2 Corinthians 11 - Galatians 6

New King James Version

Concern for Their Faithfulness

11 Oh, that you would bear with me in a little ^(A)folly—and indeed you do bear with me. ² For I am ^(B)jealous for you with godly jealousy. For ^(C)I have betrothed you to one husband, ^(D)that I may present you ^(E)as a chaste virgin to Christ. ³ But I fear, lest somehow, as ^(F)the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, so your minds ^(G)may be corrupted from the ^[a]simplicity that is in Christ. ⁴ For if he who comes preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached, or if you receive a different spirit which you have not received, or a ^(H)different gospel which you have not accepted—you may well put up with it!

Paul and False Apostles

⁵ For I consider that ^(I)I am not at all inferior to the most eminent apostles. ⁶ Even though ^(J)I am untrained in speech, yet I am not ^(K)in knowledge. But ^(L)we have ^[b]been thoroughly manifested among you in all things.

⁷ Did I commit sin in ^[c]humbling myself that you might be exalted, because I preached the gospel of God to you ^(M)free of charge? ⁸ I robbed other churches, taking wages from them to minister to you. ⁹ And when I was present with you, and in need, ^(N)I was a burden to no one, for what I lacked ^(O)the brethren who came from Macedonia supplied. And in everything I kept myself from being burdensome to you, and so I will keep myself. ^10 (P)As the truth of Christ is in me, ^(Q)no one shall stop me from this boasting in the regions of Achaia. ¹¹ Why? ^(R)Because I do not love you? God knows!

¹² But what I do, I will also continue to do, ^(S)that I may cut off the opportunity from those who desire an opportunity to be regarded just as we are in the things of which they boast. ¹³ For such ^(T)are false apostles, ^(U)deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ. ¹⁴ And no wonder! For Satan himself transforms himself into ^(V)an angel of light. ¹⁵ Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also transform themselves into ministers of righteousness, ^(W)whose end will be according to their works.

Reluctant Boasting

¹⁶ I say again, let no one think me a fool. If otherwise, at least receive me as a fool, that I also may boast a little. ¹⁷ What I speak, ^(X)I speak not according to the Lord, but as it were, foolishly, in this confidence of boasting. ¹⁸ Seeing that many boast according to the flesh, I also will boast. ¹⁹ For you put up with fools gladly, ^(Y)since you yourselves are wise! ²⁰ For you put up with it ^(Z)if one brings you into bondage, if one devours you, if one takes from you, if one exalts himself, if one strikes you on the face. ²¹ To our shame ^(AA)I say that we were too weak for that! But ^(AB)in whatever anyone is bold—I speak foolishly—I am bold also.

Suffering for Christ

²² Are they ^(AC)Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? So am I. ²³ Are they ministers of Christ?—I speak as a fool—I am more: ^(AD)in labors more abundant, ^(AE)in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequently, ^(AF)in deaths often. ²⁴ From the Jews five times I received ^(AG)forty ^(AH)stripes minus one. ²⁵ Three times I was ^(AI)beaten with rods; ^(AJ)once I was stoned; three times I ^(AK)was shipwrecked; a night and a day I have been in the deep; ²⁶ in journeys often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, ^(AL)in perils of my own countrymen, ^(AM)in perils of the Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren; ²⁷ in weariness and toil, ^(AN)in sleeplessness often, ^(AO)in hunger and thirst, in ^(AP)fastings often, in cold and nakedness— ²⁸ besides the other things, what comes upon me daily: ^(AQ)my deep concern for all the churches. ^29 (AR)Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to stumble, and I do not burn with indignation?

³⁰ If I must boast, ^(AS)I will boast in the things which concern my ^[d]infirmity. ^31 (AT)The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, ^(AU)who is blessed forever, knows that I am not lying. ^32 (AV)In Damascus the governor, under Aretas the king, was guarding the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desiring to arrest me; ³³ but I was let down in a basket through a window in the wall, and escaped from his hands.

The Vision of Paradise

12 It is ^[e]doubtless not profitable for me to boast. I will come to ^(AW)visions and ^(AX)revelations of the Lord: ² I know a man ^(AY)in Christ who fourteen years ago—whether in the body I do not know, or whether out of the body I do not know, God knows—such a one ^(AZ)was caught up to the third heaven. ³ And I know such a man—whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows— ⁴ how he was caught up into ^(BA)Paradise and heard inexpressible words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter. ⁵ Of such a one I will boast; yet of myself I will not ^(BB)boast, except in my infirmities. ⁶ For though I might desire to boast, I will not be a fool; for I will speak the truth. But I refrain, lest anyone should think of me above what he sees me to be or hears from me.

The Thorn in the Flesh

⁷ And lest I should be exalted above measure by the abundance of the revelations, a ^(BC)thorn in the flesh was given to me, ^(BD)a messenger of Satan to ^[f]buffet me, lest I be exalted above measure. ^8 (BE)Concerning this thing I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might depart from me. ⁹ And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly ^(BF)I will rather boast in my infirmities, ^(BG)that the power of Christ may rest upon me. ¹⁰ Therefore ^(BH)I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ’s sake. ^(BI)For when I am weak, then I am strong.

Signs of an Apostle

¹¹ I have become ^(BJ)a fool ^[g]in boasting; you have compelled me. For I ought to have been commended by you; for ^(BK)in nothing was I behind the most eminent apostles, though ^(BL)I am nothing. ^12 (BM)Truly the signs of an apostle were accomplished among you with all perseverance, in signs and ^(BN)wonders and mighty ^(BO)deeds. ¹³ For what is it in which you were inferior to other churches, except that I myself was not burdensome to you? Forgive me this wrong!

Love for the Church

^14 (BP)Now for the third time I am ready to come to you. And I will not be burdensome to you; for ^(BQ)I do not seek yours, but you. ^(BR)For the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children. ¹⁵ And I will very gladly spend and be spent ^(BS)for your souls; though ^(BT)the more abundantly I love you, the less I am loved.

¹⁶ But be that as it may, ^(BU)I did not burden you. Nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you by cunning! ¹⁷ Did I take advantage of you by any of those whom I sent to you? ¹⁸ I urged Titus, and sent our ^(BV)brother with him. Did Titus take advantage of you? Did we not walk in the same spirit? Did we not walk in the same steps?

^19 (BW)Again, ^[h]do you think that we excuse ourselves to you? ^(BX)We speak before God in Christ. ^(BY)But we do all things, beloved, for your edification. ²⁰ For I fear lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I wish, and that ^(BZ)I shall be found by you such as you do not wish; lest there be contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, backbitings, whisperings, conceits, tumults; ²¹ lest, when I come again, my God ^(CA)will humble me among you, and I shall mourn for many ^(CB)who have sinned before and have not repented of the uncleanness, ^(CC)fornication, and lewdness which they have practiced.

Coming with Authority

13 This will be ^(CD)the third time I am coming to you. ^(CE)“By the mouth of two or three witnesses every word shall be established.” ^2 (CF)I have told you before, and foretell as if I were present the second time, and now being absent ^[i]I write to those ^(CG)who have sinned before, and to all the rest, that if I come again ^(CH)I will not spare— ³ since you seek a proof of Christ ^(CI)speaking in me, who is not weak toward you, but mighty ^(CJ)in you. ^4 (CK)For though He was crucified in weakness, yet ^(CL)He lives by the power of God. For ^(CM)we also are weak in Him, but we shall live with Him by the power of God toward you.

⁵ Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not know yourselves, ^(CN)that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you ^[j]are ^(CO)disqualified. ⁶ But I trust that you will know that we are not disqualified.

Paul Prefers Gentleness

⁷ Now ^[k]I pray to God that you do no evil, not that we should appear approved, but that you should do what is honorable, though ^(CP)we may seem disqualified. ⁸ For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth. ⁹ For we are glad ^(CQ)when we are weak and you are strong. And this also we pray, ^(CR)that you may be made complete. ^10 (CS)Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the ^(CT)authority which the Lord has given me for edification and not for destruction.

Greetings and Benediction

¹¹ Finally, brethren, farewell. Become complete. ^(CU)Be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love ^(CV)and peace will be with you.

^12 (CW)Greet one another with a holy kiss.

¹³ All the saints greet you.

^14 (CX)The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and ^(CY)the ^[l]communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.

Greeting

1 Paul, an apostle (not from men nor through man, but ^(CZ)through Jesus Christ and God the Father ^(DA)who raised Him from the dead), ² and all the brethren who are with me,

To the churches of Galatia:

³ Grace to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ, ^4 (DB)who gave Himself for our sins, that He might deliver us ^(DC)from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, ⁵ to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.

Only One Gospel

⁶ I marvel that you are turning away so soon ^(DD)from Him who called you in the grace of Christ, to a different gospel, ^7 (DE)which is not another; but there are some ^(DF)who trouble you and want to ^(DG)pervert^[m] the gospel of Christ. ⁸ But even if ^(DH)we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be ^[n]accursed. ⁹ As we have said before, so now I say again, if anyone preaches any other gospel to you ^(DI)than what you have received, let him be accursed.

¹⁰ For ^(DJ)do I now ^(DK)persuade men, or God? Or ^(DL)do I seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I would not be a bondservant of Christ.

Call to Apostleship^(DM)

^11 (DN)But I make known to you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached by me is not according to man. ¹² For ^(DO)I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but it came ^(DP)through the revelation of Jesus Christ.

¹³ For you have heard of my former conduct in Judaism, how ^(DQ)I persecuted the church of God beyond measure and ^(DR)tried to destroy it. ¹⁴ And I advanced in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries in my own nation, ^(DS)being more exceedingly zealous ^(DT)for the traditions of my fathers.

¹⁵ But when it pleased God, ^(DU)who separated me from my mother’s womb and called me through His grace, ^16 (DV)to reveal His Son in me, that ^(DW)I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately confer with ^(DX)flesh and blood, ¹⁷ nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me; but I went to Arabia, and returned again to Damascus.

Contacts at Jerusalem^(DY)

¹⁸ Then after three years ^(DZ)I went up to Jerusalem to see ^[o]Peter, and remained with him fifteen days. ¹⁹ But ^(EA)I saw none of the other apostles except ^(EB)James, the Lord’s brother. ²⁰ (Now concerning the things which I write to you, indeed, before God, I do not lie.)

^21 (EC)Afterward I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia. ²² And I was unknown by face to the churches of Judea which ^(ED)were in Christ. ²³ But they were ^(EE)hearing only, “He who formerly ^(EF)persecuted us now preaches the faith which he once tried to destroy.” ²⁴ And they ^(EG)glorified God in me.

Defending the Gospel^(EH)

2 Then after fourteen years ^(EI)I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and also took Titus with me. ² And I went up ^[p]by revelation, and communicated to them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but ^(EJ)privately to those who were of reputation, lest by any means ^(EK)I might run, or had run, in vain. ³ Yet not even Titus who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised. ⁴ And this occurred because of ^(EL)false brethren secretly brought in (who came in by stealth to spy out our ^(EM)liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, ^(EN)that they might bring us into bondage), ⁵ to whom we did not yield submission even for an hour, that ^(EO)the truth of the gospel might continue with you.

⁶ But from those ^(EP)who seemed to be something—whatever they were, it makes no difference to me; ^(EQ)God ^[q]shows personal favoritism to no man—for those who seemed to be something ^(ER)added nothing to me. ⁷ But on the contrary, ^(ES)when they saw that the gospel for the uncircumcised ^(ET)had been committed to me, as the gospel for the circumcised was to Peter ⁸ (for He who worked effectively in Peter for the apostleship to the ^(EU)circumcised ^(EV)also ^(EW)worked effectively in me toward the Gentiles), ⁹ and when James, ^[r]Cephas, and John, who seemed to be ^(EX)pillars, perceived ^(EY)the grace that had been given to me, they gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, ^(EZ)that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised. ¹⁰ They desired only that we should remember the poor, ^(FA)the very thing which I also was eager to do.

No Return to the Law

^11 (FB)Now when ^[s]Peter had come to Antioch, I ^[t]withstood him to his face, because he was to be blamed; ¹² for before certain men came from James, ^(FC)he would eat with the Gentiles; but when they came, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing ^[u]those who were of the circumcision. ¹³ And the rest of the Jews also played the hypocrite with him, so that even Barnabas was carried away with their hypocrisy.

¹⁴ But when I saw that they were not straightforward about ^(FD)the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter ^(FE)before them all, ^(FF)“If you, being a Jew, live in the manner of Gentiles and not as the Jews, ^[v]why do you compel Gentiles to live as ^[w]Jews? ^15 (FG)We who are Jews by nature, and not ^(FH)sinners of the Gentiles, ^16 (FI)knowing that a man is not ^[x]justified by the works of the law but ^(FJ)by faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ and not ^(FK)by the works of the law; for by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified.

¹⁷ “But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found ^(FL)sinners, is Christ therefore a minister of sin? Certainly not! ¹⁸ For if I build again those things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor. ¹⁹ For I ^(FM)through the law ^(FN)died to the law that I might ^(FO)live to God. ²⁰ I have been ^(FP)crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh ^(FQ)I live by faith in the Son of God, ^(FR)who loved me and gave Himself for me. ²¹ I do not set aside the grace of God; for ^(FS)if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died ^[y]in vain.”

Justification by Faith^(FT)

3 O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you ^[z]that you should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed ^[aa]among you as crucified? ² This only I want to learn from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, ^(FU)or by the hearing of faith? ³ Are you so foolish? ^(FV)Having begun in the Spirit, are you now being made perfect by ^(FW)the flesh? ^4 (FX)Have you suffered so ^[ab]many things in vain—if indeed it was in vain?

⁵ Therefore He who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracles among you, does He do it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?— ⁶ just as Abraham ^(FY)“believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.” ⁷ Therefore know that only ^(FZ)those who are of faith are sons of Abraham. ⁸ And ^(GA)the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel to Abraham beforehand, saying, ^(GB)“In you all the nations shall be blessed.” ⁹ So then those who are of faith are blessed with believing Abraham.

The Law Brings a Curse

¹⁰ For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse; for it is written, ^(GC)“Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all things which are written in the book of the law, to do them.” ¹¹ But that no one is ^[ac]justified by the law in the sight of God is evident, for ^(GD)“the just shall live by faith.” ¹² Yet ^(GE)the law is not of faith, but ^(GF)“the man who does them shall live by them.”

^13 (GG)Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, ^(GH)“Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”), ^14 (GI)that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the ^(GJ)Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive ^(GK)the promise of the Spirit through faith.

The Changeless Promise^(GL)

¹⁵ Brethren, I speak in the manner of men: ^(GM)Though it is only a man’s covenant, yet if it is confirmed, no one annuls or adds to it. ¹⁶ Now to Abraham and his Seed were the promises made. He does not say, “And to seeds,” as of many, but as of ^(GN)one, ^(GO)“And to your Seed,” who is ^(GP)Christ. ¹⁷ And this I say, that the law, ^(GQ)which was four hundred and thirty years later, cannot annul the covenant that was confirmed before by God ^[ad]in Christ, ^(GR)that it should make the promise of no effect. ¹⁸ For if ^(GS)the inheritance is of the law, ^(GT)it is no longer of promise; but God gave it to Abraham by promise.

Purpose of the Law

¹⁹ What purpose then does the law serve? ^(GU)It was added because of transgressions, till the ^(GV)Seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ^(GW)appointed through angels by the hand ^(GX)of a mediator. ²⁰ Now a mediator does not mediate for one only, ^(GY)but God is one.

²¹ Is the law then against the promises of God? Certainly not! For if there had been a law given which could have given life, truly righteousness would have been by the law. ²² But the Scripture has confined ^(GZ)all under sin, ^(HA)that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe. ²³ But before faith came, we were kept under guard by the law, ^[ae]kept for the faith which would afterward be revealed. ²⁴ Therefore ^(HB)the law was our ^[af]tutor to bring us to Christ, ^(HC)that we might be justified by faith. ²⁵ But after faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor.

Sons and Heirs

²⁶ For you ^(HD)are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. ²⁷ For ^(HE)as many of you as were baptized into Christ ^(HF)have put on Christ. ^28 (HG)There is neither Jew nor Greek, ^(HH)there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all ^(HI)one in Christ Jesus. ²⁹ And ^(HJ)if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s ^(HK)seed, and ^(HL)heirs according to the promise.

Sons and Heirs Through Christ

4 Now I say that the heir, as long as he is a child, does not differ at all from a slave, though he is master of all, ² but is under guardians and stewards until the time appointed by the father. ³ Even so we, when we were children, ^(HM)were in bondage under the elements of the world. ⁴ But ^(HN)when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, ^(HO)born^{[ag] (HP)}of a woman, ^(HQ)born under the law, ^5 (HR)to redeem those who were under the law, ^(HS)that we might receive the adoption as sons.

⁶ And because you are sons, God has sent forth ^(HT)the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying out, ^[ah]“Abba, Father!” ⁷ Therefore you are no longer a slave but a son, ^(HU)and if a son, then an heir ^[ai]of God ^[aj]through Christ.

Fears for the Church

⁸ But then, indeed, ^(HV)when you did not know God, ^(HW)you served those which by nature are not gods. ⁹ But now ^(HX)after you have known God, or rather are known by God, ^(HY)how is it that you turn again to ^(HZ)the weak and beggarly elements, to which you desire again to be in bondage? ^10 (IA)You observe days and months and seasons and years. ¹¹ I am afraid for you, ^(IB)lest I have labored for you in vain.

¹² Brethren, I urge you to become like me, for I became like you. ^(IC)You have not injured me at all. ¹³ You know that ^(ID)because of physical infirmity I preached the gospel to you at the first. ¹⁴ And my trial which was in my flesh you did not despise or reject, but you received me ^(IE)as an ^[ak]angel of God, ^(IF)even as Christ Jesus. ^15 [al]What then was the blessing you enjoyed? For I bear you witness that, if possible, you would have plucked out your own eyes and given them to me. ¹⁶ Have I therefore become your enemy because I tell you the truth?

¹⁷ They ^(IG)zealously court you, but for no good; yes, they want to exclude you, that you may be zealous for them. ¹⁸ But it is good to be zealous in a good thing always, and not only when I am present with you. ^19 (IH)My little children, for whom I labor in birth again until Christ is formed in you, ²⁰ I would like to be present with you now and to change my tone; for I have doubts about you.

Two Covenants^(II)

²¹ Tell me, you who desire to be under the law, do you not hear the law? ²² For it is written that Abraham had two sons: ^(IJ)the one by a bondwoman, ^(IK)the other by a freewoman. ²³ But he who was of the bondwoman ^(IL)was born according to the flesh, ^(IM)and he of the freewoman through promise, ²⁴ which things are symbolic. For these are ^[am]the two covenants: the one from Mount ^(IN)Sinai which gives birth to bondage, which is Hagar— ²⁵ for this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and corresponds to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children— ²⁶ but the ^(IO)Jerusalem above is free, which is the mother of us all. ²⁷ For it is written:

²⁸ Now ^(IQ)we, brethren, as Isaac was, are ^(IR)children of promise. ²⁹ But, as ^(IS)he who was born according to the flesh then persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, ^(IT)even so it is now. ³⁰ Nevertheless what does ^(IU)the Scripture say? ^(IV)“Cast out the bondwoman and her son, for ^(IW)the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman.” ³¹ So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman but of the free.

Christian Liberty

5 ^(IX)Stand^[an] fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a ^(IY)yoke of bondage. ² Indeed I, Paul, say to you that ^(IZ)if you become circumcised, Christ will profit you nothing. ³ And I testify again to every man who becomes circumcised ^(JA)that he is ^[ao]a debtor to keep the whole law. ^4 (JB)You have become estranged from Christ, you who attempt to be justified by law; ^(JC)you have fallen from grace. ⁵ For we through the Spirit eagerly ^(JD)wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. ⁶ For ^(JE)in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but ^(JF)faith working through love.

Love Fulfills the Law

⁷ You ^(JG)ran well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth? ⁸ This persuasion does not come from Him who calls you. ^9 (JH)A little leaven leavens the whole lump. ¹⁰ I have confidence in you, in the Lord, that you will have no other mind; but he who troubles you shall bear his judgment, whoever he is.

¹¹ And I, brethren, if I still preach circumcision, ^(JI)why do I still suffer persecution? Then ^(JJ)the offense of the cross has ceased. ^12 (JK)I could wish that those ^(JL)who trouble you would even ^[ap]cut themselves off!

¹³ For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only ^(JM)do not use liberty as an ^(JN)opportunity for the flesh, but ^(JO)through love serve one another. ¹⁴ For ^(JP)all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: ^(JQ)“You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” ¹⁵ But if you bite and devour one another, beware lest you be consumed by one another!

Walking in the Spirit

¹⁶ I say then: ^(JR)Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. ¹⁷ For ^(JS)the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, ^(JT)so that you do not do the things that you wish. ¹⁸ But ^(JU)if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.

¹⁹ Now ^(JV)the works of the flesh are evident, which are: ^[aq]adultery, ^[ar]fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, ²⁰ idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, ²¹ envy, ^[as]murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that ^(JW)those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

²² But ^(JX)the fruit of the Spirit is ^(JY)love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, ^(JZ)goodness, ^(KA)faithfulness, ^23 [at]gentleness, self-control. ^(KB)Against such there is no law. ²⁴ And those who are Christ’s ^(KC)have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. ^25 (KD)If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. ^26 (KE)Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.

Bear and Share Burdens

6 Brethren, if a man is ^[au]overtaken in any trespass, you who are spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of ^(KF)gentleness, considering yourself lest you also be tempted. ^2 (KG)Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill ^(KH)the law of Christ. ³ For ^(KI)if anyone thinks himself to be something, when ^(KJ)he is nothing, he deceives himself. ⁴ But ^(KK)let each one examine his own work, and then he will have rejoicing in himself alone, and ^(KL)not in another. ⁵ For ^(KM)each one shall bear his own load.

Be Generous and Do Good

^6 (KN)Let him who is taught the word share in all good things with him who teaches.

⁷ Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for ^(KO)whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. ⁸ For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap ^(KP)everlasting life. ⁹ And ^(KQ)let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap ^(KR)if we do not lose heart. ^10 (KS)Therefore, as we have opportunity, ^(KT)let us do good to all, ^(KU)especially to those who are of the household of faith.

Glory Only in the Cross

¹¹ See with what large letters I have written to you with my own hand! ¹² As many as desire to make a good showing in the flesh, these would compel you to be circumcised, ^(KV)only that they may not suffer persecution for the cross of Christ. ¹³ For not even those who are circumcised keep the law, but they desire to have you circumcised that they may boast in your flesh. ¹⁴ But God forbid that I should boast except in the ^(KW)cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by ^[av]whom the world has been crucified to me, and ^(KX)I to the world. ¹⁵ For ^(KY)in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but a new creation.

Blessing and a Plea

¹⁶ And as many as walk according to this rule, peace and mercy be upon them, and upon the Israel of God.

¹⁷ From now on let no one 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.