Believers are justified. being more exceedingly zealous of the tra- 10 Only they would that we should reditions of my fathers. member the poor; the same which I also was forward to do. 15 But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace, 11 But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because 16 To reveal his Son in me, that I might he was to be blamed. preach him among the heathen; immedi- 12 For before that certain came from ately I conferred not with flesh and blood : James, he did eat with the Gentiles: but 17 Neither went I up to Jerusalem to when they were come, he withdrew, and them which were apostles before me: but I separated himself, fearing them which were went into Arabia, and returned again unto of the circumcision. Damascus. 18 Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter, and abode with him fifteen days. 19 But other of the apostles saw I none, save James the Lord's brother. 20 Now the things which I write unto you, behold, before God, I lie not. 21 Afterward I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia ; 22 And was unknown by face unto the churches of Judea which were in Christ: 23 But they had heard only, That he which persecuted us in times past, now preacheth the faith which once he stroyed. 24 And they glorified God in me. 13 And the other Jews dissembled likewise with him; insomuch that Barnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation. 14 But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before them all, If thou, being a Jew, liveth after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews? 15 We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles, 16 Knowing that a man is not justified de- by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works THEN HEN fourteen years after I went up of the law: for by the works of the law again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, shall no flesh be justified. CHAP. II. and took Titus with me also. 17 But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is therefore Christ the minister of sin? God forbid. 2 And I went up by revelation, and communicated unto them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to them which were of reputation, lest by 18 For if I build again the things which any means I should run, or had run in vain. I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor. 3 But neither Titus, who was with me, 19 For I through the law am dead to the being a Greek, was compelled to be cir-law, that I might live unto God. 20 I am crucified with Christ: neverthe cumcised: 4 And that because of false brethren less, I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in unawares brought in, who came in privily me: and the life which I now live in the to spy out our liberty which we have in flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of God, Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into who loved me, and gave himself for me. bondage: 21 I do not frustrate the grace of God: 5 To whom we gave place by subjec- for if righteousness come by the law, then tion, no, not for an hour; that the truth of Christ is dead in vain. the gospel might continue with you. CHAP. III. 6 But of those, who seemed to be some- FOOLISH Galatians, who hath bewhat, whatsoever they were, it maketh no witched you, that ye should not obey matter to me: God accepteth no man's the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ person for they who seemed to be some- hath been evidently set forth, crucified what, in conference added nothing to me: among you? 7 But contrariwise, when they saw that 2 This only would I learn of you, Rethe gospel of the uncircumcision was com-ceived ye the Spirit by the works of the mitted unto me, as the gospel of the cir-law, or by the hearing of faith? cumcision was unto Peter; 3 Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh? 4 Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if it be yet in vain. 8 (For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles :) 9 And when James, Cephas, and John, 5 He therefore that ministereth to you who seemed to be pillars, perceived the the Spirit, and worketh miracles among grace that was given unto me, they gave to you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or me and Barnabas the right hands of fellow-by the hearing of faith? ship; that we should go unto the heathen, 6 Even as Abraham believed God, ana and they unto the circumcision. it was accounted to him for righteousness. Believers blessed with Abraham. GALATIANS. 7. Know ye therefore, that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham. Christ frees from the law. 26 For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. 27 For as many of you as have been 8 And the scripture, foreseeing that God baptized into Christ, have put on Christ. would justify the heathen through faith, 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, there is neither bond nor free, there is saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed. neither male nor female: for ye are all 9 So then they which be of faith are one in Christ Jesus. blessed with faithful Abraham. 29 And if ye be Christ's, then are ye 10 For as many as are of the works of Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the the law, are under the curse: for it is promise. written, Cursed is every one that con CHAP. IV. tinueth not in all things which are written NOW I say, That the heir, as long as in the book of the law to do them. 11 But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith. 12 And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them. 13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree : he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all; 2 But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father. 3 Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world: 4 But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, 14 That the blessing of Abraham might 5 To redeem them that were under the come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; law, that we might receive the adoption of that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. sons. 6 And because ye are sons, God hath 15 Brethren, I speak after the manner sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your of men; Though it be but a man's cove- hearts, crying, Abba, Father. nant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth or addeth thereto. 16 Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ. 7 Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ. 8 Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods. 17 And this I say, That the covenant that 9 But now, after that ye have known was confirmed before of God in Christ, the God, or rather are known of God, how turn law, which was four hundred and thirty ye again to the weak and beggarly eleyears after, cannot disannul, that it should ments, whereunto ye desire again to be in make the promise of none effect. 18 For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise. 19 Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator. bondage? 10 Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years. 11 I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain. 12 Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as ye are: ye have not injured me at all. 13 Ye know how through infirmity of 20 Now a mediator is not a mediator of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you at one; but God is one. the first. 21 Is the law then against the promises 14 And my temptation which was in my of God? God forbid for if there had been flesh ye despised not, nor rejected; but rea law given which could have given life, ceived me as an angel of God, even as verily righteousness should have been by Christ Jesus. the law. 15 Where is then the blessedness ye 22 But the scripture hath concluded all spake of? for I bear you record, that if it under sin, that the promise by faith of Je- had been possible, ye would have plucked sus Christ might be given to them that be- out your own eyes, and have given them to lieve. 23 But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed. 24 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. 25 But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a school-master me. 16 Am I therefore become your enemy because I tell you the truth? 17 They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them. 18 But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you. The liberty of the gospel. CHAP. V, VI. Deal mildly with offenders. 11 And I, brethren, if I yet preach cir 19 My little children, of whom I travail in birth again, until Christ be formed in you, cumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? 20 I desire to be present with you now, then is the offence of the cross ceased. and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you. 21 Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law? 12 I would they were even cut off which trouble you. 13 For, brethren, ye have been called occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one unto liberty; only use not liberty for an 22 For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bond-maid, the other another. by a free-woman. 23 But he who was of the bond-woman, word, even in this, Thou shalt love thy 14 For all the law is fulfilled in one was born after the flesh; but he of the neighbour as thyself. free-woman was by promise. take heed that ye be not consumed one of 15 But if ye bite and devour one another, 24 Which things are an allegory for these are the two covenants; the one from another. the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar. 25 For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children. 26 But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all. 27 For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband. 28 Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise. 16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, flesh. and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the 17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spi- not under the law. 19 Now the works of the flesh are mani- 29 But as then he that was born after emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, here20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, the flesh persecuted him that was born after sies, the Spirit, even so it is now. 30 Nevertheless, what saith the scrip- vellings, and such like: of the which I tell 21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, reture? Cast out the bond-woman and her you before, as I have also told you in time son for the son of the bond-woman shall past, that they which do such things shall not be heir with the son of the free-woman. not inherit the kingdom of God. 31 So then, brethren, we are not children of the bond-woman, but of the free. CHAP. V. STAND fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. 2 Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing. 3 For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law. 4 Christ is become of no effect unto you, 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, there is no law. 24 And they that are Christ's have cru- 25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. provoking one another, envying one ano26 Let us not be desirous of vain-glory, CHAP. VI. ther. whosoever of you are justified by the law: BRETHREN, if a man be overtaken in ye are fallen from grace. 5 For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. 6 For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love. 7 Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth? 8 This persuasion cometh not of him that calleth you. 9 A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump. such an one in the spirit of meekness; con- thing, when he is nothing, he deceiveth 4 But let every man prove his own 5 For every man shall bear his own bur 10 I have confidence in you through the den. Lord, that ye will be none otherwise mind 6 Let him that is taught in the word, good things. ed: but he that troubleth you shall bear communicate unto him that teacheth in all his judgment, whosoever he be. Be liberal to teachers. EPHESIANS. Paul's prayer for the Ephesians. 7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: circumcised keep the law; but desire to for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh. aiso reap. 8 For he that soweth to his flesh, shall of the flesh reap corruption: but he that soweth to the Spirit, shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. 9 And let us not be weary in well-doing: for in due season we shall reap if we faint not. 10 As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith. 11 Ye see how large a letter I have written unto you with mine own hand. 12 As many as desire to make a fair shew in the flesh, they constrain you to be circumcised; only lest they should suffer persecution for the cross of Christ. 13 For neither they themselves who are 14 But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world. 15 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature. 16 And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God. 17 From henceforth let no man trouble me: for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus. 18 Brethren, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen. ¶ Unto the Galatians, written from Rome. The Epistle of PAUL, the Apostle, to the EPHESIANS. CHAP. I. PAUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus: 2 Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: 4 According as he hath chosen us in him, before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: 5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, 6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved: 7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace; 8 Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence; your salvation in whom also, after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, 14 Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory. 15 Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints, 16 Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers; 17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: 18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, 19 And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, 20 Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, 21 Far above all principality, and power, 9 Having made known unto us the mys- and might, and dominion, and every name tery of his will, according to his good plea- that is named, not only in this world, but sure, which he hath purposed in himself: also in that which is to come: 10 That in the dispensation of the ful- 22 And hath put all things under his ness of times he might gather together in feet, and gave him to be the head over all one all things in Christ, both which are in things to the church, heaven, and which are on earth; even in 23 Which is his body, the fulness of him nim : that filleth all in all. 11 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according > the purpose of him who worketh hings after the counsel of his own will: 13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of CHAP. II. AND you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; 2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: Of man's salvation. CHAP. III. 3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others. FOR The hidden mystery. OR this cause, I Paul, the prisoner of 2 If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to 4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his you-ward: great love wherewith he loved us, 3 How that by revelation he made known 5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath unto me the mystery, as I wrote afore in quickened us together with Christ; (by few words; grace ye are saved ;) 6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places, in Christ Jesus: 4 Whereby when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ, 5 Which in other ages was not made 7 That in the ages to come he might known unto the sons of men, as it is now shew the exceeding riches of his grace in revealed unto his holy apostles and prohis kindness toward us, through Christ phets by the Spirit; Jesus. 6 That the Gentiles should be fellow 8 For by grace are ye saved, through heirs, and of the same body, and partakers faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the of his promise in Christ by the Gospel : gift of God: 7 Whereof I was made a minister, ac 9 Not of works, lest any man should cording to the gift of the grace of God boast. given unto me by the effectual working of 10 For we are his workmanship, created his power. in Christ Jesus unto good works, which 8 Unto me, who am less than the least God hath before ordained that we should of all saints, is this grace given, that I walk in them. should preach among the Gentiles the un11 Wherefore remember, that ye being searchable riches of Christ; in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands; 9 And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ: 12 That at that time ye were without 10 To the intent that now unto the prinChrist, being aliens from the common- cipalities and powers in heavenly places wealth of Israel, and strangers from the might be known by the church the manicovenants of promise, having no hope, and fold wisdom of God, without God in the world: 11 According to the eternal purpose 13 But now, in Christ Jesus, ye, who which he purposed in Christ Jesus our sometime were far off, are made nigh by Lord: the blood of Christ. 14 For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us; 12 In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him. 13 Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory. 15 Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments con- 14 For this cause I bow my knees unto tained in ordinances: for to make in him- the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, self of twain one new man, so making peace; 16 And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby : 17 And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh. 15 of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named. 16 That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; 17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and ground 18 For through him we both have ac-ed in love, cess by one Spirit unto the Father. 18 May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and 19 Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow-citizens depth, and height; with the saints, and of the household of God; 20 And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner-stone; 21 In whom all the building fitly framed together, groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord: 19 And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God. 20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, 22 In whom ye also are builded together, 21 Unto him be glory in the church by for an habitation of God through the Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world Spirit. without end. Amen. |