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Galatians 4

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I mean that the heir, as long as he is a child, is no better than a slave, though he is the owner of all the estate;

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but he is under guardians and trustees until the date set by the father.

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So with us; when we were children, we were slaves to the elemental spirits of the universe.

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But when the time had fully come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law,

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to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.

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And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, "Abba! Father!"

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So through God you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son then an heir.

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Formerly, when you did not know God, you were in bondage to beings that by nature are no gods;

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but now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how can you turn back again to the weak and beggarly elemental spirits, whose slaves you want to be once more?

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You observe days, and months, and seasons, and years!

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I am afraid I have labored over you in vain.

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Brethren, I beseech you, become as I am, for I also have become as you are. You did me no wrong;

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you know it was because of a bodily ailment that I preached the gospel to you at first;

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and though my condition was a trial to you, you did not scorn or despise me, but received me as an angel of God, as Christ Jesus.

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What has become of the satisfaction you felt? For I bear you witness that, if possible, you would have plucked out your eyes and given them to me.

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Have I then become your enemy by telling you the truth?

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They make much of you, but for no good purpose; they want to shut you out, that you may make much of them.

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For a good purpose it is always good to be made much of, and not only when I am present with you.

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My little children, with whom I am again in travail until Christ be formed in you!

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I could wish to be present with you now and to change my tone, for I am perplexed about you.

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Tell me, you who desire to be under law, do you not hear the law?

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For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by a slave and one by a free woman.

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But the son of the slave was born according to the flesh, the son of the free woman through promise.

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Now this is an allegory: these women are two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai, bearing children for slavery; she is Hagar.

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Now Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia; she corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for she is in slavery with her children.

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But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother.

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For it is written, "Rejoice, O barren one who does not bear; break forth and shout, you who are not in travail; for the children of the desolate one are many more than the children of her that is married."

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Now we, brethren, like Isaac, are children of promise.

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But as at that time he who was born according to the flesh persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, so it is now.

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But what does the scripture say? "Cast out the slave and her son; for the son of the slave shall not inherit with the son of the free woman."

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So, brethren, we are not children of the slave but of the free woman.

Galatians 5

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For freedom Christ has set us free; stand fast therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.

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Now I, Paul, say to you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will be of no advantage to you.

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I testify again to every man who receives circumcision that he is bound to keep the whole law.

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You are severed from Christ, you who would be justified by the law; you have fallen away from grace.

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For through the Spirit, by faith, we wait for the hope of righteousness.

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For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision is of any avail, but faith working through love.

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You were running well; who hindered you from obeying the truth?

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This persuasion is not from him who calls you.

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A little leaven leavens the whole lump.

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I have confidence in the Lord that you will take no other view than mine; and he who is troubling you will bear his judgment, whoever he is.

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But if I, brethren, still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? In that case the stumbling block of the cross has been removed.

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I wish those who unsettle you would mutilate themselves!

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For you were called to freedom, brethren; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love be servants of one another.

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For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."

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But if you bite and devour one another take heed that you are not consumed by one another.

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But I say, walk by the Spirit, and do not gratify the desires of the flesh.

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For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh; for these are opposed to each other, to prevent you from doing what you would.

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

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Now the works of the flesh are plain: fornication, impurity, licentiousness,

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idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, anger, selfishness, dissension, party spirit,

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envy, drunkenness, carousing, and the like. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

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But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

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gentleness, self-control; against such there is no law.

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And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

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If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit.

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Let us have no self-conceit, no provoking of one another, no envy of one another.

Galatians 6

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Brethren, if a man is overtaken in any trespass, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Look to yourself, lest you too be tempted.

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Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.

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For if any one thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.

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But let each one test his own work, and then his reason to boast will be in himself alone and not in his neighbor.

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For each man will have to bear his own load.

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Let him who is taught the word share all good things with him who teaches.

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Do not be deceived; God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.

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For he who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption; but he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.

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And let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due season we shall reap, if we do not lose heart.

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So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all men, and especially to those who are of the household of faith.

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See with what large letters I am writing to you with my own hand.

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It is those who want to make a good showing in the flesh that would compel you to be circumcised, and only in order that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ.

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For even those who receive circumcision do not themselves keep the law, but they desire to have you circumcised that they may glory in your flesh.

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But far be it from me to glory except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

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For neither circumcision counts for anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation.

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Peace and mercy be upon all who walk by this rule, upon the Israel of God.

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Henceforth let no man trouble me; for I bear on my body the marks of Jesus.

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The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brethren. Amen.

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