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加拉太书 1-6
Chinese Union Version Modern Punctuation (Simplified)
加拉太书 1-6
Chinese Union Version Modern Punctuation (Simplified)
1 做使徒的保罗——不是由于人，也不是借着人，乃是借着耶稣基督，与叫他从死里复活的父神—— 2 和一切与我同在的众弟兄，写信给加拉太的各教会。 3 愿恩惠、平安从父神与我们的主耶稣基督归于你们！ 4 基督照我们父神的旨意，为我们的罪舍己，要救我们脱离这罪恶的世代。 5 但愿荣耀归于神，直到永永远远！阿门。
稀奇加拉太人速离正道
6 我稀奇你们这么快离开那借着基督之恩召你们的，去从别的福音。 7 那并不是福音，不过有些人搅扰你们，要把基督的福音更改了。 8 但无论是我们，是天上来的使者，若传福音给你们，与我们所传给你们的不同，他就应当被咒诅。 9 我们已经说了，现在又说：若有人传福音给你们，与你们所领受的不同，他就应当被咒诅！ 10 我现在是要得人的心呢，还是要得神的心呢？我岂是讨人的喜欢吗？若仍旧讨人的喜欢，我就不是基督的仆人了。
保罗传的福音是从神来的
11 弟兄们，我告诉你们，我素来所传的福音不是出于人的意思。 12 因为我不是从人领受的，也不是人教导我的，乃是从耶稣基督启示来的。 13 你们听见我从前在犹太教中所行的事，怎样极力逼迫、残害神的教会， 14 我又在犹太教中，比我本国许多同岁的人更有长进，为我祖宗的遗传更加热心。 15 然而，那把我从母腹里分别出来，又施恩召我的神， 16 既然乐意将他儿子启示在我心里，叫我把他传在外邦人中，我就没有与属血气的人商量， 17 也没有上耶路撒冷去见那些比我先做使徒的，唯独往阿拉伯去，后又回到大马士革。
不是在耶路撒冷学的
18 过了三年才上耶路撒冷去见矶法，和他同住了十五天。 19 至于别的使徒，除了主的兄弟雅各，我都没有看见。 20 我写给你们的不是谎话，这是我在神面前说的。 21 以后我到了叙利亚和基利家境内。 22 那时，犹太信基督的各教会都没有见过我的面， 23 不过听说“那从前逼迫我们的，现在传扬他原先所残害的真道”， 24 他们就为我的缘故，归荣耀给神。
保罗巴拿巴奉启示再往耶路撒冷
2 过了十四年，我同巴拿巴又上耶路撒冷去，并带着提多同去。 2 我是奉启示上去的，把我在外邦人中所传的福音对弟兄们陈说，却是背地里对那有名望之人说的，唯恐我现在或是从前徒然奔跑。 3 但与我同去的提多虽是希腊人，也没有勉强他受割礼， 4 因为有偷着引进来的假弟兄，私下窥探我们在基督耶稣里的自由，要叫我们做奴仆。 5 我们就是一刻的工夫也没有容让顺服他们，为要叫福音的真理仍存在你们中间。 6 至于那些有名望的，不论他是何等人，都与我无干，神不以外貌取人。那些有名望的并没有加增我什么， 7 反倒看见了主托我传福音给那未受割礼的人，正如托彼得传福音给那受割礼的人。 8 那感动彼得叫他为受割礼之人做使徒的，也感动我，叫我为外邦人做使徒。
雅各矶法约翰向保罗巴拿巴行相交之礼
9 又知道所赐给我的恩典，那称为教会柱石的雅各、矶法、约翰，就向我和巴拿巴用右手行相交之礼，叫我们往外邦人那里去，他们往受割礼的人那里去； 10 只是愿意我们记念穷人，这也是我本来热心去行的。
保罗责备矶法与外邦人隔开
11 后来矶法到了安提阿，因他有可责之处，我就当面抵挡他。 12 从雅各那里来的人未到以先，他和外邦人一同吃饭，及至他们来到，他因怕奉割礼的人，就退去与外邦人隔开了。 13 其余的犹太人也都随着他装假，甚至连巴拿巴也随伙装假。 14 但我一看见他们行得不正，与福音的真理不合，就在众人面前对矶法说：“你既是犹太人，若随外邦人行事，不随犹太人行事，怎么还勉强外邦人随犹太人呢？” 15 我们这生来的犹太人，不是外邦的罪人， 16 既知道人称义不是因行律法，乃是因信耶稣基督，连我们也信了基督耶稣，使我们因信基督称义，不因行律法称义；因为凡有血气的，没有一人因行律法称义。 17 我们若求在基督里称义，却仍旧是罪人，难道基督是叫人犯罪的吗？断乎不是！ 18 我素来所拆毁的若重新建造，这就证明自己是犯罪的人。 19 我因律法，就向律法死了，叫我可以向神活着。
基督在保罗里面活着
20 我已经与基督同钉十字架，现在活着的不再是我，乃是基督在我里面活着。并且我如今在肉身活着，是因信神的儿子而活，他是爱我，为我舍己。 21 我不废掉神的恩，义若是借着律法得的，基督就是徒然死了！
责备加拉太人受了迷惑
3 无知的加拉太人哪！耶稣基督钉十字架，已经活画在你们眼前，谁又迷惑了你们呢？ 2 我只要问你们这一件：你们受了圣灵，是因行律法呢，是因听信福音呢？ 3 你们既靠圣灵入门，如今还靠肉身成全吗？你们是这样的无知吗？ 4 你们受苦如此之多，都是徒然的吗？难道果真是徒然的吗？
信与律法相比
5 那赐给你们圣灵，又在你们中间行异能的，是因你们行律法呢，是因你们听信福音呢？ 6 正如“亚伯拉罕信神，这就算为他的义”。 7 所以你们要知道：那以信为本的人，就是亚伯拉罕的子孙。 8 并且圣经既然预先看明神要叫外邦人因信称义，就早已传福音给亚伯拉罕，说：“万国都必因你得福。” 9 可见那以信为本的人和有信心的亚伯拉罕一同得福。 10 凡以行律法为本的，都是被咒诅的，因为经上记着：“凡不常照律法书上所记一切之事去行的，就被咒诅。”
义人必因信得生
11 没有一个人靠着律法在神面前称义，这是明显的，因为经上说：“义人必因信得生。” 12 律法原不本乎信，只说：“行这些事的，就必因此活着。” 13 基督既为我们受[a]了咒诅，就赎出我们脱离律法的咒诅，因为经上记着：“凡挂在木头上都是被咒诅的。” 14 这便叫亚伯拉罕的福，因基督耶稣可以临到外邦人，使我们因信得着所应许的圣灵。
15 弟兄们，我且照着人的常话说：虽然是人的文约，若已经立定了，就没有能废弃或加增的。 16 所应许的原是向亚伯拉罕和他子孙说的，神并不是说“众子孙”，指着许多人；乃是说“你那一个子孙”，指着一个人，就是基督。 17 我是这么说：神预先所立的约，不能被那四百三十年以后的律法废掉，叫应许归于虚空。 18 因为承受产业，若本乎律法，就不本乎应许；但神是凭着应许，把产业赐给亚伯拉罕。 19 这样说来，律法是为什么有的呢？原是为过犯添上的，等候那蒙应许的子孙来到；并且是借天使、经中保之手设立的。 20 但中保本不是为一面做的，神却是一位。 21 这样，律法是与神的应许反对吗？断乎不是。若曾传一个能叫人得生的律法，义就诚然本乎律法了。 22 但圣经把众人都圈在罪里，使所应许的福因信耶稣基督归给那信的人。
律法是福音的先声
23 但这因信得救的理还未来以先，我们被看守在律法之下，直圈到那将来的真道显明出来。 24 这样，律法是我们训蒙的师傅，引我们到基督那里，使我们因信称义。 25 但这因信得救的理既然来到，我们从此就不在师傅的手下了。 26 所以，你们因信基督耶稣，都是神的儿子。 27 你们受洗归入基督的，都是披戴基督了； 28 并不分犹太人、希腊人，自主的、为奴的，或男或女，因为你们在基督耶稣里都成为一了。 29 你们既属乎基督，就是亚伯拉罕的后裔，是照着应许承受产业的了。
被赎的人得儿子的名分
4 我说，那承受产业的，虽然是全业的主人，但为孩童的时候却与奴仆毫无分别， 2 乃在师傅和管家的手下，直等他父亲预定的时候来到。 3 我们为孩童的时候受管于世俗小学之下，也是如此。 4 及至时候满足，神就差遣他的儿子，为女子所生，且生在律法以下， 5 要把律法以下的人赎出来，叫我们得着儿子的名分。 6 你们既为儿子，神就差他儿子的灵进入你们[b]的心，呼叫：“阿爸！父！” 7 可见，从此以后你不是奴仆，乃是儿子了；既是儿子，就靠着神为后嗣。
8 但从前你们不认识神的时候，是给那些本来不是神的做奴仆。 9 现在你们既然认识神，更可说是被神所认识的，怎么还要归回那懦弱无用的小学，情愿再给他做奴仆呢？ 10 你们谨守日子、月份、节期、年份！ 11 我为你们害怕，唯恐我在你们身上是枉费了工夫。
激励门徒
12 弟兄们，我劝你们要像我一样，因为我也像你们一样。你们一点没有亏负我。 13 你们知道我头一次传福音给你们，是因为身体有疾病。 14 你们为我身体的缘故受试炼，没有轻看我，也没有厌弃我，反倒接待我如同神的使者，如同基督耶稣。 15 你们当日所夸的福气在哪里呢？那时，你们若能行，就是把自己的眼睛剜出来给我也都情愿，这是我可以给你们作见证的。 16 如今我将真理告诉你们，就成了你们的仇敌吗？ 17 那些人热心待你们，却不是好意，是要离间你们[c]，叫你们热心待他们。 18 在善事上常用热心待人原是好的，却不单我与你们同在的时候才这样。 19 我小子啊，我为你们再受生产之苦，直等到基督成形在你们心里。 20 我巴不得现今在你们那里，改换口气，因我为你们心里作难。
两个妇人预表两约
21 你们这愿意在律法以下的人，请告诉我，你们岂没有听见律法吗？ 22 因为律法上记着，亚伯拉罕有两个儿子，一个是使女生的，一个是自主之妇人生的。 23 然而那使女所生的是按着血气生的，那自主之妇人所生的是凭着应许生的。 24 这都是比方：那两个妇人就是两约。一约是出于西奈山，生子为奴，乃是夏甲。 25 这夏甲二字是指着阿拉伯的西奈山，与现在的耶路撒冷同类，因耶路撒冷和她的儿女都是为奴的。 26 但那在上的耶路撒冷是自主的，她是我们的母。 27 因为经上记着：“不怀孕不生养的，你要欢乐！未曾经过产难的，你要高声欢呼！因为没有丈夫的，比有丈夫的儿女更多。” 28 弟兄们，我们是凭着应许做儿女，如同以撒一样。 29 当时那按着血气生的逼迫了那按着圣灵生的，现在也是这样。 30 然而经上是怎么说的呢？是说：“把使女和她儿子赶出去，因为使女的儿子不可与自主妇人的儿子一同承受产业。” 31 弟兄们，这样看来，我们不是使女的儿女，乃是自主妇人的儿女了。
基督使人得自由
5 基督释放了我们，叫我们得以自由，所以要站立得稳，不要再被奴仆的轭挟制。
在基督里割礼无功效
2 我保罗告诉你们，若受割礼，基督就于你们无益了。 3 我再指着凡受割礼的人确实地说：他是欠着行全律法的债。 4 你们这要靠律法称义的，是与基督隔绝，从恩典中坠落了。 5 我们靠着圣灵，凭着信心，等候所盼望的义。 6 原来在基督耶稣里，受割礼不受割礼全无功效，唯独使人生发仁爱的信心才有功效。 7 你们向来跑得好，有谁拦阻你们，叫你们不顺从真理呢？ 8 这样的劝导不是出于那召你们的。 9 一点面酵能使全团都发起来。 10 我在主里很信你们必不怀别样的心，但搅扰你们的，无论是谁，必担当他的罪名。 11 弟兄们，我若仍旧传割礼，为什么还受逼迫呢？若是这样，那十字架讨厌的地方就没有了。 12 恨不得那搅乱你们的人把自己割绝了！
爱心乃包括全律法的义
13 弟兄们，你们蒙召是要得自由，只是不可将你们的自由当做放纵情欲的机会，总要用爱心互相服侍。 14 因为全律法都包在“爱人如己”这一句话之内了。 15 你们要谨慎，若相咬相吞，只怕要彼此消灭了。
圣灵和情欲为敌
16 我说，你们当顺着圣灵而行，就不放纵肉体的情欲了。 17 因为情欲和圣灵相争，圣灵和情欲相争，这两个是彼此相敌，使你们不能做所愿意做的。 18 但你们若被圣灵引导，就不在律法以下。 19 情欲的事都是显而易见的，就如奸淫、污秽、邪荡、 20 拜偶像、邪术、仇恨、争竞、忌恨、恼怒、结党、纷争、异端、 21 嫉妒、[d]醉酒、荒宴等类。我从前告诉你们，现在又告诉你们：行这样事的人必不能承受神的国。 22 圣灵所结的果子，就是仁爱、喜乐、和平、忍耐、恩慈、良善、信实、 23 温柔、节制；这样的事没有律法禁止。 24 凡属基督耶稣的人，是已经把肉体连肉体的邪情私欲同钉在十字架上了。
25 我们若是靠圣灵得生，就当靠圣灵行事。 26 不要贪图虚名，彼此惹气，互相嫉妒。
各人的重担要互相担当
6 弟兄们，若有人偶然被过犯所胜，你们属灵的人就当用温柔的心把他挽回过来；又当自己小心，恐怕也被引诱。 2 你们各人的重担要互相担当，如此就完全了基督的律法。 3 人若无有，自己还以为有，就是自欺了。 4 各人应当察验自己的行为，这样，他所夸的就专在自己，不在别人了； 5 因为各人必担当自己的担子。
种什么收什么
6 在道理上受教的，当把一切需用的供给施教的人。 7 不要自欺，神是轻慢不得的。人种的是什么，收的也是什么。 8 顺着情欲撒种的，必从情欲收败坏；顺着圣灵撒种的，必从圣灵收永生。 9 我们行善不可丧志，若不灰心，到了时候就要收成。 10 所以，有了机会就当向众人行善，向信徒一家的人更当这样。
11 请看我亲手写给你们的字是何等地大呢！ 12 凡希图外貌体面的人，都勉强你们受割礼，无非是怕自己为基督的十字架受逼迫。 13 他们那些受割礼的，连自己也不守律法，他们愿意你们受割礼，不过要借着你们的肉体夸口。 14 但我断不以别的夸口，只夸我们主耶稣基督的十字架。因这十字架，就我而论，世界已经钉在十字架上；就世界而论，我已经钉在十字架上。
当做新造的人
15 受割礼不受割礼都无关紧要，要紧的就是做新造的人。 16 凡照此理而行的，愿平安、怜悯加给他们和神的以色列民！
17 从今以后，人都不要搅扰我，因为我身上带着耶稣的印记。
18 弟兄们，愿我主耶稣基督的恩常在你们心里！阿门。
加拉太书 1-6
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
加拉太书 1-6
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
1 我是保罗，我做使徒并非受人委派，也不是倚靠人，而是由耶稣基督和叫祂从死里复活的父上帝委派的。 2 我和所有跟我在一起的弟兄写信给加拉太的各教会。
3 愿我们的父上帝和主耶稣基督赐给你们恩典和平安！ 4 基督遵照我们父上帝的旨意为我们的罪献上了自己，好拯救我们脱离这罪恶的世代。
5 愿荣耀归给上帝，直到永永远远。阿们！
勿随别的福音
6 我很惊讶，你们竟然那么快就背弃了借着基督的恩典呼召你们的上帝，去追随别的福音！ 7 其实那并不是福音，只是某些人扰乱你们的信仰，想篡改基督的福音。 8 即便是我们或天使，若另传福音给你们，与我们以前传给你们的相悖，也该受咒诅。 9 我们已经说过，现在我再说一次：如果有人向你们传别的福音，跟你们以前接受的不同，那人该受咒诅。
10 我现在是要赢得人的赞同吗？还是要赢得上帝的赞同？难道我是要讨好人吗？如果我仍旧要讨好人，我就不是基督的奴仆了。
保罗受上帝委派传福音
11 弟兄姊妹，我告诉你们，我传的福音不是出于人的意思， 12 因为这福音既不是我从人那里领受的，也不是我跟人学来的，而是耶稣基督亲自启示我的。 13 你们都听说过我信奉犹太教时的所作所为，我怎样残酷地迫害上帝的教会，试图摧毁它。 14 我在犹太教里比许多同辈的犹太人更进取，狂热地维护祖先的传统。
15 然而，当我还在母腹中的时候，上帝就施恩将我分别出来并呼召了我。 16 上帝既然乐意把祂的儿子启示给我，叫我向外族人传扬祂的福音，我就没有跟任何人[a]商量， 17 也没有上耶路撒冷去见那些比我先做使徒的人，而是立刻去了阿拉伯，然后回到大马士革。
18 过了三年，我才到耶路撒冷去拜会彼得，和他一起住了十五天。 19 我也见了主耶稣的弟弟雅各，此外没有见过其他使徒。 20 我在上帝面前保证，我写给你们的绝无谎言。
21 后来我又到了叙利亚和基利迦地区。 22 那时，犹太境内基督的众教会都还没有见过我的面。 23 他们只是听人说：“那个从前迫害我们的人如今在传扬他曾试图摧毁的信仰。” 24 于是他们因为我的缘故将荣耀归给上帝。
众使徒接纳保罗
2 十四年后，我和巴拿巴又去耶路撒冷，并带了提多同去。 2 我是遵照上帝的启示去的。我私下拜会了那些有名望的教会领袖，陈明我在外族人中间所传的福音，免得我过去或是现在的努力都白费了。 3 跟我同去的提多虽然是希腊人，但没有人勉强他接受割礼。
4 事情的缘由是因为有一些假信徒偷偷混了进来，要窥探我们在基督耶稣里享有的自由，想叫我们做律法的奴隶。 5 但为了叫福音的真理常在你们当中，我们丝毫没有向他们妥协。
6 至于那些德高望重的教会领袖，他们的地位对我来说无关紧要，因为上帝不以貌取人。他们对我所传的并没有增加什么。 7 相反，他们都已看到，上帝差遣了我向外族人传福音，就像祂差遣了彼得向犹太人传福音一样。 8 上帝感动了彼得，呼召他做犹太人的使徒，祂也同样感动了我，呼召我做外族人的使徒。 9 当时被誉为教会柱石的雅各、彼得和约翰明白了上帝赐给我的恩典之后，就与我和巴拿巴用右手行相交之礼，让我们向外族人传福音，他们向受割礼的人传福音。 10 他们只要求我们照顾那些贫困的人，这正是我一向热衷的事。
保罗面责彼得
11 后来，彼得到了安提阿，因他做错了事，我就当面责备他。 12 从雅各那里来的人还没有抵达之前，彼得和外族的信徒一起吃饭。但那些人抵达以后，彼得因为怕那些坚持行割礼的犹太人批评，就与外族的信徒分开了。 13 其他的犹太基督徒也跟着彼得装假，甚至连巴拿巴也随从了他们的虚伪。 14 我看见他们不照福音的真理行，就当众对彼得说：“你身为犹太人，如果行事为人像外族人，不像犹太人，又怎能强迫外族人按犹太人的规矩生活呢？”
15 我们生来是犹太人，不是外族罪人， 16 但我们知道人被称为义人不是靠遵行律法，而是靠信耶稣基督。所以我们信了基督耶稣，以便因信基督而被称为义人，而不是靠遵行律法，因为无人能够靠遵行律法而被称为义人。 17 如果我们指望在基督里被称为义人，结果却仍是罪人，难道基督助长罪恶吗？当然不是！
18 倘若我重建我所拆毁的东西，就表明我是罪人。 19 事实上，我因无法满足律法的要求而向律法死了，不再受它的束缚，使我可以为上帝而活。 20 我已经与基督一同被钉在十字架上，现在活着的不再是我，而是基督活在我里面。我现在是靠信上帝的儿子而活着，祂爱我，为我舍命。 21 我不废弃上帝的恩典，倘若靠遵行律法可以成为义人，基督的死便毫无意义了。
行律法与信基督
3 无知的加拉太人啊！谁又迷惑了你们呢？耶稣基督被钉在十字架上的事早就像一幅画一样展现在你们眼前了。 2 我只想问，你们领受了圣灵是靠遵行律法呢，还是因为相信所听见的福音呢？ 3 你们既然靠圣灵开始了基督徒的生活，现在却想靠肉体达到纯全吗？你们就这么无知吗？ 4 你们受了许多苦，难道都是徒然的吗？都白受了吗？ 5 上帝将圣灵赐给你们又在你们中间行神迹，是因为你们遵行律法呢，还是因为你们相信所听到的福音呢？
6 圣经上说：“亚伯拉罕信上帝，就被算为义人。” 7 因此，你们要明白，那些信上帝的人才是亚伯拉罕的子孙。 8 圣经早就指明，上帝要叫外族人因信而被称为义人，祂预先将福音传给亚伯拉罕，说：“万国必因你而蒙福。” 9 所以那些信上帝的人必和有信心的亚伯拉罕一同得到祝福。
10 凡以遵行律法为本的人都在咒诅之下，因为圣经上说：“凡不遵行律法书上一切命令的人必受咒诅。” 11 非常明显，没有人能靠遵行律法在上帝面前被称为义人，因为圣经上说：“义人必靠信心而活。” 12 律法却不是以信心为本，而是说：“遵行的人必存活。”
13 但基督替我们受了咒诅，从而救赎我们脱离了律法的咒诅，因为圣经上说：“凡挂在木头上的人都是受咒诅的。” 14 这样，赐给亚伯拉罕的祝福可以借着基督耶稣临到外族人，使我们也可以借着信得到上帝应许赐给我们的圣灵。
律法与应许
15 弟兄姊妹，我举个日常生活中的例子。世人的合约一经双方签订之后，就不能作废，也不能加添。 16 上帝曾向亚伯拉罕和他的后裔赐下应许，不过这里没有说“后裔们”——指许多人，而是说“你的后裔”——指一个人，就是基督。 17 我的意思是：四百三十年后颁布的律法不会废除上帝先前立下的约，以致应许落空。 18 倘若我们是靠守律法去承受产业，我们就不是倚靠上帝的应许。但上帝是凭应许把产业赐给了亚伯拉罕。
19 那么，为什么会有律法呢？律法是为了使人知罪而颁布的，等那位承受应许的后裔来到后，律法的任务就完成了。律法是通过天使交给一位中间人颁布的。 20 中间人代表双方，但上帝则单方面赐下应许。
21 这样看来，上帝的律法和上帝的应许是否互相矛盾呢？当然不是！如果赐下的律法能带给人生命，人就可以靠律法成为义人了。 22 但圣经说万物都在罪的权势下，为要使那些相信的人因为相信耶稣基督而得到应许[b]。
23 信耶稣的时代[c]还没有来临以前，律法暂时监管我们。等到信耶稣之道显明出来后，律法就不再监管我们。 24 因此，律法是我们的监护人，负责引领我们归向基督，使我们可以因信而被称为义人。 25 现在信耶稣的时代已经来临，我们不再受律法监管。 26 你们都借着信基督耶稣而成为上帝的儿女， 27 因为你们受洗归入基督就是披戴基督[d]。 28 从此不再分犹太人和希腊人，自由人和奴隶，男人和女人，因为你们都在基督耶稣里合而为一了。 29 你们若属于基督，就是亚伯拉罕的后裔，都是照着上帝的应许承受产业的人。
儿子与奴仆
4 然而，产业继承人还年幼时，虽然身为产业的主人，实际上和奴仆没有分别。 2 他一样要受监护人和管家的约束，一直到他父亲指定他继承产业的日子为止。 3 我们也一样，当我们还是孩童的时候，我们受世界基本规条的辖制。 4 然而，时候一到，上帝就差遣自己的儿子借着一位女子降生，并受律法的约束， 5 为要救赎一切受律法约束的人，使我们成为祂的儿女。
6 我们[e]既然成为儿女，上帝就差遣祂儿子的灵进入我们的心里，使我们可以称呼上帝为“阿爸，父亲”。 7 由此可见，你们从今以后不再是奴仆，而是儿女。既然身为儿女，就可以靠着上帝成为产业继承人。
保罗对加拉太人的关怀
8 从前，你们不认识上帝，做那些假神的奴隶。 9 现在，你们既然认识了上帝，或者更应该说是上帝认识了你们，为什么还要回到那些无意义的基本规条之下，甘愿再做它们的奴隶呢？ 10 为什么还拘守什么日子、月份、节期和年份呢？ 11 我真担心我在你们身上的一番心血都枉费了！
12 弟兄姊妹，我劝你们现在要像我一样，因为我已经像你们一样。你们向来没有亏待过我。 13 你们知道，当初是因为我生病才有机会首次向你们传福音。 14 那时，你们虽然因为我生病而受累，却没有轻视我、嫌弃我，反而接待我，就像接待上帝的天使，接待基督耶稣一样。 15 我可以为你们作证，如果可能的话，你们那时就是把眼睛剜出来给我，也心甘情愿。你们当初的喜乐哪里去了？ 16 现在我因为告诉你们真理，就成了你们的仇人吗？
17 那些人非常热心地对待你们，其实他们心怀不轨，想要离间我们的关系，使你们热心地对待他们。 18 有人热心待你们当然很好，但总要动机纯正、始终如一，不应该只是我和你们在一起时才热心待你们。 19 孩子们，为了你们，我像一位母亲再次经历生产的痛苦，一直到基督的生命在你们里面成形。 20 我恨不得立刻赶到你们身边，换种口气说话，因为我为你们焦虑不安。
夏甲与撒拉的例子
21 你们这些甘受律法约束的人啊！告诉我，你们没听过律法怎么说吗？ 22 律法书上说：亚伯拉罕有两个儿子，一个是婢女生的，一个是主母生的。 23 婢女的儿子是按着人的意愿生的，主母的儿子是按着上帝的应许生的。 24 这些事都有更深的含义，两个妇人是指两个约。夏甲代表颁布于西奈山的约，她所生的孩子是奴仆。 25 这夏甲指的是阿拉伯的西奈山，相当于现今的耶路撒冷，她和她的儿女都是奴仆。 26 那天上的耶路撒冷则是自由的，是我们的母亲。 27 因为圣经上说：
“不生育、未生养的妇人啊，
要快乐；
未曾生产的女子啊，
要高声欢呼，
因为没有丈夫的比有丈夫的儿女更多。”
28 弟兄姊妹，你们都像以撒一样是照着上帝的应许出生的。 29 当时，那按着人的意愿生的儿子迫害那靠着圣灵生的儿子，现在的情况也和当时一样。 30 但圣经上怎么说呢？圣经上说：“赶走婢女和她的儿子，因为婢女的儿子不能与主母的儿子一同承受产业。” 31 弟兄姊妹，这样看来，我们不是婢女的儿女，而是主母的儿女。
基督徒的自由
5 基督释放了我们，是要我们得自由。所以，要站稳了，不要再被奴仆的轭辖制。
2 听着！我保罗郑重地告诉你们，如果你们接受割礼，基督对你们就毫无益处。 3 我再次警告所有接受割礼的人，他们必须遵守全部的律法。 4 你们若想靠遵行律法而被称为义人，就与基督隔绝了，并且离开了上帝的恩典。 5 但我们要靠着圣灵，凭信心热切等候所盼望的义。 6 我们既然已经在基督耶稣里，受不受割礼根本无关紧要，借着爱表现出来的信心才至关重要。
7 你们本来在信心的路上一直跑得很好。现在是谁拦阻了你们，叫你们不再信从真理呢？ 8 当然不是呼召你们的上帝！ 9 “一点面酵能使整团面发起来。” 10 我在主里深信你们不会有二心，但无论谁搅扰你们，都必受审判。
11 弟兄姊妹，如果我仍旧主张行割礼，怎么还会受迫害呢？如果是那样，十字架冒犯人的地方就被消除了。 12 我恨不得那些搅扰你们的人把自己阉了[f]！
13 弟兄姊妹，你们蒙召得了自由，但不要以自由为借口来放纵情欲，要本着爱心互相服侍， 14 因为全部的律法可以总结成一句话：“要爱邻如己”。 15 你们要谨慎，如果你们相咬相吞，恐怕会同归于尽。
顺从圣灵而行
16 因此，我劝你们行事为人要顺从圣灵的引导，这样就不会放纵罪恶本性的私欲。 17 因为人罪恶本性的私欲与圣灵作对，圣灵也与罪恶本性的私欲作对，两者势不两立，使你们不能做自己想做的事。 18 但你们如果顺从圣灵的引导，就不再受律法的约束。 19 顺从罪恶本性而行的事显而易见，如淫乱、污秽、邪荡、 20 拜偶像、行邪术、仇恨、争吵、忌恨、恼怒、纷争、冲突、分裂[g]、 21 嫉妒、凶杀、醉酒和荒宴无度等。我从前警告过你们，现在再一次警告你们：行这些事的人必不能承受上帝的国。
22 但圣灵所结的果子是仁爱、喜乐、和平、忍耐、恩慈、良善、信实、 23 温柔、节制。没有律法会禁止这些事。 24 那些属基督的人已经把罪恶的本性和本性里的邪情私欲都钉在十字架上了。 25 如果我们是靠圣灵生活，就当凡事顺从圣灵的引导。 26 我们不要自高自大，彼此惹气，互相嫉妒。
互相扶持
6 弟兄姊妹，如果有人不慎犯了罪，你们顺从圣灵的人就应该温柔地挽回他，同时也要小心，免得自己也受诱惑。 2 你们要分担彼此的重担，这样就成全了基督的律法。 3 如果一个一无是处的人自以为了不起，他是自欺。 4 人人都应该省察自己的行为，即使觉得有可夸之处，自己知道就好了，不必在别人面前炫耀。 5 因为人人都应该为自己的行为负责。
6 在真道上受教的人应该把一切美好的东西分享给教导他的人。
7 不要自欺，上帝是轻慢不得的。人种什么收什么。 8 顺从罪恶的本性撒种的，必从罪恶的本性收取败坏的恶果；顺从圣灵撒种的，必从圣灵收取永生。 9 我们行善不可灰心气馁，因为到时候必有收获。 10 我们要把握机会为众人做善事，对待信徒更要如此。
最后的劝勉和祝福
11 你们看，我亲手写给你们的字是多么大啊[h]！ 12 那些勉强你们接受割礼的人只不过是做表面工夫，想讨好别人，避免为基督的十字架受迫害。 13 那些接受割礼的人自己也不能遵行律法。他们要你们接受割礼，无非是想借着你们的肉体夸耀。 14 至于我自己，我绝不夸耀别的，只夸耀我们主耶稣基督的十字架。因为对我来说，世上的一切都已经被钉在十字架上；对这世界来说，我已经被钉在十字架上。 15 受不受割礼根本无关紧要，做一个新造的人才至关重要。
16 愿上帝的平安和怜悯归给那些愿意按这原则生活的人，也归给上帝的以色列子民[i]。 17 但愿从今以后，再也没有人来搅扰我了，因为我身上已经烙上了耶稣的印记。
18 弟兄姊妹，愿我们主耶稣基督的恩典与你们同在。阿们！
Galatians 1-6
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Galatians 1-6
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1 Paul, an apostle(A)—sent not from men nor by a man,(B) but by Jesus Christ(C) and God the Father,(D) who raised him from the dead(E)— 2 and all the brothers and sisters[a] with me,(F)
To the churches in Galatia:(G)
3 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ,(H) 4 who gave himself for our sins(I) to rescue us from the present evil age,(J) according to the will of our God and Father,(K) 5 to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.(L)
No Other Gospel
6 I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called(M) you to live in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel(N)— 7 which is really no gospel at all. Evidently some people are throwing you into confusion(O) and are trying to pervert(P) the gospel of Christ. 8 But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you,(Q) let them be under God’s curse!(R) 9 As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted,(S) let them be under God’s curse!
10 Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people?(T) If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.
Paul Called by God
11 I want you to know, brothers and sisters,(U) that the gospel I preached(V) is not of human origin. 12 I did not receive it from any man,(W) nor was I taught it; rather, I received it by revelation(X) from Jesus Christ.(Y)
13 For you have heard of my previous way of life in Judaism,(Z) how intensely I persecuted the church of God(AA) and tried to destroy it.(AB) 14 I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people and was extremely zealous(AC) for the traditions of my fathers.(AD) 15 But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb(AE) and called me(AF) by his grace, was pleased 16 to reveal his Son in me so that I might preach him among the Gentiles,(AG) my immediate response was not to consult any human being.(AH) 17 I did not go up to Jerusalem to see those who were apostles before I was, but I went into Arabia. Later I returned to Damascus.(AI)
18 Then after three years,(AJ) I went up to Jerusalem(AK) to get acquainted with Cephas[b] and stayed with him fifteen days. 19 I saw none of the other apostles—only James,(AL) the Lord’s brother. 20 I assure you before God(AM) that what I am writing you is no lie.(AN)
21 Then I went to Syria(AO) and Cilicia.(AP) 22 I was personally unknown to the churches of Judea(AQ) that are in Christ.(AR) 23 They only heard the report: “The man who formerly persecuted us is now preaching the faith(AS) he once tried to destroy.”(AT) 24 And they praised God(AU) because of me.
Paul Accepted by the Apostles
2 Then after fourteen years, I went up again to Jerusalem,(AV) this time with Barnabas.(AW) I took Titus(AX) along also. 2 I went in response to a revelation(AY) and, meeting privately with those esteemed as leaders, I presented to them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles.(AZ) I wanted to be sure I was not running and had not been running my race(BA) in vain. 3 Yet not even Titus,(BB) who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, even though he was a Greek.(BC) 4 This matter arose because some false believers(BD) had infiltrated our ranks to spy on(BE) the freedom(BF) we have in Christ Jesus and to make us slaves. 5 We did not give in to them for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel(BG) might be preserved for you.
6 As for those who were held in high esteem(BH)—whatever they were makes no difference to me; God does not show favoritism(BI)—they added nothing to my message.(BJ) 7 On the contrary, they recognized that I had been entrusted with the task(BK) of preaching the gospel to the uncircumcised,[c](BL) just as Peter(BM) had been to the circumcised.[d] 8 For God, who was at work in Peter as an apostle(BN) to the circumcised, was also at work in me as an apostle(BO) to the Gentiles. 9 James,(BP) Cephas[e](BQ) and John, those esteemed as pillars,(BR) gave me and Barnabas(BS) the right hand of fellowship when they recognized the grace given to me.(BT) They agreed that we should go to the Gentiles,(BU) and they to the circumcised. 10 All they asked was that we should continue to remember the poor,(BV) the very thing I had been eager to do all along.
Paul Opposes Cephas
11 When Cephas(BW) came to Antioch,(BX) I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned. 12 For before certain men came from James,(BY) he used to eat with the Gentiles.(BZ) But when they arrived, he began to draw back and separate himself from the Gentiles because he was afraid of those who belonged to the circumcision group.(CA) 13 The other Jews joined him in his hypocrisy, so that by their hypocrisy even Barnabas(CB) was led astray.
14 When I saw that they were not acting in line with the truth of the gospel,(CC) I said to Cephas(CD) in front of them all, “You are a Jew, yet you live like a Gentile and not like a Jew.(CE) How is it, then, that you force Gentiles to follow Jewish customs?(CF)
15 “We who are Jews by birth(CG) and not sinful Gentiles(CH) 16 know that a person is not justified by the works of the law,(CI) but by faith in Jesus Christ.(CJ) So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in[f] Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no one will be justified.(CK)
17 “But if, in seeking to be justified in Christ, we Jews find ourselves also among the sinners,(CL) doesn’t that mean that Christ promotes sin? Absolutely not!(CM) 18 If I rebuild what I destroyed, then I really would be a lawbreaker.
19 “For through the law I died to the law(CN) so that I might live for God.(CO) 20 I have been crucified with Christ(CP) and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me.(CQ) The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God,(CR) who loved me(CS) and gave himself for me.(CT) 21 I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law,(CU) Christ died for nothing!”[g]
Faith or Works of the Law
3 You foolish(CV) Galatians!(CW) Who has bewitched you?(CX) Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified.(CY) 2 I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit(CZ) by the works of the law,(DA) or by believing what you heard?(DB) 3 Are you so foolish? After beginning by means of the Spirit, are you now trying to finish by means of the flesh?[h] 4 Have you experienced[i] so much in vain—if it really was in vain? 5 So again I ask, does God give you his Spirit and work miracles(DC) among you by the works of the law, or by your believing what you heard?(DD) 6 So also Abraham “believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”[j](DE)
7 Understand, then, that those who have faith(DF) are children of Abraham.(DG) 8 Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and announced the gospel in advance to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.”[k](DH) 9 So those who rely on faith(DI) are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.(DJ)
10 For all who rely on the works of the law(DK) are under a curse,(DL) as it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”[l](DM) 11 Clearly no one who relies on the law is justified before God,(DN) because “the righteous will live by faith.”[m](DO) 12 The law is not based on faith; on the contrary, it says, “The person who does these things will live by them.”[n](DP) 13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law(DQ) by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a pole.”[o](DR) 14 He redeemed us in order that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus,(DS) so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.(DT)
The Law and the Promise
15 Brothers and sisters,(DU) let me take an example from everyday life. Just as no one can set aside or add to a human covenant that has been duly established, so it is in this case. 16 The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed.(DV) Scripture does not say “and to seeds,” meaning many people, but “and to your seed,”[p](DW) meaning one person, who is Christ. 17 What I mean is this: The law, introduced 430 years(DX) later, does not set aside the covenant previously established by God and thus do away with the promise. 18 For if the inheritance depends on the law, then it no longer depends on the promise;(DY) but God in his grace gave it to Abraham through a promise.
19 Why, then, was the law given at all? It was added because of transgressions(DZ) until the Seed(EA) to whom the promise referred had come. The law was given through angels(EB) and entrusted to a mediator.(EC) 20 A mediator,(ED) however, implies more than one party; but God is one.
21 Is the law, therefore, opposed to the promises of God? Absolutely not!(EE) For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come by the law.(EF) 22 But Scripture has locked up everything under the control of sin,(EG) so that what was promised, being given through faith in Jesus Christ, might be given to those who believe.
Children of God
23 Before the coming of this faith,[q] we were held in custody(EH) under the law, locked up until the faith that was to come would be revealed.(EI) 24 So the law was our guardian until Christ came(EJ) that we might be justified by faith.(EK) 25 Now that this faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian.(EL)
26 So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God(EM) through faith, 27 for all of you who were baptized into Christ(EN) have clothed yourselves with Christ.(EO) 28 There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free,(EP) nor is there male and female,(EQ) for you are all one in Christ Jesus.(ER) 29 If you belong to Christ,(ES) then you are Abraham’s seed,(ET) and heirs(EU) according to the promise.(EV)
4 What I am saying is that as long as an heir is underage, he is no different from a slave, although he owns the whole estate. 2 The heir is subject to guardians and trustees until the time set by his father. 3 So also, when we were underage, we were in slavery(EW) under the elemental spiritual forces[r] of the world.(EX) 4 But when the set time had fully come,(EY) God sent his Son,(EZ) born of a woman,(FA) born under the law,(FB) 5 to redeem(FC) those under the law, that we might receive adoption(FD) to sonship.[s](FE) 6 Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son(FF) into our hearts,(FG) the Spirit who calls out, “Abba,[t] Father.”(FH) 7 So you are no longer a slave, but God’s child; and since you are his child, God has made you also an heir.(FI)
Paul’s Concern for the Galatians
8 Formerly, when you did not know God,(FJ) you were slaves(FK) to those who by nature are not gods.(FL) 9 But now that you know God—or rather are known by God(FM)—how is it that you are turning back to those weak and miserable forces[u]? Do you wish to be enslaved(FN) by them all over again?(FO) 10 You are observing special days and months and seasons and years!(FP) 11 I fear for you, that somehow I have wasted my efforts on you.(FQ)
12 I plead with you, brothers and sisters,(FR) become like me, for I became like you. You did me no wrong. 13 As you know, it was because of an illness(FS) that I first preached the gospel to you, 14 and even though my illness was a trial to you, you did not treat me with contempt or scorn. Instead, you welcomed me as if I were an angel of God, as if I were Christ Jesus himself.(FT) 15 Where, then, is your blessing of me now? I can testify that, if you could have done so, you would have torn out your eyes and given them to me. 16 Have I now become your enemy by telling you the truth?(FU)
17 Those people are zealous to win you over, but for no good. What they want is to alienate you from us, so that you may have zeal for them.(FV) 18 It is fine to be zealous, provided the purpose is good, and to be so always, not just when I am with you.(FW) 19 My dear children,(FX) for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in you,(FY) 20 how I wish I could be with you now and change my tone, because I am perplexed about you!
Hagar and Sarah
21 Tell me, you who want to be under the law,(FZ) are you not aware of what the law says? 22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman(GA) and the other by the free woman.(GB) 23 His son by the slave woman was born according to the flesh,(GC) but his son by the free woman was born as the result of a divine promise.(GD)
24 These things are being taken figuratively: The women represent two covenants. One covenant is from Mount Sinai and bears children who are to be slaves: This is Hagar. 25 Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present city of Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children. 26 But the Jerusalem that is above(GE) is free, and she is our mother. 27 For it is written:
“Be glad, barren woman,
you who never bore a child;
shout for joy and cry aloud,
you who were never in labor;
because more are the children of the desolate woman
than of her who has a husband.”[v](GF)
28 Now you, brothers and sisters, like Isaac, are children of promise.(GG) 29 At that time the son born according to the flesh(GH) persecuted the son born by the power of the Spirit.(GI) It is the same now. 30 But what does Scripture say? “Get rid of the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with the free woman’s son.”[w](GJ) 31 Therefore, brothers and sisters, we are not children of the slave woman,(GK) but of the free woman.(GL)
Freedom in Christ
5 It is for freedom that Christ has set us free.(GM) Stand firm,(GN) then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.(GO)
2 Mark my words! I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised,(GP) Christ will be of no value to you at all. 3 Again I declare to every man who lets himself be circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law.(GQ) 4 You who are trying to be justified by the law(GR) have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.(GS) 5 For through the Spirit we eagerly await by faith the righteousness for which we hope.(GT) 6 For in Christ Jesus(GU) neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value.(GV) The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.(GW)
7 You were running a good race.(GX) Who cut in on you(GY) to keep you from obeying the truth? 8 That kind of persuasion does not come from the one who calls you.(GZ) 9 “A little yeast works through the whole batch of dough.”(HA) 10 I am confident(HB) in the Lord that you will take no other view.(HC) The one who is throwing you into confusion,(HD) whoever that may be, will have to pay the penalty. 11 Brothers and sisters, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still being persecuted?(HE) In that case the offense(HF) of the cross has been abolished. 12 As for those agitators,(HG) I wish they would go the whole way and emasculate themselves!
Life by the Spirit
13 You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free.(HH) But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh[x];(HI) rather, serve one another(HJ) humbly in love. 14 For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”[y](HK) 15 If you bite and devour each other, watch out or you will be destroyed by each other.
16 So I say, walk by the Spirit,(HL) and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.(HM) 17 For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh.(HN) They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever[z] you want.(HO) 18 But if you are led by the Spirit,(HP) you are not under the law.(HQ)
19 The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality,(HR) impurity and debauchery; 20 idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions 21 and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like.(HS) I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.(HT)
22 But the fruit(HU) of the Spirit is love,(HV) joy, peace,(HW) forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control.(HX) Against such things there is no law.(HY) 24 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh(HZ) with its passions and desires.(IA) 25 Since we live by the Spirit,(IB) let us keep in step with the Spirit. 26 Let us not become conceited,(IC) provoking and envying each other.
Doing Good to All
6 Brothers and sisters, if someone is caught in a sin, you who live by the Spirit(ID) should restore(IE) that person gently. But watch yourselves, or you also may be tempted. 2 Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.(IF) 3 If anyone thinks they are something(IG) when they are not, they deceive themselves.(IH) 4 Each one should test their own actions. Then they can take pride in themselves alone,(II) without comparing themselves to someone else,(IJ) 5 for each one should carry their own load.(IK) 6 Nevertheless, the one who receives instruction in the word should share all good things with their instructor.(IL)
7 Do not be deceived:(IM) God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows.(IN) 8 Whoever sows to please their flesh,(IO) from the flesh will reap destruction;(IP) whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.(IQ) 9 Let us not become weary in doing good,(IR) for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.(IS) 10 Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good(IT) to all people, especially to those who belong to the family(IU) of believers.
Not Circumcision but the New Creation
11 See what large letters I use as I write to you with my own hand!(IV)
12 Those who want to impress people by means of the flesh(IW) are trying to compel you to be circumcised.(IX) The only reason they do this is to avoid being persecuted(IY) for the cross of Christ. 13 Not even those who are circumcised keep the law,(IZ) yet they want you to be circumcised that they may boast about your circumcision in the flesh.(JA) 14 May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ,(JB) through which[aa] the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.(JC) 15 Neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything;(JD) what counts is the new creation.(JE) 16 Peace and mercy to all who follow this rule—to[ab] the Israel of God.
17 From now on, let no one cause me trouble, for I bear on my body the marks(JF) of Jesus.
18 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ(JG) be with your spirit,(JH) brothers and sisters. Amen.
Footnotes
- Galatians 1:2 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family; also in verse 11; and in 3:15; 4:12, 28, 31; 5:11, 13; 6:1, 18.
- Galatians 1:18 That is, Peter
- Galatians 2:7 That is, Gentiles
- Galatians 2:7 That is, Jews; also in verses 8 and 9
- Galatians 2:9 That is, Peter; also in verses 11 and 14
- Galatians 2:16 Or but through the faithfulness of … justified on the basis of the faithfulness of
- Galatians 2:21 Some interpreters end the quotation after verse 14.
- Galatians 3:3 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit.
- Galatians 3:4 Or suffered
- Galatians 3:6 Gen. 15:6
- Galatians 3:8 Gen. 12:3; 18:18; 22:18
- Galatians 3:10 Deut. 27:26
- Galatians 3:11 Hab. 2:4
- Galatians 3:12 Lev. 18:5
- Galatians 3:13 Deut. 21:23
- Galatians 3:16 Gen. 12:7; 13:15; 24:7
- Galatians 3:23 Or through the faithfulness of Jesus … 23 Before faith came
- Galatians 4:3 Or under the basic principles
- Galatians 4:5 The Greek word for adoption to sonship is a legal term referring to the full legal standing of an adopted male heir in Roman culture.
- Galatians 4:6 Aramaic for Father
- Galatians 4:9 Or principles
- Galatians 4:27 Isaiah 54:1
- Galatians 4:30 Gen. 21:10
- Galatians 5:13 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit; also in verses 16, 17, 19 and 24; and in 6:8.
- Galatians 5:14 Lev. 19:18
- Galatians 5:17 Or you do not do what
- Galatians 6:14 Or whom
- Galatians 6:16 Or rule and to
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