heirs, faith is emptied of value and the promise is nullified.

¹⁴ For if those who are of the Law are heirs, faith is emptied of value and the promise is nullified.

¹⁴ For if those who are of the Law are heirs, faith is emptied of value and the promise is nullified.

¹⁴ For if those who are of the Law are heirs, faith is emptied of value and the promise is nullified. ¹⁵ For the Law works wrath. But where there is no law, neither is there lawbreaking.

¹⁵ For the Law works wrath. But where there is no law, neither is there lawbreaking.

¹⁵ For the Law works wrath. But where there is no law, neither is there lawbreaking. ¹⁶ Therefore all depends on faith, that it may be of grace, and thus the promise be sure for all his descendants, not only those who are of the Law, but also those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of all of us

¹⁶ Therefore all depends on faith, that it may be of grace, and thus the promise be sure for all his descendants, not only those who are of the Law, but also those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of all of us

¹⁶ Therefore all depends on faith, that it may be of grace, and thus the promise be sure for all his descendants, not only those who are of the Law, but also those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of all of us

¹⁶ Therefore all depends on faith, that it may be of grace, and thus the promise be sure for all his descendants, not only those who are of the Law, but also those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of all of us ¹⁷ (as it is written, "I have made thee a father of many nations"), in the view of the God whom he believed, who makes alive the dead and calls things that are not as if they were.

¹⁷ (as it is written, "I have made thee a father of many nations"), in the view of the God whom he believed, who makes alive the dead and calls things that are not as if they were. ¹⁸ Abraham, when hope was past, believed in hope so that he became the father of many nations, according to what was said to him, "So shall your descendants be"; ¹⁹ and without being weakened in faith he recognized his own body as dead, when he was about a hundred years old, and the deadness of Sarah's womb. ²⁰ Still he did not hesitate through want of faith in the promise of God, but was strong in faith, thus giving glory to God, ²¹ and was fully confident that what God had promised he was able to perform.

²¹ and was fully confident that what God had promised he was able to perform. ²² Therefore it was credited to him for righteousness.

²⁴ but also for our sake, to whom it will be credited if we believe in him who raised up from the dead Jesus our Lord, ²⁵ who was delivered up on account of our sins and was raised again that we might be accounted righteous.

¹² Therefore as through one man sin entered the world, and through sin death entered, and so death spread to all men, since all sinned —

²⁰ But law came in alongside that the fall might be greater; but where sin became greater grace became greater still, ²¹ in order that as sin reigned in death grace might reign through righteousness and issue in life eternal through Jesus Christ our Lord.

³ Are you ignorant that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? ⁴ We were buried with him by baptism into death, in order that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life.

¹⁴ For sin shall not be king over you; for you are not under law, but under grace.

¹⁴ For sin shall not be king over you; for you are not under law, but under grace. ¹⁵ What then? May we sin because we are not under law, but under grace? Never.

¹⁷ Thanks be to God that though you were slaves of sin you became obedient from the heart to the type of teaching in which you were instructed.

¹⁹ I am speaking humanly on account of the weakness of your human nature. As you did present your members as servants to impurity and to lawlessness to do lawlessness, so now you have presented your members as servants to righteousness for holy living.

²³ For the wages of sin is death, but the gracious gift of God is life eternal in Christ Jesus our Lord.

⁴ So, my brethren, you were made dead to the Law through the body of Christ, that you might become wedded to another, to him who was raised from the dead, that we might bear fruit to God.

⁷ What shall we say then? Is the Law sin? Never. But I should not have come to know sin except through the Law. I should not have known lust if the Law had not said, "Thou shalt not lust."

⁷ What shall we say then? Is the Law sin? Never. But I should not have come to know sin except through the Law. I should not have known lust if the Law had not said, "Thou shalt not lust." ⁸ Sin, taking occasion through the commandment, worked in me every lust. For apart from the Law sin is dead.

⁸ Sin, taking occasion through the commandment, worked in me every lust. For apart from the Law sin is dead. ⁹ I was living once, apart from law. But when the commandment came, sin began to live and I died,

⁹ I was living once, apart from law. But when the commandment came, sin began to live and I died, ¹⁰ and the commandment which meant life was found to mean death. ¹¹ For sin, taking occasion through the commandment, deceived me and by it killed me. ¹² So the Law is holy and the commandment is holy and just and good. ¹³ Did then what is good become death to me? Never. But sin, that it might appear sin, worked death in me through the good, in order that it might become beyond measure sinful.

²⁴ Wretched man that I am! who will deliver me from this body of death? ²⁵ Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then I myself with my mind serve the Law of God, but with my flesh the law of sin.

³ For, what was impossible for the Law, because it was weak through the flesh — God, sending his own Son in the form of sinful flesh and for sin, condemned the sin that is in the flesh, ⁴ so that the righteousness required by the Law might be fulfilled in us who live not according to the flesh, but according to the spirit.

⁷ Therefore fleshly mindedness is hostile to God; for it is not subject to the Law of God, nor can it be.

⁹ But you are not in the flesh, but in the spirit, if the Spirit of God dwells in you. If any one has not the Spirit of Christ, that man is not his. ¹⁰ If Christ is in you the body is dead because of sin, but the spirit is life because of righteousness. ¹¹ If the Spirit of him who raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised up Christ Jesus from the dead gives life even to your mortal bodies, through his indwelling Spirit in you. ¹² So then, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh to live according to the flesh; ¹³ for if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the practices of the body, you will live. ¹⁴ For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

¹⁴ For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. ¹⁵ For you did not receive a spirit of bondage leading again to fear, but you received a spirit of sonship, in which we cry, Abba, Father.

¹⁵ For you did not receive a spirit of bondage leading again to fear, but you received a spirit of sonship, in which we cry, Abba, Father. ¹⁶ The Spirit itself witnesses with our spirits that we are children of God.

¹⁶ The Spirit itself witnesses with our spirits that we are children of God. ¹⁷ And if children, we are also heirs — heirs of God, joint heirs with Christ, since we suffer with him that we may also be glorified with him.

¹⁷ And if children, we are also heirs — heirs of God, joint heirs with Christ, since we suffer with him that we may also be glorified with him.

²⁶ Thus also the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit itself intercedes for us with sighs beyond words. ²⁷ And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because he intercedes for the holy according to the will of God.

³ For I could wish myself to be accursed and cast away from Christ for the sake of my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh,

⁷ nor because they are descendants of Abraham are they all children; but "through Isaac shall your descendants be named." ⁸ That is, not the physical descendants are children, but the children of the promise are counted for descendants.

¹⁷ For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, "For this very purpose I raised you up in order to show my power upon you and to have my name proclaimed in all the earth."

²⁴ called us not only from the Jews but also from the Gentiles?

³⁰ What shall we say then? That Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness obtained righteousness, the righteousness of faith,

³⁰ What shall we say then? That Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness obtained righteousness, the righteousness of faith, ³¹ but Israel pursuing after the Law of righteousness did not attain to the Law.

³¹ but Israel pursuing after the Law of righteousness did not attain to the Law. ³² Why? Because they pursued it not by faith, but as it were by works. They stumbled over that stumbling stone,

³² Why? Because they pursued it not by faith, but as it were by works. They stumbled over that stumbling stone, ³³ as it is written, "See, I am laying in Zion a stumbling stone, a rock to trip over, but he who has faith in him will never be put to shame."

³ For, ignorant of God's righteousness and seeking to establish their own, they have not submitted to God's righteousness. ⁴ For Christ is the end of the Law for righteousness to every believer.

⁴ For Christ is the end of the Law for righteousness to every believer. ⁵ For Moses writes that he who does the righteousness of the Law shall live by it. ⁶ But the righteousness of faith says, "Do not say in your heart, 'Who shall ascend into heaven?' that is, to bring Christ down — "

⁹ that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead you will be saved.

⁹ that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead you will be saved. ¹⁰ For with the heart a man believes and becomes righteous, and with the mouth he confesses and attains salvation. ¹¹ For the Scripture says, "No one who believes in him will be put to shame." ¹² For there is no difference between Jew and Greek. For there is the same Lord of all, rich toward all who call upon him. ¹³ For "Every one who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved." ¹⁴ How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? How shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? How shall they hear without some one to proclaim him? ¹⁵ How shall they proclaim him unless they are sent? As it is written, "How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!" ¹⁶ But have not all heard the good news? For Isaiah says, "Lord, who has believed our report?"

¹⁶ But have not all heard the good news? For Isaiah says, "Lord, who has believed our report?" ¹⁷ So then faith comes from the report and report comes through the word of Christ.

⁶ But if it is by grace it is no longer because of works, for then grace would be no longer grace.

³² For God has shut up all in unbelief in order that he may have mercy on all.

⁵ so we who are many are one body in Christ and individually members of one another.

¹⁴ But put on the Lord Jesus Christ and make no provision for gratifying physical passions.

¹⁹ through the power of signs and wonders, by the power of the Holy Spirit, so that from Jerusalem around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the good news of Christ,

⁴ I am always thanking God for you because of the grace of God given to you in Christ Jesus, ⁵ that you are rich in him in everything, in readiness of speech and in all knowledge,

¹² I mean that each of you is saying, "I belong to Paul," "I belong to Apollos," "I belong to Cephas," or, "I belong to Christ."

¹⁷ For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to proclaim the good news — not in wisdom of words, that the cross of Christ might not be emptied of meaning.

²³ but we proclaim Christ crucified, to Jews a stumbling block, to Gentiles folly, ²⁴ but to those who are called, whether Jews or Greeks, Christ, the power of God and the wisdom of God.

² For I determined to know nothing among you but Jesus Christ — and him crucified.

²² Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or things present or things to come — all are yours ²³ and you are Christ's and Christ is God's.

¹⁵ For if you have ten thousand teachers in Christ, still you have not many fathers. For I was your father in Christ Jesus through the good news.

¹⁴ For the unbelieving husband has been made holy by the wife and the unbelieving wife has been made holy by the husband. Otherwise your children would be impure, but now they are holy.

¹⁹ Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God is all.

²⁹ But this I say, brethren: The time is shortened. For what remains let those who have wives be as if they had none,

²⁰ I became to the Jews a Jew, to gain the Jews; to those under law as under law, though not myself under law, to gain those who are under law. ²¹ To those without law, I became as without law, though not without the law of God and under the law of Christ, to gain those who are without law.

² and all received baptism in the cloud and in the sea,

¹⁹ What then am I saying? That meat sacrificed to idols is anything or that an idol is anything?

²⁶ For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup you proclaim the Lord's death, until he comes.

⁷ To each one is given some manifestation of the Spirit for what is profitable. ⁸ To one are given, through the Spirit, words of wisdom, to another words of knowledge by the same Spirit, ⁹ to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the same Spirit, ¹⁰ to another works of power, to another prophecy, to another the discernment of spirits, to another varieties of tongues, to another interpretation of tongues.

¹⁰ to another works of power, to another prophecy, to another the discernment of spirits, to another varieties of tongues, to another interpretation of tongues. ¹¹ One and the same Spirit produces all of these gifts, distributing to each one individually as he will. ¹² For as the body is one and yet has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so also is Christ.

¹² For as the body is one and yet has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so also is Christ. ¹³ For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and were all made to drink of one Spirit.

¹³ For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and were all made to drink of one Spirit.

²⁷ You are the body of Christ and individually members.

² through which also you are being saved, if you hold fast the message that I announced to you, unless your faith was thoughtless.

²³ But each in his own order. The first-fruit is Christ, then those who are Christ's, at his coming.

³² If, humanly speaking, I fought wild beasts at Ephesus, what is my gain? If the dead do not rise, "let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die."

²⁰ For all the promises of God, however many, have their yes in him. Therefore also through him is the Amen to the glory of God through us.

²² and sealed us and has given the pledge of the Spirit in our hearts.

⁸ how much more glorious will not the service of the Spirit be?

¹⁹ to proclaim that God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, not counting against men their sins, and that he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. ²⁰ So we are ambassadors for Christ, as if God were appealing to you through us. We pray you on Christ's behalf to be reconciled to God. ²¹ Him who knew no sin God made sin for our sake that we might become the righteousness of God in him.

²¹ Him who knew no sin God made sin for our sake that we might become the righteousness of God in him.

¹⁸ and will be a Father to you and you shall be sons and daughters to me, says the Lord, the Ruler of all."

⁶ Remember this, he who sows sparingly will reap sparingly and he who sows bountifully will reap bountifully.

⁴ for the weapons of our warfare are not weapons of the flesh, but powerful under God for the destruction of fortresses. ⁵ We overthrow reasonings and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, and take captive every thought into obedience to Christ

⁷ Look at what is right before your eyes. If any one is confident that he belongs to Christ, let him again consider this regarding himself, that just as he belongs to Christ so also do we.

³ But I fear that, as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your thoughts may be led away from sincerity and purity toward Christ. ⁴ For if some newcomer proclaims another Jesus whom we did not proclaim, or if you receive a different kind of spirit which you did not receive, or a different good news which you did not welcome, you bear with him finely.

¹³ For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. ¹⁴ And no wonder, for Satan himself disguises himself as an angel of light. ¹⁵ So it is no great thing if his servants too disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. Their end will be according to their deeds.

¹² The signs of an apostle were performed among you in all patience by miracles and wonders and deeds of power.

³ since you are eager to have a test of Christ speaking in me. He is not weak toward you, but powerful among you.

⁶ I am astonished that you are so quickly changing over from him who called you by the grace of Christ to a different kind of good news,

¹⁴ But when I saw that they were not walking straight according to the truth of the good news, I said to Cephas before them all, "If you who are a Jew are living like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?"

¹⁶ knowing that a man is not declared righteous because of works of law, but through faith in Christ Jesus, we also have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be declared righteous because of faith in Christ, and not because of works of law, for because of works of law no human being will be declared righteous. ¹⁷ If while seeking to be declared righteous in Christ we ourselves are found sinners, is Christ then a servant of sin? Never.

¹⁹ For I through law died to law that I might live to God.

²¹ I do not make nothing of the grace of God, for if righteousness is through law, then Christ died for nothing.

² Only this I wish to learn from you: Was it because of works of law that you received the Spirit, or because of hearing with faith? ³ Are you so thoughtless? After beginning with spirit are you now finishing with flesh?

⁵ He who supplies to you the Spirit and works miracles among you, is he doing it because of works of law or because of hearing with faith,

⁵ He who supplies to you the Spirit and works miracles among you, is he doing it because of works of law or because of hearing with faith, ⁶ just as Abraham had faith in God and it was credited to him for righteousness? ⁷ You know, then, that those who are of faith — they are children of Abraham.

⁷ You know, then, that those who are of faith — they are children of Abraham.

⁷ You know, then, that those who are of faith — they are children of Abraham. ⁸ For the Scripture, foreseeing that God would declare the Gentiles righteous because of faith, announced the good news in advance to Abraham, "In you all the Gentiles will be blessed."

⁸ For the Scripture, foreseeing that God would declare the Gentiles righteous because of faith, announced the good news in advance to Abraham, "In you all the Gentiles will be blessed."

⁸ For the Scripture, foreseeing that God would declare the Gentiles righteous because of faith, announced the good news in advance to Abraham, "In you all the Gentiles will be blessed."

⁸ For the Scripture, foreseeing that God would declare the Gentiles righteous because of faith, announced the good news in advance to Abraham, "In you all the Gentiles will be blessed." ⁹ So then those who are of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.

⁹ So then those who are of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.

⁹ So then those who are of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham. ¹⁰ For all who are of the works of law are under a curse, for it is written, "Cursed is every one who does not abide by all the precepts of the book of the Law and do them."

¹⁰ For all who are of the works of law are under a curse, for it is written, "Cursed is every one who does not abide by all the precepts of the book of the Law and do them."

¹² But the Law is not of faith, but "He who does these things shall live by them."

¹⁴ in order that the blessing of Abraham might in Jesus Christ come on the Gentiles, that they might receive through faith the promise of the Spirit. ¹⁵ Brethren, I am speaking humanly, a ratified covenant, although but a man's, no one can set aside or add to. ¹⁶ But the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his offspring. It does not say, "and to offsprings," as meaning many, but as if meaning one, "and to your offspring," who is Christ. ¹⁷ I mean this, a covenant ratified by God, the Law that came four hundred and thirty years afterward does not annul, so as to defeat the promise.

¹⁹ Why then was the Law? It was added later to make transgressions, until the Offspring should come to whom the promise had been made, and it was arranged through angels by the hand of a mediator.

²¹ Is the Law then against the promises of God? Never! For if a law had been given which could give life, then really righteousness would have come by law.

²¹ Is the Law then against the promises of God? Never! For if a law had been given which could give life, then really righteousness would have come by law. ²² But the Scripture has shut up all under sin that the promise based on faith in Jesus Christ may be given to those who have faith.

²² But the Scripture has shut up all under sin that the promise based on faith in Jesus Christ may be given to those who have faith. ²³ Before faith came we were guarded under law, shut up waiting for the faith that was to be revealed.

²³ Before faith came we were guarded under law, shut up waiting for the faith that was to be revealed. ²⁴ Thus the Law became our tutor leading us to Christ, that we might be declared righteous by faith. ²⁵ Now that faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor.

²⁵ Now that faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor. ²⁶ You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.

²⁶ You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. ²⁷ All who have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. ²⁸ There cannot be Jew or Greek, slave or free, male or female: for you all are one in Christ Jesus.

²⁸ There cannot be Jew or Greek, slave or free, male or female: for you all are one in Christ Jesus. ²⁹ If you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's offspring and heirs according to the promise.

²⁹ If you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's offspring and heirs according to the promise.

¹ I SAY that as long as the heir is under age he differs in nothing from a slave, though he be owner of all.

¹ I SAY that as long as the heir is under age he differs in nothing from a slave, though he be owner of all.

¹ I SAY that as long as the heir is under age he differs in nothing from a slave, though he be owner of all. ² But he is under guardians and managers until the day appointed by the father.

² But he is under guardians and managers until the day appointed by the father.

² But he is under guardians and managers until the day appointed by the father.

² But he is under guardians and managers until the day appointed by the father. ³ So we, when we were under age, were enslaved under the elementary lessons of the world;

³ So we, when we were under age, were enslaved under the elementary lessons of the world;

³ So we, when we were under age, were enslaved under the elementary lessons of the world;

³ So we, when we were under age, were enslaved under the elementary lessons of the world; ⁴ but, when the fullness of time came, God sent forth his Son born of a woman, born under the Law,

⁴ but, when the fullness of time came, God sent forth his Son born of a woman, born under the Law,

⁴ but, when the fullness of time came, God sent forth his Son born of a woman, born under the Law, ⁵ that he might redeem those who were under Law, that we might receive the recognition as sons.

⁵ that he might redeem those who were under Law, that we might receive the recognition as sons.

⁵ that he might redeem those who were under Law, that we might receive the recognition as sons. ⁶ Because you are sons, God has sent into our hearts the Spirit of his Son crying Abba, Father.

⁶ Because you are sons, God has sent into our hearts the Spirit of his Son crying Abba, Father. ⁷ So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then also an heir, through God's act.

⁷ So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then also an heir, through God's act. ⁸ At the time when you did not know God you were enslaved to what by nature are not gods. ⁹ But now that you know God, or rather have been known by God, how are you turning back to the weak and beggarly elementary lessons to which you wish to be slaves again?

⁹ But now that you know God, or rather have been known by God, how are you turning back to the weak and beggarly elementary lessons to which you wish to be slaves again? ¹⁰ You observe days and months and seasons and years.

²¹ Tell me, you who wish to be under law, do you not hear the Law? ²² For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one born of the slave girl and one born of the free wife. ²³ But he who was born of the slave girl was born according to the flesh, while he who was born of the free wife was born by promise. ²⁴ This is an allegory. For these women are the two covenants, one from Mount Sinai, bearing children for slavery. This is Hagar. ²⁵ Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia. She represents the present Jerusalem, for she is in slavery along with her children. ²⁶ But the Jerusalem on high is free and she is our mother. ²⁷ For it is written, "Rejoice, O barren one, you who do not bear! Break forth and shout, you who feel no birth pangs! For many are the children of the desolate — more than those of her who has a husband." ²⁸ But you, brethren, are, as Isaac was, children of promise.

²⁸ But you, brethren, are, as Isaac was, children of promise. ²⁹ But just as then he who was born according to the flesh persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, so it is now. ³⁰ But what says the Scripture? "Cast out the slave girl and her son. For the son of the slave girl shall not inherit along with the son of the free wife."

³⁰ But what says the Scripture? "Cast out the slave girl and her son. For the son of the slave girl shall not inherit along with the son of the free wife." ³¹ Therefore, brethren, we are not children of a slave girl, but of the free wife.

⁴ You have put an end to Christ's work for you, you who are declared righteous by law; you have fallen away from grace.

⁴ You have put an end to Christ's work for you, you who are declared righteous by law; you have fallen away from grace. ⁵ For we in the Spirit because of faith are waiting for the hope of righteousness. ⁶ For in Christ Jesus neither has circumcision any value nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love.

⁶ For in Christ Jesus neither has circumcision any value nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love. ⁷ You were running finely. Who hindered you from obeying the truth? ⁸ The persuasion was not from him who called you.

¹⁶ I say, walk in the Spirit and you will not carry out the passions of the flesh.

¹⁸ But if you are led by the Spirit you are not under law.

²⁴ Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its emotions and passions.

¹² All who wish to make a fair show in the flesh are trying to compel you to receive circumcision, but only that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ. ¹³ For even those who are circumcised do not themselves keep the Law, but they wish you to be circumcised in order to boast in your flesh. ¹⁴ But let me never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world is crucified to me and I to the world.

⁵ He predestined us to recognition as sons to himself through Jesus Christ according to the kindness of his will,

¹³ In him you also, after hearing the message of the truth, the good news of your salvation, and putting your faith in him, were sealed by the promised Holy Spirit, ¹⁴ which is the pledge of our inheritance in anticipation of the full redemption of God's own people to the praise of his glory.

¹³ But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far have become near by the blood of Christ. ¹⁴ For he is our peace. He has made both Jew and Gentile one and has broken down the dividing wall, the enmity. ¹⁵ In his own flesh he has ended the force of the law of commandments in ordinances in order to make the two, in himself, into one new man, thus making peace, ¹⁶ and in order to reconcile both in one body to God through his cross, by slaying the enmity by it. ¹⁷ And he came and brought the good news of peace to you who were far and peace to those who were near. ¹⁸ For through him we, both Jews and Gentiles, have access through one Spirit to the Father.

¹⁸ For through him we, both Jews and Gentiles, have access through one Spirit to the Father. ¹⁹ So then you are no longer strangers and resident aliens, but fellow citizens with the holy and members of the household of God, ²⁰ built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the corner stone. ²¹ In him all the building, framed together, is growing into a holy temple in the Lord, ²² in whom you also are being built for a dwelling of God in the Spirit.

²² in whom you also are being built for a dwelling of God in the Spirit.

⁵ a mystery which was not disclosed in other generations to the sons of men as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit, ⁶ namely, that the Gentiles are fellow heirs and fellow members of the body, fellow sharers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the good news,

⁶ namely, that the Gentiles are fellow heirs and fellow members of the body, fellow sharers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the good news, ⁷ of which I became a servant according to the free grace of God which was given me by the inworking of his power. ⁸ To me, the least of all the holy, has this grace been given, to proclaim to the Gentiles the good news of the unsearchable riches of Christ

⁸ To me, the least of all the holy, has this grace been given, to proclaim to the Gentiles the good news of the unsearchable riches of Christ ⁹ and to show what is the working of the mystery which has been hidden for ages in God, who created all things ¹⁰ in order to disclose now to the archangels and powers in the heavenly heights, through the church, the varied wisdom of God,

¹⁶ that he may grant to you according to his glorious wealth to be strengthened with might through his Spirit in the inner man,

⁴ There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called with one hope that belongs to your calling,

¹⁴ Then we shall be no longer children tossed and borne about by every wind of teaching through the trickery of men and craftiness in the devices of deceit, ¹⁵ but speaking the truth in love we shall grow wholly into him who is the head, Christ, ¹⁶ from whom the whole body framed together and strengthened by what every joint supplies vigorously, in the measure of each, makes growth in building itself up in love. ¹⁷ This then I say and solemnly protest in the Lord: that you are no longer to live as the Gentiles live in vacancy of mind,

²⁴ and put on the new man formed as God approves in the righteousness and holiness of truth.

³⁰ Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God by whom you have been sealed for the day of redemption.

¹ BE imitators of God as beloved children ² and live in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself for us, an offering and sacrifice to God yielding a fragrant odor.

¹⁵ Be strictly careful, then, how you live, not as unwise but as wise.

²⁹ for no one ever hates his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church, ³⁰ for we are members of his body.

³² "This mystery is great, but I am speaking of Christ and the church.

¹⁵ that you may be blameless and pure, children of God, spotless in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation among whom you shine as lights in the world,

⁶ as to zeal persecuting the church, as to the righteousness of the Law blameless. ⁷ But the things that were gain to me, those I have counted loss for Christ. ⁸ Yes, I count all to be loss because of the surpassing worth of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things and count them but refuse, that I may gain Christ ⁹ and be found in him, not having my own righteousness that was from the Law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which comes from God and rests on faith,

⁴ I say this that no one may deceive you by plausible arguments.

¹⁰ and you have been filled in him. He is the head of every archangel and authority. ¹¹ In him you were circumcised with a circumcision not done by hands, by laying aside your fleshly body in the circumcision of Christ. ¹² You were buried with him in baptism and raised again through faith in the inworking of God who raised him from the dead.

¹⁷ These were a shadow of coming things, but the body is Christ's.

¹⁹ and not holding to the Head, from whom the whole body, supplied and held together by joints and bands, grows as God gives it growth.

¹⁰ and have clothed yourselves with the new self, which is being renewed into knowledge in the image of its Creator. ¹¹ Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcision or uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, slave or freeman, but Christ is all and in all.

⁸ With flaming fire he will inflict vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the good news of our Lord Jesus.

⁹ For his coming will be when Satan is active in every sort of power and in false signs and wonders ¹⁰ and in every kind of wicked deception of those who are perishing, because they did not receive the love of the truth so that they might be saved. ¹¹ For this reason God sends to them a deceptive influence so that they believe a lie, ¹² that all who have not believed the truth but have delighted in wickedness may be condemned.

⁸ We know that the Law is excellent, if any one uses it lawfully. ⁹ But we know this: that law is not laid down for a righteous man, but for the lawless and the insubordinate, the ungodly and sinners, the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,

⁴ who wishes all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. ⁵ For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, himself man, Christ Jesus,

⁵ For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, himself man, Christ Jesus, ⁶ who gave himself as a ransom for all, a fact to be witnessed to at the fitting time.

⁴ he is conceited, knowing nothing, but morbidly fond of disputes and controversies from which come envy, strife, abusive language, wicked suspicions,

¹ PAUL, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God according to the promise of life in Christ Jesus,

¹⁵ and that from childhood you have known the sacred writings which can give you wisdom to gain salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. ¹⁶ All Scripture is divinely inspired and is useful for teaching, for proof, for correction of error, for education in righteousness, ¹⁷ that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.

¹⁴ who gave himself for us to redeem us from all sin and purify us as his own people earnest in honorable work.

⁷ that we might be declared righteous by his grace and become heirs with the hope of life eternal."

¹⁴ Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth for service in behalf of those who are to inherit salvation?

² For if the message spoken through angels was sure and every violation and disobedience received merited punishment,

⁴ while God added his testimony by signs and wonders and many kinds of miracles and impartation of the Holy Spirit according to his will? ⁵ For he has not subjected to angels the coming world of which we speak.

¹⁰ For it was fitting that he through whom are all things and for whom are all things, when leading many sons to glory, should make the great Leader of their salvation perfect through sufferings. ¹¹ For he who makes holy and they who are made holy are all of one. For this cause he is not ashamed to call them brothers, ¹² saying, "I will tell thy name to my brothers. In the midst of the assembly I will sing praise to thee," ¹³ and again, "I will trust in him," and again, "Here am I and the children whom God has given me." ¹⁴ Since then the children share in blood and flesh, he himself in the same way shared in them, in order that through death he might defeat him who had the power of death, that is, the Devil, ¹⁵ and set free all those who through fear of death were all their lives doomed to slavery.

² For we have received the good news just as they did, but the message that was heard did not benefit them, since it did not meet with faith in the hearers.

⁹ and being thus made perfect he became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey him,

⁴ For it is impossible for those who have been once for all enlightened and have tasted the heavenly gift and have become sharers in the Holy Spirit

⁴ For it is impossible for those who have been once for all enlightened and have tasted the heavenly gift and have become sharers in the Holy Spirit ⁵ and have tasted God's word and the powers of the coming world, ⁶ and then have fallen away, to have again a change of heart, since they are crucifying for themselves afresh the Son of God and putting him to open shame.

¹² that you may not be dull, but imitators of those who through faith and patience are inheriting the promises. ¹³ For God, when making the promise to Abraham, since he could swear by no one greater, swore by himself,

¹³ For God, when making the promise to Abraham, since he could swear by no one greater, swore by himself,

¹³ For God, when making the promise to Abraham, since he could swear by no one greater, swore by himself, ¹⁴ saying, "Surely, I will greatly bless you and greatly multiply you."

¹⁴ saying, "Surely, I will greatly bless you and greatly multiply you."

¹⁴ saying, "Surely, I will greatly bless you and greatly multiply you." ¹⁵ And so after patient waiting Abraham obtained what was promised.

¹⁵ And so after patient waiting Abraham obtained what was promised.

¹⁵ And so after patient waiting Abraham obtained what was promised. ¹⁶ For men swear by the greater and an oath for confirmation is to them the end of all dispute.

¹⁶ For men swear by the greater and an oath for confirmation is to them the end of all dispute. ¹⁷ In this case God being abundantly willing to show to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable purpose of his will gave the surety of an oath,

¹⁷ In this case God being abundantly willing to show to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable purpose of his will gave the surety of an oath,

¹⁷ In this case God being abundantly willing to show to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable purpose of his will gave the surety of an oath, ¹⁸ that by two unchangeable things, in which it was impossible for God to be false, we might have strong encouragement, we who have fled to lay hold on the hope that lies before us.

¹¹ If, then, perfection had been through the Levitical priesthood, — for on the basis of that the people received the Law — what need was there for another kind of priest to arise and not be called of the order of Aaron? ¹² For when the priesthood has been changed there comes of necessity also a change of law. ¹³ For he of whom these things are said belongs to another tribe, from which no one has ever had anything to do with the altar. ¹⁴ For it is plain that our Lord has arisen from Judah, and in connection with that tribe Moses said nothing about priests. ¹⁵ And this is yet more abundantly evident if after the order of Melchizedek there arises a priest of a different kind ¹⁶ who has become such, not according to the law of a commandment made for the flesh, but according to the power of unending life. ¹⁷ For it is affirmed of him, "Thou art a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek." ¹⁸ There is a setting aside of the earlier commandment because of its weakness and uselessness —

¹⁸ There is a setting aside of the earlier commandment because of its weakness and uselessness — ¹⁹ for the Law brought nothing to perfection — and there is the bringing in of a better hope through which we draw near to God.

²⁶ For such was the High Priest that we needed, holy, innocent, unstained, separated from sinners, and made higher than the heavens. ²⁷ He has not the daily need, like the other priests, first to offer sacrifices for his own sins and then for those of the people. This latter he did once for all when he offered himself.

³ Now every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices. Whence it is necessary for this one to have something to offer. ⁴ If he were upon the earth he would not be a priest at all, since there are those who offer the gifts according to the Law. ⁵ They minister as an example and shadow of the things in heaven, just as Moses was divinely instructed when he was about to make the Tent. "See," it was said, "that you make everything according to the model shown you on the mountain." ⁶ But now Christ has obtained a ministry as much more excellent as the covenant of which he is mediator is better and based upon better promises.

⁶ But now Christ has obtained a ministry as much more excellent as the covenant of which he is mediator is better and based upon better promises. ⁷ For if that first covenant had been faultless a place would not have been sought for a second. ⁸ But finding fault with it he says, "The days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make for the house of Israel and for the house of Judah a new covenant, ⁹ not in the manner of the covenant which I made with their fathers, on the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt. For they did not abide by my covenant and I ceased to care for them, says the Lord. ¹⁰ This is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord; I will put my laws into their minds and will write them upon their hearts and I will be their God and they will be my people. ¹¹ They shall not teach each one his fellow citizen and each one his brother saying, 'Know the Lord'; for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest of them, ¹² and I will be merciful to their wrong-doings and their sins I will remember no more." ¹³ In saying "new" he has pronounced the first covenant old. But what grows old and decadent is near to disappearance.

² For a Tent was erected, in the first part of which were the lampstand and the table and the consecrated bread. This was called the Holy Place.

⁸ The Holy Spirit shows this, that the way into the holy place has not yet been made plain while the first Tent is standing. ⁹ That is a symbol, for the time being, in accordance with which gifts and sacrifices are offered, though they cannot make the worshiper perfect in his conscience,

⁹ That is a symbol, for the time being, in accordance with which gifts and sacrifices are offered, though they cannot make the worshiper perfect in his conscience, ¹⁰ since they consist only of foods and drinks and various baths — rules respecting the flesh, imposed until the time of reformation.

¹⁰ since they consist only of foods and drinks and various baths — rules respecting the flesh, imposed until the time of reformation. ¹¹ But when Christ came as High Priest of the good things that have come, he entered once for all through the greater and more perfect Tent not made by hands — that is, not of this creation — ¹² and not with the blood of goats and calves, but with his own blood, into the holy place, and thereby found eternal redemption.

¹² and not with the blood of goats and calves, but with his own blood, into the holy place, and thereby found eternal redemption. ¹³ For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling the defiled, makes them holy as regards purity of their flesh, ¹⁴ how much more will the blood of Christ, who through an eternal Spirit offered himself an unblemished sacrifice to God, cleanse our consciences from dead works for the service of the living God. ¹⁵ For this reason he is the mediator of a better covenant that, a death having taken place for redemption from sins under the first covenant, those who have been called may receive the eternal inheritance promised to them.

¹⁵ For this reason he is the mediator of a better covenant that, a death having taken place for redemption from sins under the first covenant, those who have been called may receive the eternal inheritance promised to them. ¹⁶ For where there is a last will and testament the death of the testator must be put in evidence. ¹⁷ For a will is valid in the case of the dead: it never has any force while the testator is living.

²⁶ then he must have suffered often since the foundation of the world. But now, once for all, at the end of the ages, he has appeared to do away with sin by his sacrifice.

²⁸ so Christ was once for all offered to bear the sins of many and will appear the second time, apart from sin, to those who are looking for him, and bring them salvation.

¹ FOR the Law with a shadow of the good things that are coming, but not the very likeness of the things, cannot, by the same sacrifices which they offer constantly every year, ever make perfect those who come, ² since would they not have ceased offering them? Because the worshipers, once for all cleansed, would have had no consciousness of sins. ³ But in the sacrifices these are called to mind every year. ⁴ For the blood of bulls and goats is powerless to take away sins.

⁴ For the blood of bulls and goats is powerless to take away sins. ⁵ Therefore on coming into the world he says, "Sacrifice and offering thou dost not desire: a body thou hast prepared for me.

⁵ Therefore on coming into the world he says, "Sacrifice and offering thou dost not desire: a body thou hast prepared for me. ⁶ Whole burnt offerings and sin offerings thou dost not delight in.

⁶ Whole burnt offerings and sin offerings thou dost not delight in. ⁷ Then I said, 'Here I have come — in the roll of the book it is written of me — to do thy will, O God.' "

⁷ Then I said, 'Here I have come — in the roll of the book it is written of me — to do thy will, O God.' " ⁸ He first says, "Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt offerings and sin offerings thou dost not desire nor delight in," such as are offered according to the Law,

⁸ He first says, "Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt offerings and sin offerings thou dost not desire nor delight in," such as are offered according to the Law, ⁹ and then he says, "Here I have come to do thy will." He takes away the first to establish the second.

⁹ and then he says, "Here I have come to do thy will." He takes away the first to establish the second. ¹⁰ By this "will" we are made holy through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

¹⁰ By this "will" we are made holy through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. ¹¹ Every priest stands daily doing service and offering many times the same sacrifices, although they never can take away sins. ¹² But this Priest after offering one sacrifice for sins forever, took his seat at the right hand of God, ¹³ for the future only waiting until his enemies are made his footstool. ¹⁴ For by one offering he has forever perfected those who are made holy. ¹⁵ The Holy Spirit testifies this to us; for after having said, ¹⁶ "This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, says the Lord: I will put my laws in their hearts and on their minds I will write them," he adds, ¹⁷ "and their sins and their law-breakings I will remember no more." ¹⁸ But where there is forgiveness of these, there is no longer any offering for sin.

³² Remember the early days in which, after being enlightened, you endured a great struggle with sufferings, ³³ at one time made a public spectacle by reproaches and distresses, at another time making common cause with those who were thus treated. ³⁴ For you even suffered with the prisoners and accepted the plundering of your property with joy, knowing that you had a better and enduring possession. ³⁵ Do not, then, cast away your confidence, for it will have a great reward. ³⁶ You have need of patience so that after doing the will of God you may gain the promised blessing. ³⁷ For yet "a little, very little, while, and he who is coming will come and will not delay. ³⁸ My righteous man will live by faith; but if he shrinks back, my soul has no delight in him."

³⁸ My righteous man will live by faith; but if he shrinks back, my soul has no delight in him." ³⁹ But we are not of those who shrink back and perish, but of those who have faith and will win their souls.

⁷ By faith Noah, after receiving a divine warning regarding things as yet unseen, reverently built an ark for the saving of his household. Thus he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness of faith. ⁸ By faith Abraham when called obeyed and came out into the place which he was to obtain for an inheritance. He came out not knowing where he was coming.

¹³ These all died in faith, not having obtained the promised blessings, but they saw them and greeted them afar and confessed that they were strangers and foreigners in the land.

¹⁷ By faith Abraham when he was tested offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises began offering his only son ¹⁸ regarding whom it had been said, "Those only whose descent is through Isaac shall be called your descendants."

¹⁸ regarding whom it had been said, "Those only whose descent is through Isaac shall be called your descendants." ¹⁹ He reasoned that God was able to raise him even from the dead, and figuratively he did win him back from the dead.

³⁹ All these won God's approval by their faith. Yet they did not obtain the fulfillment of the promise. ⁴⁰ In reference to us God had something better in view, that they without us should not reach perfection.

² looking to Jesus the beginner and finisher of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured a cross, thinking little of the shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God.

²⁴ and to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant and to the sprinkled blood which tells something better than the blood of Abel.

²³ I wish you to know that our brother Timothy has been set at liberty. With him, if he comes soon, I will see you.

⁵ Listen, my beloved brethren, did not God choose the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which he has promised to those who love him?

⁹ But if you have partiality, you commit sin and are convicted by the law as law-breakers. ¹⁰ For he who keeps the whole law, but stumbles in one point, has become guilty of all. ¹¹ For he who said, "Thou shalt not commit adultery," said also, "Thou shalt not commit murder." If you do not commit adultery, but do commit murder, you have become a law-breaker.

²³ and the Scripture was fulfilled which says, "Abraham had faith in God and it was credited to him for righteousness" and he was called "God's friend."

² For in many ways we all stumble. If any one never stumbles in his talk, he is a perfect man, able to bridle also the whole body.

¹¹ inquired and searched, trying to find out what time, or what sort of time, the Spirit of Christ which was in them was disclosing when it witnessed beforehand regarding the sufferings of Christ and the glories to follow. ¹² It was revealed to them that they were serving not themselves but you, in these things which now have been announced to you through those who have told you the good news by the Holy Spirit sent forth from heaven — things which angels earnestly long to look into.

¹² It was revealed to them that they were serving not themselves but you, in these things which now have been announced to you through those who have told you the good news by the Holy Spirit sent forth from heaven — things which angels earnestly long to look into.

¹⁸ for you know that you were not ransomed with perishable things, silver or gold, from your purposeless life handed down from your forefathers, ¹⁹ but by precious blood, as of a faultless, spotless lamb, the blood of Christ, ²⁰ who was foreknown before the foundation of the world, but was manifested at the end of time for your sake

²⁰ who was foreknown before the foundation of the world, but was manifested at the end of time for your sake ²¹ who through him are faithful to God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God. ²² Now that you have made your souls holy by obedience to the truth for sincere brotherly love, you must love one another steadily from your hearts,

²⁴ He bore our sins in his own body on the tree that we might die to sins and live to righteousness.

¹⁸ For Christ once for all died for sins, a righteous man for unrighteous men, so that he might lead us to God. He was put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit,

²¹ This is a type of baptism, which now saves us — not the putting off of soil from the flesh, but the endeavor for a good conscience toward God through the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

¹⁷ For the time has come for judgment to begin at the house of God. And if it begins first with us, what will be the end of those who disobey the good news of God?

⁴ and thereby great and precious promises have been granted to us, that through them you may escape the corruption that is in the world through passion and become sharers in the divine nature,

¹⁸ For by speaking great empty swelling words they entrap in the passions of the flesh — wanton excesses — those who are nearly escaping from those who live in error.

²⁰ For if, after they have escaped the defilement of the world by the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they have been again entangled and overcome, their last state has become worse than the first. ²¹ For it would be better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than after knowing it to turn back from the holy commandment that has been committed to them. ²² That has happened to them which the true proverb says, "The dog returns to his own vomit and the sow after bathing returns to wallowing in the mire."

¹³ But according to his promise we are expecting new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness will dwell.

⁸ If we say, "We have no sin," we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. ⁹ If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness: ¹⁰ If we say, "We have not sinned," we make him a liar and his message is not in us.

¹ MY children, I am writing this to you in order that you may not sin. Even if any one sins, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ, who is righteous. ² And he is an atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only but for those of the whole world.

²⁵ And this is the promise that he has promised us — the life eternal.

¹ SEE what love the Father has bestowed on us that we should be called children of God. And so we are. The reason why tho world does not know us is that it did not know him. ² Beloved, we are now children of God and it is not yet plain what we shall be. But we know that if he appears we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.

²³ And this is his command — to believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another as he has given us command. ²⁴ He who keeps his commands remains in God and God remains in him. By this we know that God remains in us — by the Spirit which he has given to us.

¹⁰ In this is love — not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to be an atoning sacrifice for our sins.

¹¹ This is the testimony: that God has given to us life eternal and this life is in his Son. ¹² He who has the Son has life; he who has not the Son of God has not life. ¹³ I am writing this to you so that you may know that you have life eternal, you who believe in the name of the Son of God.

⁸ Guard yourselves so as not to lose what we have worked for, but so that you may gain a full reward.

¹⁹ These are those who cause divisions, sensual and unspiritual. ²⁰ But you, beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit,

⁵ and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the first-born of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and freed us from our sins by his blood,

²⁰ But I have against you that you tolerate the woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, and teaches and leads astray my servants to commit unchastity and to eat things sacrificed to idols.

⁹ Then they sang a new song, saying, "Worthy art thou to take the book and to open its seals, for thou wast slain and didst ransom for God by thy blood men from every tribe and tongue and people and nation,

¹⁴ I said to him, "My Lord, you know." He said to me, "These have come out of the great distress and have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. ¹⁵ For this reason they are before the throne of God and worship him day and night in his Temple, and he who sits on the throne will spread his tent over them.

¹⁵ The seventh angel sounded his trumpet and there came loud voices in heaven saying, "The kingship of the world has become our Lord's and his Christ's and he will be king for the ages of the ages."

⁸ All the inhabitants of the earth will worship him, all whose names have not been written from the foundation of the world in the slain Iamb's Book of Life.

¹³ It does great signs, making fire descend from heaven to earth in the sight of men. ¹⁴ It leads astray the inhabitants of the earth because of the signs which it has been granted power to do in the presence of the Beast. It tells the inhabitants of the earth to make an image of the Beast which was wounded by the sword, yet lived.

³ For all the nations have drunk of the wine of her passion for lewdness and the kings of the earth have committed lewdness with her and by the excess of her luxury the merchants of the earth have grown rich."

⁷ He who conquers shall inherit all things, and I will be his God and he shall be to me a son.