1 3 I 2 I beseech you, brethren, be as I am, for I am as ye 13 are. Ye did me no wrong but ye know that because of an infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel unto 14 you the 'first time: and that which was a temptation Gr. former. to you in my flesh ye despised not, nor rejected; but 2 Gr. spat ye received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus. out." 15 Where then is that gratulation of yourselves? for I 3 Or, of bear you witness, that, if possible, ye would have yours 16 plucked out your eyes and given them to me. So then am I become your enemy, because I tell you the 4 Or, deal 17 truth? They zealously seek you in no good way; nay, truly with they desire to shut you out, that ye may seek them. 18 But it is good to be zealously sought in a good matter at all times, and not only when I am present with you. 19 My little children, of whom I am again in travail until 20 Christ be formed in you, yea, I could wish to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I am perplexed about you. 21 Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye 22 not hear the law? For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, one by the handmaid, and one by the free23 woman. Howbeit the son by the handmaid is born after the flesh; but the son by the freewoman is born 24 through promise. Which things contain an allegory: you 5 ancient for these women are two covenants; one from mount Sinai, bearing children unto bondage, which is Hagar. 25 'Now this Hagar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and Many answereth to the Jerusalem that now is for she is in authorities 26 bondage with her children. But the Jerusalem that is read For 27 above is free, which is our mother. For it is written, mountain Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; Break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: Sinai is a in Arabia. 6 ancient authorities read ye. 28 Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are children of Many 29 promise. But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so 30 it is now. Howbeit what saith the scripture? Cast out the handmaid and her son for the son of the handmaid shall not inherit with the son of the freeWherefore, brethren, we are not children of 31 woman. 1 Or, For freedom 2 Gr. brought to nought. s Or, wrought a handmaid, but of the freewoman. 1With freedom 1 5 did Christ set us free: stand fast therefore, and be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage. Behold, I Paul say unto you, that, if ye receive 2 circumcision, Christ will profit you nothing. Yea, I 3 testify again to every man that receiveth circumcision, that he is a debtor to do the whole law. Ye are 4 'severed from Christ, ye who would be justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace. away For we through 5 6 the Spirit by faith wait for the hope of righteousness. For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision; but faith working through love. Ye were running well; who did hinder you that 7 ye should not obey the truth? This persuasion came 8 not of him that calleth you. A little leaven leaveneth 9 the whole lump. I have confidence to you-ward in the 10 Lord, that ye will be none otherwise minded: but he that troubleth you shall bear his judgement, whosoever he be. But I, brethren, if I still preach cir- 11 cumcision, why am I still persecuted? then hath the stumblingblock of the cross been done away. I would that they which unsettle you would even ‘cut 12 themselves themselves off. 4 Or, mutilate For ye, brethren, were called for freedom; only use 13 not your freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through love be servants one to another. For the 14 whole law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. But if ye bite and 15 devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another. But I say, Walk by the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil 16 the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusteth against the 17 Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are contrary the one to the other; that ye may not do the things that ye would. But if ye are led by the Spirit, 18 ye are not under the law. Now the works of the flesh 19 are manifest, which are these, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, 20 'Or, parties jealousies, wraths, factions, divisions, heresies, envy- 21 ings, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the you plainly which I forewarn you, even as I did forewarn 6 Or, tell you, that they which practise such things shall not 22 inherit the kingdom of God. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, good23 ness, faithfulness, meekness, 'temperance: against such Or, self24 there is no law. And they that are of Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with the passions and the lusts thereof. 25 If we live by the Spirit, by the Spirit let us also walk. 26 Let us not be vainglorious, provoking one another, envying one another. 6 I Brethren, even if a man be overtaken in any trespass, ye which are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of meekness; looking to thyself, lest thou also 2 be tempted. Bear ye one another's burdens, and so 3 fulfil the law of Christ. For if a man thinketh himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth 4 himself. But let each man prove his own work, and then shall he have his glorying in regard of himself control other. 5 alone, and not of 'his neighbour. For each man shall "Gr. the bear his own 'burden. 6 But let him that is taught in the word communicate 7 unto him that teacheth in all good things. Be not de ceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man 8 soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth unto his own flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth unto the Spirit shall of the Spirit 9 reap eternal life. And let us not be weary in welldoing for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. 10 So then, as we have opportunity, let us work that which is good toward all men, and especially toward them that are of the household of the faith. circum Or, load reason of II See with how large letters I have written unto you 4 Or, write 12 with mine own hand. As many as desire to make a fair show in the flesh, they compel you to be cised; only that they may not be persecuted for the 13 cross of Christ. For not even they who receive & Some circumcision do themselves keep the law; but they ancient desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in read have 14 your flesh. But far be it from me to glory, save in cumcis d. the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the ? Or, a law world hath been crucified unto me, and I unto the 8 Or, whom authorities been cir 1 Or, creation world. For neither is circumcision anything, nor un- 15 circumcision, but a new 'creature. And as many 16 as shall walk by this rule, peace be upon them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God. From henceforth let no man trouble me: for I bear 17 branded on my body the marks of Jesus. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your 18 spirit, brethren. Amen. THE EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE EPHESIANS. 1 I 3 and peace from ancient authorities omit at Ephesus. PAUL, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to the saints which are 1at Ephesus, and the Some very 2 faithful in Christ Jesus: Grace to you God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with every spiritual bless4 ing in the heavenly places in Christ: even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blemish before him in 2 Or, him: having in 5 love having foreordained us unto adoption as sons love forethrough Jesus Christ unto himself, according to the ordained us 6 good pleasure of his will, to the praise of the glory of with he his grace, which he freely bestowed on us in the Or, where7 Beloved in whom we have our redemption through ended us his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according with he Gr. seasons. 8 Gr. upon. 8 to the riches of his grace, which he made to abound Or, where9 toward us in all wisdom and prudence, having made abounded known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his 10 good pleasure which he purposed in him unto a dispensation of the fulness of the times, to sum up all things in Christ, the things in the heavens, and the 11 things upon the earth; in him, I say, in whom also we were made a heritage, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who worketh all things 12 after the counsel of his will; to the end that we should be unto the praise of his glory, we who had before 'Or, have 13 hoped in Christ in whom ye also, having heard the word of the truth, the gospel of your salvation,—in whom, having also believed, ye were sealed with the 14 Holy Spirit of promise, which is an earnest of our |