jured me at all. (13) For ye know, that under the 13
infirmity of my flesh, I at first announced the gos-
pel to you; (14) and the trial in my flesh, ye did 14
not despise nor nauseate: but ye received me as
an angel of God, and as Jesus the Messiah. (15) 15
Where then is your blessedness? For I testify of
you, that if it had been possible, ye would have
plucked out your eyes, and have given them to
me. (16) Have I become an enemy to you, by 16
preaching to you the truth ?-(17) They are zealous 17
towards you, yet not for good; but they wish to
shut you up, that ye may be zealous towards them.
(18) And it is a good thing to be zealous at all 18
times in good things; and not merely when I am
present with you. (19) [Ye are] my children, of 19
whom I travail in birth again, till the Messiah be
formed in you. (20) And I could wish to be now 20
with you, and to change the tone of my voice; be-
cause I am astonished at you.-(21) Tell me, ye 21
who desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the
law? (22) For it is written, that Abraham had 22
two sons, one by the bondmaid, and one by the
free woman. (23) But he that was by the bond- 23
maid, was born after the flesh; and he that was by
the free woman, was by the promise. (24) And 24
these are allegoricale of the two covenants;d the
one from mount Sinai, which bringeth forth for
bondage, is Hagar. (25) For Hagar is the mount 25
Sinai in Arabia, and correspondeth with the pres-
ent Jerusalem, and is serving in bondage, she and
her children. (26) But the Jerusalem above, is the 26
free woman, who is the mother of us. (27) For 27
it is written, Be joyful, thou barren, who bearest
not: exult and shout, thou who hast not travailed:
for more numerous are the children of the desolate
than the children of the married woman. (28) Now 28
we, my brethren, like Isaac, are the children of the
promise. (29) And as then, he that was born after 29
the flesh, persecuted him [who was born] of the
Spirit; so also [is it] now. (30) But what saith 30
the scripture? Cast out the bondmaid, and her
son; because the son of the bondmaid shall not in-
herit with the son of the free woman. (31) So 31
then, my brethren, we are not sons of the bond-
woman, but sons of the free woman.

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Stand fast, therefore, in the liberty with which the Messiah hath made us free; and be not sub2 jected again to the yoke of bondage. (2) Behold, I Paul say to you, That if ye become circumcised, 3 the Messiah is of no advantage to you. (3) And again, I testify to every one who becometh circumcised, that he is bound to fulfill the whole law. Sy. 4 (4) Ye have renounced the Messiah, ye who seek justification by the law: and ye have apostatized 5 from grace. (5) For we, through the Spirit, which is from faith, are waiting for the hope of righteous6 ness. (6) For, in the Messiah Jesus, circumcision is nothing, neither is uncircumcision, but the faith 7 that is perfected by love. (7) Ye did run well: who hath interrupted you, that ye acquiesce not in 8 the truth? (8) The bias of your mind is not from Sy. 9 him who called you. (9) A little leaven leaveneth com 10 the whole mass. (10) I confide in you through

our Lord, that ye will entertain no other thoughts. And he that disquieteth you, shall bear his judg 11 ment, whoever he may be. (11) And I, my breth

ren, if I still preached circumcision, why should I suffer persecution? Hath the offensiveness of the 12 cross ceased? (12) But I would, that they who disquiet you, were actually cut off.c

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Sy. cutting And ye, my brethren, have been called into were cut off liberty: only let not your liberty be an occasion to the flesh; but, by love, be ye servants to each 14 other. (14) For the whole law is fulfilled in one sentence;d in this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as or, word. 15 thyself. (15) But if ye bite and devour one

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another, beware, lest ye be consumed one by anoth16 er. -(16) And I say: Walk ye in the Spirit; and 17 never followe the cravings of the flesh. (17) For or, do. the flesh craveth that which is repugnant to the Spirit; and the Sprit craveth that which is repugnant to the flesh: and the two are the opposites of each other, so that ye do not that which ye desire. 18 (18) But if ye are guided by the Spirit, ye are not 19 under the law. (19) For the works of the flesh are

known, which are whoredom, impurity, lascivious20 ness, (20) idol-worship, magic, malice, contention, 21 rivalry, wrath, strife, divisions, discords, (21) envy,

murder, drunkenness, revelling, and all the like things. And they who perpetrate these things, as I have before told you, and also now tell you, do

not inherit the kingdom of God. (22) But the 22 fruits of the Spirit are, love, joy, peace, long suffering, suavity, kindness, fidelity, modesty, patience. |(23) Against these there standeth no law. (24) And 23 they who are of the Messiah, have crucified their 24 tor, affections. flesh, with all its passions and its cravings. (25) 25 Let us therefore live in the Spirit; and let us press

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My brethren, if one of you should be overtaken VI. in a fault, do ye who are of the Spirit recovera him, in a spirit of meekness: and be ye cautious, lest ye also be tempted. (2) And bear ye one another's 2 burdens, that so ye may fulfill the law of the Messiah. (3) For if any one thinketh himself to be 3 something, when he is not, he deceiveth himself. (4) But let a man examine his own conduct; and 4 then his glorying will be within himself, and not in others. (5) For every man must take up his 5 own load.-(6) And let him that heareth the word, 6 communicate to him who instructeth him, in all good things.-(7) Do not mistake; God is not de- 7 ceived; for what a man soweth, that also will he reap. (8) He who soweth in the flesh, reapeth from the flesh corruption: and he who soweth in the Spirit, will from the Spirit reap life everlasting. (9) And while we do what is good, let it not be 9 wearisome to us; for the time will come when we shall reap, and it will not be tedious to us. (10) 10 Now, therefore, while we have the opportunity, let us practice good works towards all men, and especially towards them of the household of faith.

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Behold, this epistle have I written to you with 11 my own hand. (12) They who are disposed to 12 glory in the flesh, they urge you to become circumcised, only that they may not be persecuted on account of the cross of the Messiah. (13) For 13 not even they themselves, who are circumcised, keep the law: but they wish you to become cir cumcised, that they may glory in your flesh. (14) But as for me, let me not glory, except in the 14 or, by which. cross of our Lord Jesus the Messiah; by whomb the world is crucified to me, and I am crucified to

the world. (15) For circumcision is nothing; nei- 15

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And they who press forward in this path, peace be 12 14 on them, and mercy; and on the Israel of God.— 17 (17) Henceforth let no one put trouble upon me;

for I bear in my body the marks of our Lord Jesus 18 the Messiah.-(18) My brethren, the grace of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, be with your spirit. Amen.

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PAUL, a legate of Jesus the Messiah by the pleasure of God, to them who are at Ephesus, sanctified, 2 and believing in Jesus the Messiah: (2) Peace be with you, and grace from God our Father, and from our Lord Jesus the Messiah.

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7 One; (7) by whom we have redemption, and the Sy. Loios forgiveness of sins by his blood, according to the 8 riches of his grace, (8) which hath abounded in us, in all wisdom and all spiritual understanding. 9 (9) And he hath made us know the mystery of his pleasure, which he had before determined in him10 self to accomplish, (10) in the dispensation of the fullness of times; that all things might again be made new in the Messiah, things in heaven and

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[things] on earth. (11) And in him we are elected,d 11 according as he predestinede us and willed, who worketh all things according to the counsel of his pleasure; (12) that we should be they who first 12 hoped in the Messiah, to the honor of his glory. (13) In whom, ye also have heard the word of 13 or, salvation. truth, which is the gospel of your life,f and have believed in him; and have been sealed with the

Holy Spirit, who was promised, (14) who is the 14 earnest of our inheritance, until the redemption of gor, are saved. them that are alive,g and for the praise of his glory.

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Therefore, lo I also, since I heard of your faith 15 in our Lord Jesus the Messiah, and of your love towards all the saints, (16) cease not to give thanks 16 on your account, and to remember you in my prayers; (17) that the God of our Lord Jesus the Mes- 17 siah, the Father of glory, may give to you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation, in the recognition of him; (18) and that the eyes of your hearts 18 may be enlightened, so 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 19 what is the excellence of the majesty of his powerh in us who believe; according to the efficiency of the strength of his power, (20) which he put forth 20 in the Messiah, and raised him from the dead, and seated him at his right hand in heaven, (21) high 21 above all principalities, and authorities, and powers, and lordships, and above every name that is named, not only in this world but also in that to come: (22) and he hath subjected all things under his 22 feet; and hath given him who is high over all, to be the head of the church;i (23) which is his body, 23 and the fullness of him who filleth all in all: (II.) and also you, [he filleth,] who were dead in II. your sins, and in your offences, (2) in the which 2 ye before walked, according to the worldliness of this world, and according to the pleasure of the prince potentate of the air, that spirit which is active in the children of disobedience: (3) in which 3 deeds we also, formerly, were conversant, in the cravings of our flesh; and we did the pleasure of our flesh, and of our mind, and were altogether the children of wrath, like the rest. (4) But God who 4 is rich in his mercies, because of the great love with which he loved us, (5) when we were dead in our 5