\id GAL - Copyright World Bible Translation Center 1987, 1999, 2006, 2008 
\ide UTF-8
\h Galatians 
\toc1 Galatians 
\toc2 Galatians 
\mt1 Galatians 
\c 1  
\p
\v 1 Greetings \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*, \w an|strong="G2532"\w* \w apostle|strong="G0652"\w*. \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G2424"\w* chosen \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* \w apostle|strong="G0652"\w*, \w but|strong="G0235"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w any|strong="G3756"\w* group \w or|strong="G3761"\w* \w person|strong="G0444"\w* here \w on|strong="G1537"\w* earth. \w My|strong="G2316"\w* authority \w came|strong="G1223"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w none|strong="G3756"\w* \w other|strong="G0846"\w* \w than|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w raised|strong="G1453"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w death|strong="G3498"\w*. 
\v 2 Greetings \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* God’s family \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3956"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. 
\p \w To|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w churches|strong="G1577"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w Galatia|strong="G1053"\w*\f + \fr 1:2  \fk Galatia \ft Probably the area where Paul began churches on his first missionary trip. Read Acts 13 and 14.\f*: 
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\v 3 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* pray \w that|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* good \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* give \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w peace|strong="G1515"\w*. 
\v 4 \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w himself|strong="G1438"\w* \w for|strong="G5228"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w sins|strong="G0266"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* free \w us|strong="G1325"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w evil|strong="G4190"\w* \w world|strong="G0165"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* live \w in|strong="G2596"\w*. \w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* wanted. 
\v 5 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w glory|strong="G1391"\w* \w belongs|strong="G3739"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* God \w forever|strong="G0165"\w* \w and|strong="G0165"\w* \w ever|strong="G0165"\w*. \w Amen|strong="G0281"\w*. 
\s1 \w There|strong="G3739"\w* \w Is|strong="G3739"\w* Only \w One|strong="G3739"\w* Good News Message 
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\v 6 \w A|strong="G3779"\w* short time \w ago|strong="G0575"\w* God chose \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* follow \w him|strong="G2564"\w*. \w He|strong="G3754"\w* chose \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w through|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G2564"\w* \w grace|strong="G5485"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* came \w through|strong="G1722"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*. \w But|strong="G5485"\w* \w now|strong="G1722"\w* \w I|strong="G3754"\w* \w am|strong="G2296"\w* \w amazed|strong="G2296"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* already turning \w away|strong="G0575"\w* \w and|strong="G5485"\w* believing something \w different|strong="G2087"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Good|strong="G2098"\w* \w News|strong="G2098"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* told \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. 
\v 7 \w There|strong="G1510"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w other|strong="G0243"\w* message \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Good|strong="G1510"\w* \w News|strong="G2098"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* confusing \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w They|strong="G3739"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2309"\w* change \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Good|strong="G1510"\w* \w News|strong="G2098"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*. 
\v 8 \w We|strong="G2249"\w* told \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* true \w Good|strong="G2097"\w* \w News|strong="G2097"\w* message. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w anyone|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* tells \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* different message \w should|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* condemned—\w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* it’s \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w us|strong="G1537"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w an|strong="G1510"\w* \w angel|strong="G0032"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*! 
\v 9 \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w this|strong="G3739"\w* \w before|strong="G3844"\w*. \w Now|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w it|strong="G3739"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w*: \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* already accepted \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Good|strong="G2097"\w* \w News|strong="G2097"\w*. \w Anyone|strong="G5100"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* tells \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w another|strong="G3825"\w* \w way|strong="G5613"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* saved \w should|strong="G5100"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* condemned! 
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\v 10 \w Now|strong="G0737"\w* \w do|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* think \w I|strong="G1487"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w trying|strong="G2212"\w* \w to|strong="G2212"\w* \w make|strong="G3756"\w* \w people|strong="G0444"\w* accept \w me|strong="G2212"\w*? \w No|strong="G3756"\w*, \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G0444"\w* \w I|strong="G1487"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w trying|strong="G2212"\w* \w to|strong="G2212"\w* \w please|strong="G0700"\w*. \w Am|strong="G1510"\w* \w I|strong="G1487"\w* \w trying|strong="G2212"\w* \w to|strong="G2212"\w* \w please|strong="G0700"\w* \w people|strong="G0444"\w*? \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w I|strong="G1487"\w* \w wanted|strong="G2212"\w* \w to|strong="G2212"\w* \w please|strong="G0700"\w* \w people|strong="G0444"\w*, \w I|strong="G1487"\w* \w would|strong="G0302"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w servant|strong="G1401"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*. 
\s1 Paul’s \w Authority|strong="G2212"\w* \w Is|strong="G1510"\w* \w From|strong="G2228"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* 
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\v 11 \w Brothers|strong="G0080"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* sisters, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* want \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w know|strong="G1107"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Good|strong="G2097"\w* \w News|strong="G2097"\w* message \w I|strong="G1473"\w* told \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w made|strong="G1107"\w* up \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w anyone|strong="G0444"\w*. 
\v 12 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w did|strong="G3880"\w* \w not|strong="G3761"\w* get \w my|strong="G3777"\w* message \w from|strong="G3844"\w* \w any|strong="G0444"\w* \w other|strong="G0846"\w* \w human|strong="G0444"\w*. \w The|strong="G1223"\w* Good News \w is|strong="G0444"\w* \w not|strong="G3761"\w* something \w I|strong="G1473"\w* learned \w from|strong="G3844"\w* \w other|strong="G0846"\w* \w people|strong="G0444"\w*. \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w himself|strong="G0846"\w* gave \w it|strong="G0846"\w* \w to|strong="G0846"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w He|strong="G0846"\w* showed \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* Good News \w that|strong="G0846"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* should tell \w people|strong="G0444"\w*. 
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\v 13 \w You|strong="G3754"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w heard|strong="G0191"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w my|strong="G1699"\w* past \w life|strong="G0391"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Jewish religion. \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w persecuted|strong="G1377"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w church|strong="G1577"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w very|strong="G0846"\w* much. \w I|strong="G2532"\w* tried \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w destroy|strong="G4199"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\v 14 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* becoming \w a|strong="G2532"\w* leader \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Jewish religion. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* did \w better|strong="G4183"\w* \w than|strong="G4183"\w* \w most|strong="G4183"\w* other Jews \w my|strong="G1722"\w* own age. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* tried harder \w than|strong="G4183"\w* anyone \w else|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* follow \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w traditions|strong="G3862"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* got \w from|strong="G1722"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w ancestors|strong="G3967"\w*. 
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\v 15 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G0846"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* special plans \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w before|strong="G1537"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* born. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* chose \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w grace|strong="G5485"\w*. 
\v 16 \w It|strong="G0846"\w* pleased \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w let|strong="G2443"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* see \w and|strong="G2532"\w* know \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w* \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* could tell \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Good|strong="G2097"\w* \w News|strong="G2097"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* non-Jewish \w people|strong="G1484"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w immediately|strong="G2112"\w* prepared \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* work \w without|strong="G3756"\w* asking \w for|strong="G1722"\w* advice \w or|strong="G2532"\w* help \w from|strong="G1722"\w* \w anyone|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\v 17 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w did|strong="G3761"\w* \w not|strong="G3761"\w* \w go|strong="G0565"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* see \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w apostles|strong="G0652"\w* \w before|strong="G4253"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w*. \w But|strong="G0235"\w*, \w without|strong="G2532"\w* waiting, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w went|strong="G0565"\w* \w away|strong="G0565"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Arabia|strong="G0688"\w*. Later, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w went|strong="G0565"\w* \w back|strong="G3825"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* city \w of|strong="G0652"\w* \w Damascus|strong="G1154"\w*. 
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\v 18 \w Three|strong="G5140"\w* \w years|strong="G2094"\w* \w later|strong="G3326"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G0424"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* meet \w Peter|strong="G0846"\w*. \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w stayed|strong="G1961"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* 15 \w days|strong="G2250"\w*. 
\v 19 \w I|strong="G1487"\w* \w met|strong="G3708"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w other|strong="G2087"\w* \w apostles|strong="G0652"\w*—\w only|strong="G1487"\w* \w James|strong="G2385"\w*, \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w brother|strong="G0080"\w* \w of|strong="G2962"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*. 
\v 20 \w God|strong="G2316"\w* knows \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3756"\w* untrue \w in|strong="G2316"\w* \w any|strong="G3756"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*. 
\v 21 Later, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* areas \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w Syria|strong="G4947"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Cilicia|strong="G2791"\w*. 
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\v 22 \w No|strong="G0050"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* any \w of|strong="G1577"\w* \w Christ’s|strong="G5547"\w* \w churches|strong="G1577"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w* \w had|strong="G1510"\w* ever met me \w before|strong="G1722"\w*. 
\v 23 \w They|strong="G3739"\w* \w had|strong="G1510"\w* \w only|strong="G3440"\w* \w heard|strong="G0191"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*: “\w This|strong="G3588"\w* man \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w persecuting|strong="G1377"\w* \w us|strong="G2097"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* telling \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w same|strong="G3739"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w once|strong="G4218"\w* tried \w to|strong="G0191"\w* \w destroy|strong="G4199"\w*.” 
\v 24 \w These|strong="G3588"\w* believers \w praised|strong="G1392"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w because|strong="G1722"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. 
\c 2  
\s1 The Other Apostles Accepted Paul 
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\v 1 \w After|strong="G3326"\w* 14 \w years|strong="G2094"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G0305"\w* \w back|strong="G3825"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w Barnabas|strong="G0921"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* took \w Titus|strong="G5103"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w me|strong="G1223"\w*. 
\v 2 \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w went|strong="G0305"\w* \w there|strong="G1722"\w* \w because|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G0846"\w* showed \w me|strong="G1380"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w should|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G0305"\w*. \w I|strong="G3739"\w* explained \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* message \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* tell \w the|strong="G3588"\w* non-Jewish \w people|strong="G1484"\w*. \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* met \w alone|strong="G0846"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w were|strong="G3739"\w* considered \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* leaders. \w I|strong="G3739"\w* wanted \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* sure \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w were|strong="G3739"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* agreement \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* past work \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* work \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w do|strong="G1380"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w would|strong="G0846"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* wasted. 
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\v 3 \w Titus|strong="G5103"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w Greek|strong="G1672"\w*. \w But|strong="G0235"\w* \w these|strong="G3588"\w* leaders still \w did|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3761"\w* \w force|strong="G0315"\w* \w him|strong="G4059"\w* \w to|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w circumcised|strong="G4059"\w*. 
\v 4 \w We|strong="G2249"\w* needed \w to|strong="G2443"\w* talk \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w these|strong="G3739"\w* problems, \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* pretended \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w be|strong="G5547"\w* \w our|strong="G2424"\w* brothers \w had|strong="G2192"\w* come \w into|strong="G1722"\w* \w our|strong="G2424"\w* group \w secretly|strong="G3920"\w*. \w They|strong="G3739"\w* \w came|strong="G3922"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* like spies \w to|strong="G2443"\w* find out \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w freedom|strong="G1657"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*. \w They|strong="G3739"\w* wanted \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w make|strong="G2615"\w* \w us|strong="G1722"\w* \w slaves|strong="G2615"\w*, 
\v 5 \w but|strong="G3761"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w did|strong="G3761"\w* \w not|strong="G3761"\w* agree \w with|strong="G4314"\w* anything \w those|strong="G3588"\w* false brothers wanted. \w We|strong="G3739"\w* wanted \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w truth|strong="G0225"\w* \w of|strong="G2098"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Good|strong="G2098"\w* \w News|strong="G2098"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w continue|strong="G1265"\w* \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. 
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\v 6 \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G0444"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* considered \w to|strong="G5100"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* important \w did|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* change \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Good|strong="G1380"\w* News message \w I|strong="G1473"\w* tell \w people|strong="G0444"\w*. (\w It|strong="G1161"\w* \w doesn’t|strong="G3756"\w* \w matter|strong="G5100"\w* \w to|strong="G5100"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* if \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* “important” \w or|strong="G1161"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w*. \w To|strong="G5100"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* everyone \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* same.) 
\v 7 \w But|strong="G0235"\w* \w these|strong="G3748"\w* \w leaders|strong="G3754"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* God \w had|strong="G3748"\w* given \w me|strong="G3708"\w* \w a|strong="G3708"\w* special work, \w the|strong="G3588"\w* same \w as|strong="G2531"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*. God gave \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* work \w of|strong="G2098"\w* telling \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Good|strong="G2098"\w* \w News|strong="G2098"\w* \w to|strong="G3708"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Jews. \w But|strong="G0235"\w* God gave \w me|strong="G3708"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* work \w of|strong="G2098"\w* telling \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Good|strong="G2098"\w* \w News|strong="G2098"\w* \w to|strong="G3708"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* non-Jewish \w people|strong="G3588"\w*. 
\v 8 God gave \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* power \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w work|strong="G1754"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* apostle \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Jewish \w people|strong="G1484"\w*. God gave \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* power \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w work|strong="G1754"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* apostle \w too|strong="G2532"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* Jews. 
\v 9 \w James|strong="G2385"\w*, \w Peter|strong="G0846"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w seemed|strong="G1380"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* leaders. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* saw \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w God|strong="G0846"\w* \w had|strong="G1510"\w* \w given|strong="G1325"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* special \w gift|strong="G5485"\w* \w of|strong="G5485"\w* ministry, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* accepted \w Barnabas|strong="G0921"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w*. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w us|strong="G1325"\w*, “\w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w agree|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G1325"\w* \w should|strong="G2443"\w* go \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* Jews, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* go \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Jews.” 
\v 10 \w They|strong="G0846"\w* asked \w us|strong="G4160"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w only|strong="G3440"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w thing|strong="G3778"\w*—\w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w remember|strong="G3421"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* help \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G3778"\w* \w poor|strong="G4434"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w was|strong="G3739"\w* something \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* really wanted \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*. 
\s1 \w Paul|strong="G0846"\w* Shows \w That|strong="G3739"\w* \w Peter|strong="G0846"\w* \w Was|strong="G3739"\w* Wrong 
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\v 11 \w When|strong="G3753"\w* \w Peter|strong="G0846"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Antioch|strong="G0490"\w*, \w he|strong="G0846"\w* \w did|strong="G1510"\w* \w something|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w right|strong="G1519"\w*. \w I|strong="G3754"\w* stood \w against|strong="G2596"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G0846"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* wrong. 
\v 12 \w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G5100"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w happened|strong="G3588"\w*: \w When|strong="G3753"\w* Peter first \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G2064"\w* Antioch, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w ate|strong="G4906"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* associated \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* non-Jewish \w people|strong="G1484"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G3753"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* Jewish \w men|strong="G5100"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w James|strong="G2385"\w*, Peter \w separated|strong="G0873"\w* \w himself|strong="G1438"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* non-Jews. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* stopped eating \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w them|strong="G1438"\w*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w afraid|strong="G5399"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Jews \w who|strong="G3588"\w* believe \w that|strong="G1161"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* non-Jewish \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w must|strong="G5399"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w circumcised|strong="G4061"\w*. 
\v 13 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G0846"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* hypocrite. \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w other|strong="G3062"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* believers \w joined|strong="G4942"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w were|strong="G2453"\w* hypocrites \w too|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Even|strong="G2532"\w* \w Barnabas|strong="G0921"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* influenced \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w these|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* believers did. 
\v 14 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G2453"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* following \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w truth|strong="G0225"\w* \w of|strong="G2098"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w Good|strong="G2098"\w* \w News|strong="G2098"\w*. \w When|strong="G3753"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w spoke|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* Peter \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w front|strong="G1715"\w* \w of|strong="G2098"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w*. \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Peter, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G3956"\w* \w a|strong="G3708"\w* \w Jew|strong="G2453"\w*, \w but|strong="G0235"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w don’t|strong="G3756"\w* \w live|strong="G2198"\w* \w like|strong="G1483"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w*. \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w live|strong="G2198"\w* \w like|strong="G1483"\w* someone \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w a|strong="G3708"\w* \w Jew|strong="G2453"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w why|strong="G4459"\w* \w are|strong="G3956"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* trying \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w force|strong="G0315"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3956"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w live|strong="G2198"\w* \w like|strong="G1483"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w*?” 
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\v 15 \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w by|strong="G1537"\w* birth. \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w were|strong="G2453"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* born “\w sinners|strong="G0268"\w*,” \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* call \w those|strong="G2532"\w* \w who|strong="G2453"\w* \w are|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w*. 
\v 16 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w one|strong="G0444"\w* \w is|strong="G0444"\w* made \w right|strong="G1519"\w* \w with|strong="G1537"\w* God \w by|strong="G1223"\w* following \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*. \w It|strong="G1437"\w* \w is|strong="G0444"\w* trusting \w in|strong="G1519"\w*\f + \fr 2:16  \fk trusting in \ft Or “the faithfulness of.”\f* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* makes \w a|strong="G1437"\w* \w person|strong="G0444"\w* \w right|strong="G1519"\w* \w with|strong="G1537"\w* God. \w So|strong="G2443"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* put \w our|strong="G2424"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* wanted \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* made \w right|strong="G1519"\w* \w with|strong="G1537"\w* God. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G3956"\w* \w right|strong="G1519"\w* \w with|strong="G1537"\w* \w him|strong="G2532"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* trusted \w in|strong="G1519"\w*\f + \fr 2:16  \fk because we trusted in \ft Or “through the faithfulness of.”\f* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*—\w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* followed \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* can \w say|strong="G1223"\w* \w this|strong="G3748"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w one|strong="G0444"\w* can \w be|strong="G2532"\w* made \w right|strong="G1519"\w* \w with|strong="G1537"\w* God \w by|strong="G1223"\w* following \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*. 
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\v 17 \w We|strong="G1487"\w* Jews \w came|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G2212"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w to|strong="G2212"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w made|strong="G1096"\w* right \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G0846"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w* \w is|strong="G5547"\w* clear \w that|strong="G1096"\w* \w we|strong="G1487"\w* \w were|strong="G1096"\w* \w sinners|strong="G0268"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Does|strong="G1096"\w* \w this|strong="G0846"\w* mean \w that|strong="G1096"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* makes \w us|strong="G1722"\w* \w sinners|strong="G0268"\w*? \w Of|strong="G1722"\w* course \w not|strong="G3361"\w*. 
\v 18 \w But|strong="G1487"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* would \w be|strong="G3778"\w* wrong \w to|strong="G3825"\w* begin teaching \w again|strong="G3825"\w* \w those|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* gave \w up|strong="G3618"\w*. 
\v 19 \w It|strong="G1223"\w* \w was|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* itself \w that|strong="G2443"\w* caused \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* end \w my|strong="G2316"\w* \w life|strong="G2198"\w* \w under|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w died|strong="G0599"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* could \w live|strong="G2198"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w been|strong="G5547"\w* nailed \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* cross \w with|strong="G1223"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*. 
\v 20 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w not|strong="G3765"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w living|strong="G2198"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w*—\w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w living|strong="G2198"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* still \w live|strong="G2198"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w body|strong="G4561"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w live|strong="G2198"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w*\f + \fr 2:20  \fk faith in \ft Or “the faithfulness of.”\f* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w loved|strong="G0025"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G3860"\w* \w himself|strong="G1438"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* save \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. 
\v 21 \w I|strong="G1487"\w* am \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* destroying \w the|strong="G3588"\w* meaning \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w God’s|strong="G2316"\w* \w grace|strong="G5485"\w*. \w If|strong="G1487"\w* following \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* how \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* made \w right|strong="G1343"\w* \w with|strong="G1223"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w then|strong="G0686"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* did \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w have|strong="G5547"\w* \w to|strong="G5547"\w* \w die|strong="G0599"\w*. 
\c 3  
\s1 God’s Blessing Comes Through Faith 
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\v 1 \w You|strong="G5210"\w* people \w in|strong="G2596"\w* Galatia \w are|strong="G3739"\w* \w so|strong="G3739"\w* \w foolish|strong="G0453"\w*! \w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* say \w this|strong="G3739"\w*? \w Because|strong="G2596"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* told \w you|strong="G5210"\w* very clearly \w about|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G3739"\w* death \w of|strong="G2596"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w on|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G3739"\w* cross. \w But|strong="G3739"\w* now \w it|strong="G3739"\w* seems \w as|strong="G2596"\w* though \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G5547"\w* let \w someone|strong="G3739"\w* use \w their|strong="G2596"\w* magical powers \w to|strong="G2596"\w* make \w you|strong="G5210"\w* forget. 
\v 2 Tell \w me|strong="G2983"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w one|strong="G3778"\w* \w thing|strong="G3778"\w*: How \w did|strong="G2309"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w receive|strong="G2983"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*? \w Did|strong="G2309"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w receive|strong="G2983"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w by|strong="G1537"\w* following \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*? No, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w received|strong="G2983"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w because|strong="G1537"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w heard|strong="G0189"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w message|strong="G0189"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3778"\w* \w and|strong="G4151"\w* believed \w it|strong="G3778"\w*. 
\v 3 \w You|strong="G1510"\w* \w began|strong="G1728"\w* your \w life|strong="G4561"\w* \w in|strong="G3779"\w* Christ \w with|strong="G4151"\w* \w the|strong="G1510"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*. \w Now|strong="G3568"\w* \w do|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G1510"\w* try \w to|strong="G1510"\w* \w complete|strong="G2005"\w* \w it|strong="G3779"\w* \w by|strong="G4561"\w* your own power? \w That|strong="G1510"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w foolish|strong="G0453"\w*. 
\v 4 \w You|strong="G1487"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* experienced \w many|strong="G5118"\w* \w things|strong="G5118"\w*. \w Were|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G5118"\w* \w those|strong="G2532"\w* experiences wasted? \w I|strong="G2532"\w* hope \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* wasted! 
\v 5 \w Does|strong="G2023"\w* \w God|strong="G2023"\w* \w give|strong="G2023"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w because|strong="G1537"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* follow \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*? \w Does|strong="G2023"\w* \w God|strong="G2023"\w* \w work|strong="G2041"\w* \w miracles|strong="G1411"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w because|strong="G1537"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* follow \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*? No, \w God|strong="G2023"\w* gives \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w works|strong="G2041"\w* \w miracles|strong="G1411"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w because|strong="G1537"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w heard|strong="G0189"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w message|strong="G0189"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* believed \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. 
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\v 6 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* Scriptures say \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w same|strong="G0846"\w* \w thing|strong="G0846"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w Abraham|strong="G0011"\w*. “\w Abraham|strong="G0011"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w because|strong="G2531"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w faith|strong="G4100"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* accepted \w as|strong="G2531"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* \w right|strong="G1519"\w* \w with|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.”\x + \xo 3:6  \xt Quote from Genesis 15:6.\x* 
\v 7 \w So|strong="G0686"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w should|strong="G3778"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* true children \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w Abraham|strong="G0011"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w*. 
\v 8 \w The|strong="G3956"\w* \w Scriptures|strong="G1124"\w* told \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w would|strong="G1484"\w* happen \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* future. \w These|strong="G3748"\w* writings said \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w would|strong="G1484"\w* make \w the|strong="G3956"\w* non-Jewish \w people|strong="G1484"\w* right \w through|strong="G1722"\w* \w their|strong="G3956"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w*. \w God|strong="G2316"\w* told \w this|strong="G3588"\w* Good News \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w Abraham|strong="G0011"\w* \w before|strong="G1722"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w happened|strong="G3588"\w*. \w God|strong="G2316"\w* said \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w Abraham|strong="G0011"\w*, “\w I|strong="G3754"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* use \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* bless \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* earth.”\x + \xo 3:8  \xt Quote from Genesis 12:3.\x* 
\v 9 \w Abraham|strong="G0011"\w* believed \w this|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G4102"\w* \w because|strong="G1537"\w* \w he|strong="G4102"\w* believed, \w he|strong="G4102"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w blessed|strong="G2127"\w*. \w All|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w believe|strong="G4103"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w blessed|strong="G2127"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* same \w as|strong="G0011"\w* \w Abraham|strong="G0011"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w*. 
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\v 10 \w But|strong="G3551"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* depend \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w following|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w make|strong="G4160"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* right \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w under|strong="G5259"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w curse|strong="G2671"\w*. \w As|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* Scriptures say, “\w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w must|strong="G4160"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*. \w If|strong="G3748"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w always|strong="G3956"\w* \w obey|strong="G4160"\w*, \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w under|strong="G5259"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w curse|strong="G2671"\w*.”\x + \xo 3:10  \xt Quote from Deuteronomy 27:26.\x* 
\v 11 \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* clear \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w no|strong="G3762"\w* \w one|strong="G3762"\w* can \w be|strong="G2316"\w* made \w right|strong="G1342"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*. \w The|strong="G3588"\w* Scriptures say, “\w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G3762"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* \w right|strong="G1342"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w live|strong="G2198"\w* forever.”\x + \xo 3:11  \xt Quote from Habakkuk 2:4.\x* 
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\v 12 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w does|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* depend \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w*. \w No|strong="G3756"\w*, \w it|strong="G0846"\w* says \w that|strong="G0846"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w only|strong="G3756"\w* \w way|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w person|strong="G0846"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* find \w life|strong="G2198"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w obey|strong="G4160"\w* \w its|strong="G0846"\w* commands.\f + \fr 3:12  \fk the only way … commands \ft See Leviticus 18:5.\f* 
\v 13 \w The|strong="G3956"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* says \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G3956"\w* \w under|strong="G1909"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w curse|strong="G2671"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w not|strong="G1473"\w* \w always|strong="G3956"\w* obeying \w it|strong="G1909"\w*. \w But|strong="G3551"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w took|strong="G1096"\w* away \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w curse|strong="G2671"\w*. \w He|strong="G3754"\w* changed places \w with|strong="G1537"\w* \w us|strong="G1537"\w* \w and|strong="G3956"\w* \w put|strong="G1096"\w* himself \w under|strong="G1909"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w curse|strong="G2671"\w*. \w The|strong="G3956"\w* Scriptures \w say|strong="G1473"\w*, “\w Anyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w hung|strong="G2910"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w tree|strong="G3586"\w*\f + \fr 3:13  \fk hung on a tree \ft Deuteronomy 21:22-23 says that when a person was killed for doing wrong, his body was hung on a tree to show shame. Paul means the cross of Jesus was like that.\f* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w under|strong="G1909"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w curse|strong="G2671"\w*.”\x + \xo 3:13  \xt Quote from Deuteronomy 21:23.\x* 
\v 14 \w Because|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w did|strong="G1096"\w*, \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w blessing|strong="G2129"\w* God \w promised|strong="G1860"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Abraham|strong="G0011"\w* \w was|strong="G2424"\w* given \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G1484"\w*. \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* died \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w believing|strong="G4102"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G2983"\w* \w we|strong="G1223"\w* \w could|strong="G1096"\w* \w have|strong="G5547"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* God \w promised|strong="G1860"\w*. 
\s1 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* Law \w and|strong="G2424"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Promise|strong="G1860"\w* 
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\v 15 \w Brothers|strong="G0080"\w* \w and|strong="G0080"\w* sisters, \w let|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w give|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w an|strong="G2228"\w* example \w from|strong="G2596"\w* everyday life: Think \w about|strong="G2596"\w* \w an|strong="G2228"\w* agreement \w that|strong="G3004"\w* \w one|strong="G3762"\w* \w person|strong="G0444"\w* makes \w with|strong="G2596"\w* \w another|strong="G2596"\w*. \w After|strong="G2596"\w* \w that|strong="G3004"\w* agreement \w is|strong="G0444"\w* \w made|strong="G3004"\w* official, \w no|strong="G3762"\w* \w one|strong="G3762"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* stop \w it|strong="G3004"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w add|strong="G1928"\w* \w anything|strong="G3762"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w it|strong="G3004"\w*, \w and|strong="G0080"\w* \w no|strong="G3762"\w* \w one|strong="G3762"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* ignore \w it|strong="G3004"\w*. 
\v 16 \w God|strong="G0846"\w* \w made|strong="G3004"\w* \w promises|strong="G1860"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w Abraham|strong="G0011"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w Descendant|strong="G4690"\w*.\f + \fr 3:16  \fk Descendant \ft Literally, “seed,” which could also mean “family.” In that case, it would refer to the one family of God in Christ.\f* \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w Scripture|strong="G3004"\w* \w does|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w descendants|strong="G4690"\w*.” \w That|strong="G3739"\w* \w would|strong="G5547"\w* \w mean|strong="G3004"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w Descendant|strong="G4690"\w*.” \w That|strong="G3739"\w* \w means|strong="G1510"\w* \w only|strong="G3756"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*. 
\v 17 \w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w mean|strong="G3004"\w*: \w The|strong="G3588"\w* agreement \w that|strong="G3004"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* gave \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Abraham \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w made|strong="G1096"\w* official \w long|strong="G2094"\w* \w before|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w came|strong="G1096"\w*. \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w came|strong="G1096"\w* 430 \w years|strong="G2094"\w* \w later|strong="G3326"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w could|strong="G1096"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w take|strong="G1096"\w* \w away|strong="G2673"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* agreement \w and|strong="G2532"\w* change \w God’s|strong="G2316"\w* \w promise|strong="G1860"\w*. 
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\v 18 Can following \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w give|strong="G5483"\w* \w us|strong="G5483"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* blessing \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w promised|strong="G1860"\w*? \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w we|strong="G1487"\w* could receive \w it|strong="G1223"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* following \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*, \w then|strong="G1161"\w* \w it|strong="G1223"\w* would \w not|strong="G3765"\w* \w be|strong="G2316"\w* \w God’s|strong="G2316"\w* \w promise|strong="G1860"\w* \w that|strong="G2316"\w* brings \w it|strong="G1223"\w* \w to|strong="G1537"\w* \w us|strong="G5483"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w freely|strong="G5483"\w* \w gave|strong="G5483"\w* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* blessings \w to|strong="G1537"\w* \w Abraham|strong="G0011"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w promise|strong="G1860"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* made. 
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\v 19 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w was|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w for|strong="G1223"\w*? \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w was|strong="G3739"\w* \w given|strong="G4369"\w* \w to|strong="G2064"\w* show \w the|strong="G3588"\w* wrong \w things|strong="G3739"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w*. \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w would|strong="G5101"\w* continue \w until|strong="G0891"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* special \w Descendant|strong="G4690"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* Abraham \w came|strong="G2064"\w*. \w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G5101"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Descendant|strong="G4690"\w* mentioned \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w promise|strong="G1861"\w*, \w which|strong="G3739"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w directly|strong="G1722"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w God|strong="G1861"\w*. \w But|strong="G3551"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w was|strong="G3739"\w* \w given|strong="G4369"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w angels|strong="G0032"\w*, \w and|strong="G2064"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w angels|strong="G0032"\w* used Moses \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G3739"\w* \w mediator|strong="G3316"\w* \w to|strong="G2064"\w* \w give|strong="G2064"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w to|strong="G2064"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w*. 
\v 20 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* gave \w the|strong="G3588"\w* promise, \w there|strong="G1510"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w mediator|strong="G3316"\w*, \w because|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w mediator|strong="G3316"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* needed \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w there|strong="G1510"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w only|strong="G3756"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* side, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w*.\f + \fr 3:20  \ft Literally, “But the mediator is not of one, but God is one.”\f* 
\s1 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* Purpose \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Law \w of|strong="G2316"\w* Moses 
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\v 21 \w Does|strong="G1510"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w mean|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G1096"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* works \w against|strong="G2596"\w* \w God’s|strong="G2316"\w* \w promises|strong="G1860"\w*? \w Of|strong="G1537"\w* course \w not|strong="G3361"\w*. \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w never|strong="G3361"\w* \w God’s|strong="G2316"\w* \w way|strong="G2596"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w giving|strong="G1325"\w* new \w life|strong="G2227"\w* \w to|strong="G1410"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w*. \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w it|strong="G1510"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w*, \w then|strong="G3767"\w* \w we|strong="G1487"\w* \w could|strong="G1410"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w made|strong="G1096"\w* \w right|strong="G1343"\w* \w with|strong="G1537"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w by|strong="G1537"\w* \w following|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*. 
\v 22 \w But|strong="G0235"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G0235"\w* possible. \w The|strong="G3956"\w* \w Scriptures|strong="G1124"\w* \w put|strong="G1325"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w whole|strong="G3956"\w* world \w in|strong="G3956"\w* prison \w under|strong="G5259"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* control \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w sin|strong="G0266"\w*, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w only|strong="G0235"\w* \w way|strong="G3956"\w* \w for|strong="G2443"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* get \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G1325"\w* \w promised|strong="G1860"\w* \w would|strong="G5547"\w* \w be|strong="G3956"\w* \w through|strong="G1537"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w in|strong="G3956"\w*\f + \fr 3:22  \fk faith in \ft Or “the faithfulness of.”\f* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*. \w It|strong="G1537"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w given|strong="G1325"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G3956"\w* \w him|strong="G1325"\w*. 
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\v 23 \w Before|strong="G4253"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w*, \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* held \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* prisoners. \w We|strong="G1161"\w* \w had|strong="G2064"\w* no freedom \w until|strong="G1519"\w* God showed \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* way \w of|strong="G3551"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w that|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w coming|strong="G2064"\w*. 
\v 24 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* mean \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w guardian|strong="G3807"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* charge \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w until|strong="G1519"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w came|strong="G1096"\w*. \w After|strong="G1537"\w* \w he|strong="G4102"\w* \w came|strong="G1096"\w*, \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w could|strong="G1096"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w made|strong="G1096"\w* \w right|strong="G1519"\w* \w with|strong="G1537"\w* God \w through|strong="G1537"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w*. 
\v 25 \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* way \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w has|strong="G4102"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w*, \w we|strong="G1161"\w* \w no|strong="G3765"\w* \w longer|strong="G3765"\w* need \w the|strong="G3588"\w* law \w to|strong="G2064"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w our|strong="G1161"\w* \w guardian|strong="G3807"\w*. 
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\v 26-27 You were all baptized into Christ, and so you were all clothed with Christ. This shows that you are all children of God through faith in Christ Jesus. 
\v 28 \w Now|strong="G2532"\w*, \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*, \w it|strong="G1510"\w* \w doesn’t|strong="G3756"\w* matter \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w Jew|strong="G2453"\w* \w or|strong="G3761"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w Greek|strong="G1672"\w*, \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w slave|strong="G1401"\w* \w or|strong="G3761"\w* \w free|strong="G1658"\w*, \w male|strong="G0730"\w* \w or|strong="G3761"\w* \w female|strong="G2338"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w same|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*. 
\v 29 \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w belong|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*, \w so|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w Abraham’s|strong="G0011"\w* \w descendants|strong="G4690"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* get \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2596"\w* God’s blessings \w because|strong="G1161"\w* \w of|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w promise|strong="G1860"\w* \w that|strong="G1161"\w* God made \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w Abraham|strong="G0011"\w*. 
\c 4  
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\v 1 \w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*: \w When|strong="G1161"\w* young \w children|strong="G3516"\w* inherit \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3004"\w* \w their|strong="G3956"\w* father owned, \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* still \w no|strong="G3762"\w* \w different|strong="G1308"\w* \w from|strong="G2962"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w slaves|strong="G1401"\w*. \w It|strong="G1161"\w* doesn’t matter \w that|strong="G3004"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* own \w everything|strong="G3956"\w*. 
\v 2 \w While|strong="G1510"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* children, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w must|strong="G0235"\w* obey \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* chosen \w to|strong="G2532"\w* care \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G1510"\w*. \w But|strong="G0235"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* reach \w the|strong="G3588"\w* age \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w set|strong="G4287"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* free. 
\v 3 \w It|strong="G3779"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w same|strong="G3779"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* us. \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* once \w like|strong="G3779"\w* \w children|strong="G3516"\w*, \w slaves|strong="G1398"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* useless rules\f + \fr 4:3  \fk rules \ft Or “powers.” Also in verse 9.\f* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w this|strong="G3779"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w*. 
\v 4 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G3753"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* right \w time|strong="G5550"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w*, \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w sent|strong="G1821"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w born|strong="G1096"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* lived \w under|strong="G5259"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*. 
\v 5 God did \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w he|strong="G3551"\w* could buy \w the|strong="G3588"\w* freedom \w of|strong="G3551"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w under|strong="G5259"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*. God’s purpose \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* make us \w his|strong="G5259"\w* children. 
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\v 6 \w Since|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w God’s|strong="G2316"\w* children, \w he|strong="G0846"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w sent|strong="G1821"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w your|strong="G3588"\w* \w hearts|strong="G2588"\w*. \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w cries|strong="G2896"\w* \w out|strong="G2896"\w*, “\tl \+w Abba|strong="G0005"\+w*\tl*,\f + \fr 4:6  \fk Abba \ft An Aramaic word that was used by Jewish children as a name for their fathers.\f* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w*.” 
\v 7 \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w slaves|strong="G1401"\w* \w like|strong="G5207"\w* before. \w You|strong="G1487"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w God’s|strong="G2316"\w* children, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* receive everything \w he|strong="G2532"\w* promised \w his|strong="G1223"\w* children. 
\s1 Paul’s Love \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Galatian Believers 
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\v 8 \w In|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* past \w you|strong="G1510"\w* \w did|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. \w You|strong="G1510"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w slaves|strong="G1398"\w* \w to|strong="G2316"\w* \w gods|strong="G2316"\w* \w that|strong="G2316"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* real. 
\v 9 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* true \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. Really, \w though|strong="G1161"\w*, \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w knows|strong="G1097"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w why|strong="G4459"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w turn|strong="G1994"\w* \w back|strong="G3825"\w* \w to|strong="G2309"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w same|strong="G3739"\w* kind \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w weak|strong="G0772"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* useless rules \w you|strong="G3739"\w* followed \w before|strong="G1909"\w*? \w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2309"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w slaves|strong="G1398"\w* \w to|strong="G2309"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3739"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w*? 
\v 10-11 It worries me that you follow teachings about special days, months, seasons, and years. I fear that my work for you has been wasted. 
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\v 12 \w Brothers|strong="G0080"\w* \w and|strong="G0080"\w* sisters, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w became|strong="G1096"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w So|strong="G5613"\w* please \w become|strong="G1096"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w were|strong="G1096"\w* very good \w to|strong="G1096"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* before. 
\v 13 \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G3754"\w* \w came|strong="G1223"\w* \w to|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w first|strong="G4387"\w* \w time|strong="G4387"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G3754"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w sick|strong="G0769"\w*. \w That|strong="G3754"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G3754"\w* told \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Good|strong="G2097"\w* \w News|strong="G2097"\w* \w to|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. 
\v 14 \w My|strong="G1722"\w* sickness \w was|strong="G2424"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* burden \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w but|strong="G0235"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w did|strong="G3761"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* stop showing \w me|strong="G1473"\w* respect \w or|strong="G3761"\w* \w make|strong="G3756"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* leave. \w Instead|strong="G0235"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w welcomed|strong="G1209"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w if|strong="G5613"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w an|strong="G0032"\w* \w angel|strong="G0032"\w* \w from|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w accepted|strong="G1209"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w if|strong="G5613"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* himself! 
\v 15 \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w were|strong="G3788"\w* very happy \w then|strong="G3767"\w*. \w Where|strong="G4226"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* joy \w now|strong="G3767"\w*? \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w can|strong="G1325"\w* \w say|strong="G1473"\w* without \w a|strong="G1325"\w* doubt \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* would \w have|strong="G3748"\w* done anything \w to|strong="G1325"\w* help \w me|strong="G1325"\w*. \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w it|strong="G3140"\w* \w had|strong="G3748"\w* been \w possible|strong="G1415"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* would \w have|strong="G3748"\w* taken \w out|strong="G1325"\w* \w your|strong="G1487"\w* \w own|strong="G3788"\w* \w eyes|strong="G3788"\w* \w and|strong="G3788"\w* \w given|strong="G1325"\w* \w them|strong="G1325"\w* \w to|strong="G1325"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w*. 
\v 16 \w Am|strong="G1096"\w* \w I|strong="G1096"\w* \w now|strong="G1096"\w* \w your|strong="G1096"\w* \w enemy|strong="G2190"\w* because \w I|strong="G1096"\w* tell \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w the|strong="G1096"\w* \w truth|strong="G0226"\w*? 
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\v 17 \w Those|strong="G0846"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w*\f + \fr 4:17  \fk Those people \ft The false teachers who were bothering the believers in Galatia. See Gal. 1:7.\f* \w are|strong="G0846"\w* working hard \w to|strong="G2443"\w* persuade \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w but|strong="G0235"\w* \w this|strong="G0846"\w* \w is|strong="G0846"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w good|strong="G2573"\w* \w for|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* persuade \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* turn \w against|strong="G3756"\w* us \w and|strong="G0846"\w* work hard \w for|strong="G2443"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\v 18 \w It|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w good|strong="G2570"\w* \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* work hard, \w of|strong="G1722"\w* course, \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G4314"\w* something \w good|strong="G2570"\w*. That’s something \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w should|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G3361"\w* \w whether|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w there|strong="G1722"\w* \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w*. 
\v 19 \w My|strong="G1722"\w* little \w children|strong="G5043"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G5605"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* pain \w again|strong="G3825"\w* \w over|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, like \w a|strong="G3825"\w* mother giving birth. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* feel \w this|strong="G3739"\w* pain \w until|strong="G3360"\w* people can look \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w and|strong="G5547"\w* see \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*. 
\v 20 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w wish|strong="G2309"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* could \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* maybe \w I|strong="G1473"\w* could \w change|strong="G0236"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w way|strong="G1722"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G2309"\w* talking \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* don’t know \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. 
\s1 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* Example \w of|strong="G5456"\w* Hagar \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Sarah 
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\v 21 \w Some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G3551"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w under|strong="G5259"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*. \w Tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w*, \w do|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* know \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w*? 
\v 22 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* Scriptures say \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Abraham|strong="G0011"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w sons|strong="G5207"\w*. \w The|strong="G3588"\w* mother \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* slave \w woman|strong="G1658"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* mother \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w other|strong="G1125"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w free|strong="G1658"\w* \w woman|strong="G1658"\w*. 
\v 23 Abraham’s son \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* slave \w woman|strong="G1658"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w born|strong="G1080"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* normal \w human|strong="G4561"\w* \w way|strong="G2596"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* son \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w free|strong="G1658"\w* \w woman|strong="G1658"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w born|strong="G1080"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w promise|strong="G1860"\w* God made \w to|strong="G2596"\w* Abraham. 
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\v 24 \w This|strong="G3778"\w* true story makes \w a|strong="G1510"\w* picture \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w*. \w The|strong="G1519"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w women|strong="G1417"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* like \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* agreements between God \w and|strong="G1520"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w*. \w One|strong="G1520"\w* \w agreement|strong="G1520"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* law \w that|strong="G3778"\w* God made \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w Mount|strong="G3735"\w* \w Sinai|strong="G4614"\w*. \w The|strong="G1519"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w who|strong="G3748"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* under \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w agreement|strong="G1520"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* like \w slaves|strong="G1397"\w*. \w The|strong="G1519"\w* mother named \w Hagar|strong="G0028"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* like \w that|strong="G3778"\w* \w agreement|strong="G1520"\w*. 
\v 25 \w So|strong="G1161"\w* Hagar \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w like|strong="G0846"\w* \w Mount|strong="G3735"\w* \w Sinai|strong="G4614"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Arabia|strong="G0688"\w*. \w She|strong="G0846"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* picture \w of|strong="G5043"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* earthly Jewish \w city|strong="G0846"\w* \w of|strong="G5043"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*. \w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w city|strong="G0846"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* slave, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w its|strong="G0846"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w slaves|strong="G1398"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* law. 
\v 26 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* heavenly \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w that|strong="G3748"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w above|strong="G0507"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* like \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w free|strong="G1658"\w* \w woman|strong="G1658"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w our|strong="G1161"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w*. 
\v 27 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* Scriptures say, 
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\q1 “\w Be|strong="G2532"\w* happy, \w woman|strong="G4723"\w*—\w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w cannot|strong="G3756"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w children|strong="G5043"\w*. 
\q2 \w Be|strong="G2532"\w* \w glad|strong="G2165"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* \w gave|strong="G5088"\w* \w birth|strong="G5088"\w*. 
\q1 \w Shout|strong="G0994"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w cry|strong="G0994"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* joy! 
\q2 \w You|strong="G3754"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* \w felt|strong="G2192"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w labor|strong="G5605"\w* pains. 
\q1 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w woman|strong="G4723"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* alone\f + \fr 4:27  \fk woman … alone \ft This means her husband has left her.\f* \w will|strong="G4183"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w more|strong="G3123"\w* \w children|strong="G5043"\w* 
\q2 \w than|strong="G2228"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w woman|strong="G4723"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w has|strong="G2192"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w husband|strong="G0435"\w*.” \rq Isaiah 54:1\rq* 
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\v 28 \w My|strong="G2596"\w* \w brothers|strong="G0080"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* sisters, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w children|strong="G5043"\w* \w who|strong="G0080"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* born \w because|strong="G1161"\w* \w of|strong="G5043"\w* God’s \w promise|strong="G1860"\w*, \w just|strong="G2596"\w* \w as|strong="G2596"\w* \w Isaac|strong="G2464"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w*. 
\v 29 \w But|strong="G0235"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* other son \w of|strong="G1080"\w* Abraham, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w born|strong="G1080"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* normal \w way|strong="G3779"\w*, caused trouble \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w born|strong="G1080"\w* \w by|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* power \w of|strong="G1080"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*. \w It|strong="G5119"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w same|strong="G3779"\w* today. 
\v 30 \w But|strong="G0235"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G3361"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Scriptures|strong="G1124"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*? “\w Throw|strong="G1544"\w* \w out|strong="G1544"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* slave \w woman|strong="G1658"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w her|strong="G0846"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w*! \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w free|strong="G1658"\w* \w woman|strong="G1658"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* receive everything \w his|strong="G0846"\w* father \w has|strong="G5101"\w*, \w but|strong="G0235"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* slave \w woman|strong="G1658"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* receive \w nothing|strong="G3756"\w*.”\x + \xo 4:30  \xt Quote from Genesis 21:10.\x* 
\v 31 \w So|strong="G1352"\w*, my \w brothers|strong="G0080"\w* \w and|strong="G0080"\w* sisters, \w we|strong="G1510"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w children|strong="G5043"\w* \w of|strong="G5043"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* slave \w woman|strong="G1658"\w*. \w We|strong="G1510"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w children|strong="G5043"\w* \w of|strong="G5043"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w free|strong="G1658"\w* \w woman|strong="G1658"\w*. 
\c 5  
\s1 Keep Your Freedom 
\p
\v 1 \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w freedom|strong="G1657"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w*, because \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* made \w us|strong="G1659"\w* \w free|strong="G1659"\w*. \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w stand|strong="G4739"\w* strong \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3767"\w* \w freedom|strong="G1657"\w*. \w Don’t|strong="G3361"\w* go \w back|strong="G3825"\w* \w into|strong="G3825"\w* \w slavery|strong="G1397"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w*. 
\v 2 Listen! \w I|strong="G1473"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*, \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* start following \w the|strong="G3708"\w* law \w by|strong="G3004"\w* \w being|strong="G4771"\w* \w circumcised|strong="G4059"\w*, \w then|strong="G3754"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* cannot \w help|strong="G5623"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. 
\v 3 \w Again|strong="G3825"\w*, \w I|strong="G3754"\w* warn \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w*: \w If|strong="G3748"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* allow yourselves \w to|strong="G3825"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w circumcised|strong="G4059"\w*, \w then|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w must|strong="G4160"\w* follow \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w whole|strong="G3650"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*. 
\v 4 \w If|strong="G3748"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* try \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w be|strong="G5547"\w* made right \w with|strong="G1722"\w* God \w through|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*, \w your|strong="G1722"\w* life \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* finished—\w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w have|strong="G3748"\w* \w left|strong="G0575"\w* God’s \w grace|strong="G5485"\w*. 
\v 5 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w say|strong="G1473"\w* this \w because|strong="G1063"\w* our \w hope|strong="G1680"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* being \w right|strong="G1343"\w* \w with|strong="G1537"\w* God comes \w through|strong="G1537"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w*. \w And|strong="G4151"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* helps \w us|strong="G1537"\w* feel sure \w as|strong="G1473"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w wait|strong="G0553"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w that|strong="G4151"\w* \w hope|strong="G1680"\w*. 
\v 6 \w When|strong="G1722"\w* \w someone|strong="G5100"\w* belongs \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w it|strong="G1223"\w* \w is|strong="G5100"\w* \w not|strong="G2480"\w* important if \w they|strong="G1223"\w* \w are|strong="G3777"\w* \w circumcised|strong="G4061"\w* \w or|strong="G3777"\w* \w not|strong="G2480"\w*. \w The|strong="G1223"\w* important thing \w is|strong="G5100"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w*—\w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w kind|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w that|strong="G5100"\w* \w works|strong="G1754"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w love|strong="G0026"\w*. 
\p
\v 7 \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w were|strong="G5101"\w* doing \w so|strong="G3361"\w* \w well|strong="G2573"\w*. \w Who|strong="G5101"\w* caused \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G5101"\w* \w stop|strong="G3361"\w* following \w the|strong="G5101"\w* \w truth|strong="G0225"\w*? 
\v 8 \w It|strong="G1537"\w* certainly \w wasn’t|strong="G3756"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* chose \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. 
\v 9 Be careful! “Just a \w little|strong="G3398"\w* \w yeast|strong="G2219"\w* \w makes|strong="G2220"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w whole|strong="G3650"\w* batch \w of|strong="G3588"\w* dough \w rise|strong="G2220"\w*.”\f + \fr 5:9  \fk “Just … rise” \ft A proverb meaning that a small thing (like a little wrong teaching) can make a big problem or that just one person can have a bad influence on the whole group.\f* 
\v 10 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w trust|strong="G3982"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w believe|strong="G3982"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* different ideas. \w Someone|strong="G0243"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* trying \w to|strong="G1519"\w* confuse \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w Whoever|strong="G3748"\w* \w it|strong="G1437"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* punished. 
\p
\v 11 \w My|strong="G1487"\w* \w brothers|strong="G0080"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* sisters, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* don’t teach \w that|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G1487"\w* \w man|strong="G0080"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \w be|strong="G2089"\w* \w circumcised|strong="G4061"\w*. \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* teach \w circumcision|strong="G4061"\w*, \w then|strong="G1161"\w* \w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w still|strong="G2089"\w* \w being|strong="G2089"\w* \w persecuted|strong="G1377"\w*? \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w still|strong="G2089"\w* taught \w circumcision|strong="G4061"\w*, \w then|strong="G1161"\w* \w my|strong="G1487"\w* message \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w cross|strong="G4716"\w* \w would|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G1473"\w* \w be|strong="G2089"\w* \w a|strong="G1487"\w* problem. 
\v 12 \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w wish|strong="G3785"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* bothering \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* add castration\f + \fr 5:12  \fk castration \ft Paul uses a word that means “to cut off” in place of “circumcision,” which means “to cut around,” to show how angry he is at the false teachers for forcing non-Jewish men to be circumcised.\f* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* circumcision. 
\p
\v 13 \w My|strong="G3440"\w* \w brothers|strong="G0080"\w* \w and|strong="G0080"\w* sisters, God chose \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G3361"\w* free. \w But|strong="G0235"\w* \w don’t|strong="G3361"\w* use \w your|strong="G1223"\w* \w freedom|strong="G1657"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w an|strong="G2564"\w* excuse \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w do|strong="G3361"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* pleases \w your|strong="G1223"\w* sinful selves. \w Instead|strong="G0235"\w*, \w serve|strong="G1398"\w* \w each|strong="G0240"\w* \w other|strong="G0240"\w* \w with|strong="G1909"\w* \w love|strong="G0026"\w*. 
\v 14 \w The|strong="G3956"\w* \w whole|strong="G3956"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w made|strong="G4137"\w* \w complete|strong="G4137"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* command: “\w Love|strong="G0025"\w* \w your|strong="G0025"\w* \w neighbor|strong="G4139"\w*\f + \fr 5:14  \fk your neighbor \ft Or “others.” Jesus’ teaching in Luke 10:25-37 makes clear that this includes anyone in need.\f* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w same|strong="G5613"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w love|strong="G0025"\w* \w yourself|strong="G4572"\w*.”\x + \xo 5:14  \xt Quote from Leviticus 19:18.\x* 
\v 15 \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w continue|strong="G2532"\w* hurting \w each|strong="G0240"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* tearing \w each|strong="G0240"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* apart, \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w careful|strong="G0991"\w*, \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w completely|strong="G2719"\w* destroy \w each|strong="G0240"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w*. 
\s1 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* Spirit \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Human Nature 
\p
\v 16 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w*, \w live|strong="G4043"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* way \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w leads|strong="G4043"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w do|strong="G3361"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* evil \w things|strong="G3004"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* sinful self wants. 
\v 17 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* sinful self \w wants|strong="G2309"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G3778"\w* \w against|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w wants|strong="G2309"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G3778"\w* \w against|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* sinful self. \w They|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G3778"\w* always fighting \w against|strong="G2596"\w* \w each|strong="G2596"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w*, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w don’t|strong="G3361"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* really \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*. 
\v 18 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w let|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w lead|strong="G0071"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w*, \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w under|strong="G5259"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*.\f + \fr 5:18  \fk law \ft Here, a law system, like the Law of Moses.\f* 
\p
\v 19 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* wrong \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* sinful self \w does|strong="G1510"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* clear: committing \w sexual|strong="G4202"\w* sin, \w being|strong="G1510"\w* morally bad, \w doing|strong="G2041"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* kinds \w of|strong="G2041"\w* shameful \w things|strong="G3588"\w*, 
\v 20 worshiping false gods, taking part in witchcraft, hating people, causing trouble, being jealous, \w angry|strong="G2372"\w* or \w selfish|strong="G2052"\w*, causing people to argue \w and|strong="G2054"\w* divide into separate groups, 
\v 21 \w being|strong="G4771"\w* filled \w with|strong="G2316"\w* \w envy|strong="G5355"\w*, getting drunk, having wild parties, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w doing|strong="G4238"\w* \w other|strong="G3739"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w like|strong="G3664"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*. \w I|strong="G3739"\w* warn \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* \w as|strong="G2531"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* warned \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w before|strong="G3588"\w*: \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w do|strong="G4238"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G5108"\w* part \w in|strong="G2316"\w* \w God’s|strong="G2316"\w* \w kingdom|strong="G0932"\w*. 
\v 22 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w fruit|strong="G2590"\w* \w that|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* produces \w in|strong="G4102"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* person’s \w life|strong="G4151"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w love|strong="G0026"\w*, \w joy|strong="G5479"\w*, \w peace|strong="G1515"\w*, \w patience|strong="G3115"\w*, \w kindness|strong="G5544"\w*, \w goodness|strong="G0019"\w*, \w faithfulness|strong="G4102"\w*, 
\v 23 \w gentleness|strong="G4240"\w*, \w and|strong="G3551"\w* \w self-control|strong="G1466"\w*. \w There|strong="G1510"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w against|strong="G2596"\w* \w these|strong="G3588"\w* kinds \w of|strong="G3551"\w* \w things|strong="G5108"\w*. 
\v 24 \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* belong \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w crucified|strong="G4717"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* sinful self. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* given up \w their|strong="G2532"\w* old selfish feelings \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* evil \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* wanted \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w*. 
\v 25 \w We|strong="G1487"\w* \w get|strong="G2198"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* new \w life|strong="G2198"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G1487"\w* \w should|strong="G2198"\w* \w follow|strong="G4748"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*. 
\v 26 We must \w not|strong="G3361"\w* feel proud \w and|strong="G0240"\w* \w boast|strong="G1096"\w* about ourselves. We must \w not|strong="G3361"\w* cause trouble \w for|strong="G1096"\w* \w each|strong="G0240"\w* \w other|strong="G0240"\w* \w or|strong="G3361"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* jealous \w of|strong="G1096"\w* \w each|strong="G0240"\w* \w other|strong="G0240"\w*. 
\c 6  
\s1 Help Each Other 
\p
\v 1 \w Brothers|strong="G0080"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* sisters, \w someone|strong="G5100"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w your|strong="G1437"\w* group \w might|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G3361"\w* \w something|strong="G5100"\w* wrong. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w following|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w should|strong="G5100"\w* go \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G5100"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G0444"\w* sinning. Help \w make|strong="G3361"\w* \w that|strong="G1437"\w* \w person|strong="G0444"\w* right \w again|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G3361"\w* \w it|strong="G1437"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G5108"\w* gentle \w way|strong="G1722"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* careful, \w because|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w might|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w tempted|strong="G3985"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w sin|strong="G3900"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*. 
\v 2 Help \w each|strong="G0240"\w* \w other|strong="G0240"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* troubles. \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3779"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3779"\w*, \w you|strong="G3779"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* obeying \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w of|strong="G3551"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*. 
\v 3 \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w think|strong="G1380"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* too important \w to|strong="G5100"\w* \w do|strong="G1380"\w* this, \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w only|strong="G1487"\w* fooling \w yourself|strong="G1438"\w*. 
\v 4 \w Don’t|strong="G3756"\w* compare \w yourself|strong="G1438"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w others|strong="G2087"\w*. \w Just|strong="G2532"\w* look \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w your|strong="G2192"\w* \w own|strong="G1438"\w* \w work|strong="G2041"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w see|strong="G1381"\w* \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w done|strong="G2041"\w* anything \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w proud|strong="G2745"\w* \w of|strong="G2041"\w*. 
\v 5 You \w must|strong="G1538"\w* \w each|strong="G1538"\w* accept \w the|strong="G3588"\w* responsibilities that \w are|strong="G3588"\w* yours. 
\s1 Never Stop Doing Good 
\p
\v 6 \w Whoever|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G0018"\w* being \w taught|strong="G2727"\w* God’s \w word|strong="G3056"\w* should \w share|strong="G2841"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w good|strong="G0018"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w have|strong="G3956"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G0018"\w* \w teaching|strong="G3056"\w* \w them|strong="G1722"\w*. 
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\v 7 \w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* think \w you|strong="G3739"\w* can fool \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G3778"\w* \w only|strong="G3756"\w* fooling yourselves. \w You|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* harvest \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* plant. 
\v 8 \w If|strong="G3748"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* live \w to|strong="G1519"\w* satisfy \w your|strong="G1438"\w* sinful self, \w the|strong="G3588"\w* harvest \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w will|strong="G3748"\w* get \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w will|strong="G3748"\w* be \w eternal|strong="G0166"\w* death. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G3748"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* live \w to|strong="G1519"\w* please \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*, \w your|strong="G1438"\w* harvest \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w will|strong="G3748"\w* be \w eternal|strong="G0166"\w* \w life|strong="G2222"\w*. 
\v 9 \w We|strong="G1161"\w* \w must|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* get tired \w of|strong="G2540"\w* \w doing|strong="G4160"\w* \w good|strong="G2570"\w*. \w We|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G4160"\w* receive \w our|strong="G4160"\w* harvest \w of|strong="G2540"\w* eternal life \w at|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w right|strong="G2570"\w* \w time|strong="G2540"\w*. \w We|strong="G1161"\w* \w must|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w give|strong="G4160"\w* up. 
\v 10 \w When|strong="G5613"\w* \w we|strong="G1161"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w opportunity|strong="G2540"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w do|strong="G2192"\w* \w good|strong="G0018"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w anyone|strong="G3956"\w*, \w we|strong="G1161"\w* should \w do|strong="G2192"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G1161"\w* should give special attention \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3956"\w* \w in|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* family \w of|strong="G3956"\w* believers. 
\s1 Paul Ends \w His|strong="G3956"\w* Letter 
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\v 11 \w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w my|strong="G1699"\w* \w own|strong="G1699"\w* handwriting. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* can \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w how|strong="G4080"\w* big \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w letters|strong="G1121"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w*. 
\v 12 \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3778"\w* trying \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w force|strong="G0315"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w be|strong="G5547"\w* \w circumcised|strong="G4059"\w* \w are|strong="G3778"\w* \w only|strong="G3440"\w* doing \w it|strong="G3778"\w* \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w their|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G4561"\w* \w will|strong="G3778"\w* accept \w them|strong="G1722"\w*. \w They|strong="G3778"\w* \w are|strong="G3778"\w* afraid \w they|strong="G3778"\w* \w will|strong="G3778"\w* \w be|strong="G5547"\w* \w persecuted|strong="G1377"\w* \w if|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G3778"\w* follow \w only|strong="G3440"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w cross|strong="G4716"\w*\f + \fr 6:12  \fk cross \ft Paul uses the cross as a picture of the Good News, the story of Christ’s death to pay for people’s sins. The cross (Christ’s death) was God’s way to save people. Also in verse 14.\f* \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*. 
\v 13 \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w circumcised|strong="G4059"\w*, \w but|strong="G0235"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w don’t|strong="G3761"\w* \w obey|strong="G5442"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w themselves|strong="G0846"\w*. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w be|strong="G1722"\w* \w circumcised|strong="G4059"\w* \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* can \w boast|strong="G2744"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w did|strong="G3761"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. 
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\v 14 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* hope \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w never|strong="G3361"\w* \w boast|strong="G2744"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w things|strong="G3739"\w* like \w that|strong="G3739"\w*. \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w cross|strong="G4716"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w our|strong="G2424"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w is|strong="G3739"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w only|strong="G1487"\w* \w reason|strong="G1223"\w* \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w boasting|strong="G2744"\w*. \w Through|strong="G1223"\w* \w Jesus’|strong="G2424"\w* death \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w cross|strong="G4716"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w* \w is|strong="G3739"\w* dead\f + \fr 6:14  \fk is dead \ft Literally, “has been crucified.”\f* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1096"\w* dead \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w*. 
\v 15 \w It|strong="G1510"\w* doesn’t \w matter|strong="G5100"\w* if \w anyone|strong="G5100"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w circumcised|strong="G4061"\w* \w or|strong="G3777"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w*. \w The|strong="G1510"\w* \w only|strong="G0235"\w* \w thing|strong="G2937"\w* \w that|strong="G1510"\w* matters \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w this|strong="G5101"\w* \w new|strong="G2537"\w* life \w we|strong="G1510"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w from|strong="G1510"\w* God.\f + \fr 6:15  \fk this new life … God \ft Or “being the new people God has made.”\f* 
\v 16 \w Peace|strong="G1515"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w mercy|strong="G1656"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w follow|strong="G4748"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w rule|strong="G2583"\w*—\w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w all|strong="G3745"\w* \w God’s|strong="G2316"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w*.\f + \fr 6:16  \fk all of God’s people \ft Literally, “the Israel of God.”\f* 
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\v 17 \w So|strong="G1063"\w* \w don’t|strong="G3367"\w* \w give|strong="G3930"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w any|strong="G3367"\w* more \w trouble|strong="G3930"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* scars \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w body|strong="G4983"\w* \w that|strong="G1722"\w* \w show|strong="G3930"\w*\f + \fr 6:17  \fk scars … show \ft Many times Paul was beaten by people who tried to stop him from teaching about Christ. The scars were from these beatings.\f* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* belong \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*. 
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\v 18 \w My|strong="G3326"\w* \w brothers|strong="G0080"\w* \w and|strong="G2962"\w* sisters, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* pray \w that|strong="G3326"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w grace|strong="G5485"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w our|strong="G2424"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w will|strong="G2962"\w* \w be|strong="G3326"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w your|strong="G2962"\w* \w spirits|strong="G4151"\w*. \w Amen|strong="G0281"\w*. 