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Hello, this is Father Paul, and I'm glad we're

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taking this journey together to read the Bible

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in a year. Today we finish the epistle of St.

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Paul to the Galatians, chapters 2 through 6.

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Chapter 2 or had run in vain. Yet not even Titus,

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who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled

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to be circumcised. And this occurred because

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of false brethren secretly brought in, who came

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in by stealth to spy out our liberty, which we

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have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us

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into bondage, to whom we did not yield submission

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even for an hour, that the truth of the gospel

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might continue with you. But from those who seemed

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to be something, Whatever they were, it makes

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no difference to me. God shows personal favoritism

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to no man. For those who seem to be something

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added nothing to me. But on the contrary, when

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they saw that the gospel for the uncircumcised

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had been committed to me, as the gospel for the

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circumcised was to Peter, for he who worked effectively

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in Peter for the apostleship to the circumcised

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also worked effectively in me toward the Gentiles.

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And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed

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to be pillars, perceived the grace that had been

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given to me they gave me and Barnabas the right

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hand of fellowship that we should go to the Gentiles

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and they to the circumcised they desired only

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that we should remember the poor the very thing

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which I also was eager to do Now when Peter had

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come to Antioch, I withstood him to his face,

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because he was to be blamed. For before certain

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men came from James, he would eat with the Gentiles.

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But when they came, he withdrew and separated

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himself, fearing those who were of the circumcision.

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And the rest of the Jews also played the hypocrite

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with him, so that even Barnabas was carried away

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with their hypocrisy. But when I saw that they

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were not straightforward about the truth of the

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gospel, I said to Peter before them all, If you,

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being a Jew, live in the manner of Gentiles and

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not as the Jews, why do you compel Gentiles to

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live as Jews? We who are Jews by nature and not

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sinners of the Gentiles, knowing that a man is

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not justified by the works of the law, but by

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faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed

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in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by

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faith in Christ and not by the works of the law.

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For by the works of the law no flesh shall be

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justified. But if, while we seek to be justified

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by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners,

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is Christ therefore a minister of sin? Certainly

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not. For if I build again those things which

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I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor. For

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I, through the law, die to the law that I might

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live to God. I have been crucified with Christ.

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It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives

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in me. And the life which I now live in the flesh,

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I live by faith in the Son of God. who loved

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me and gave himself for me. I do not set aside

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the grace of God, for if righteousness comes

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through the law, then Christ died in vain. Who

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has bewitched you that you should not obey the

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truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was clearly

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portrayed among you as crucified? This only I

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want to learn from you. Did you receive the Spirit

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by the works of the law or by the hearing of

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faith? Are you so foolish? Having begun in the

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Spirit, are you now being made perfect by the

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flesh? Have you suffered so many things in vain,

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if indeed it was in vain? Therefore he who supplies

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the Spirit to you and works miracles among you,

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does he do it by the works of the law or by the

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hearing of faith? Just as Abraham believed God,

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and it was accounted to him for righteousness,

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Therefore know that only those who are of faith

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are sons of Abraham. And the scripture, foreseeing

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that God would justify the Gentiles by faith,

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preached the gospel to Abraham beforehand, saying,

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In you all the nations shall be blessed. So then

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those who are of faith are blessed with believing

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Abraham. For as many as are of the works of the

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law are under the curse. For it is written, Cursed

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is everyone who does not continue in all things

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which are written in the book of the law. to

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do them. But that no one is justified by the

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law in the sight of God is evident, for the just

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shall live by faith. Yet the law is not of faith,

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but the man who does them shall live by them.

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Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the

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law, having become a curse for us. For it is

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written, Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree.

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that the blessing of Abraham might come upon

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the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive

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the promise of the Spirit through faith. Brethren,

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I speak in the manner of men. Though it is only

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a man's covenant, yet if it is confirmed, no

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one annuls or adds to it. Now to Abraham and

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his seed were the promises made. He does not

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say, and to seeds, as of many, but as of one.

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And to your seed, who is Christ. And this I say,

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that the law, which was four hundred and thirty

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years later, cannot annul the covenant that was

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confirmed before God in Christ that it should

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make the promise of no effect. For if the inheritance

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is of the law, it is no longer of promise, but

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God gave it to Abraham by promise. What purpose

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then does the law serve? It was added because

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of transgressions. Till the seed should come

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to whom the promise was made, and it was appointed

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through angels by the hand of a mediator. Now

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a mediator does not mediate for one only, but

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God is one. Is the law then against the promises

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of God? Certainly not. For if there had been

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a law given, which could have given life, truly

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righteousness would have been by the law. But

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the scripture has confined all under sin, that

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the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be

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given to those who believe. But before faith

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came, we were kept under guard by the law, kept

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for the faith which would afterward be revealed.

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Therefore, the law was our tutor to bring us

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to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

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But after faith has come, we are no longer under

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a tutor. Chapter 4 Now I say that the heir, as

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long as he is a child, does not differ at all

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from a slave, though he is master of all, but

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is under guardians and stewards until the time

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appointed by the father. Even so we, when we

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were children, were in bondage under the elements

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of the world. But when the fullness of the time

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had come, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman,

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born under the law, to redeem those who were

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under the law, that we might receive the adoption

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as sons. And because you are sons, God has sent

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forth the spirit of his son into your hearts,

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crying out, Abba, Father. Therefore you are no

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longer a slave but a son. And if a son, then

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an heir of God through Christ. But then indeed,

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when you did not know God, you served those which

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by nature are not gods. But now, after you have

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known God, or rather are known by God, how is

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it that you turn again to the weak and beggarly

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elements? to which you desire again to be in

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bondage? You observe days and months and seasons

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and years. I am afraid for you, lest I have labored

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for you in vain. Brethren, I urge you to become

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like me, for I became like you. You have not

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injured me at all. You know that because of physical

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infirmity I preached the gospel to you at the

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first, and my trial which was in my flesh you

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did not despise or reject, but you received me

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as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus. What

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then was the blessing you enjoyed? For I bear

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you witness that, if possible, you would have

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plucked out your own eyes and given them to me.

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Have I therefore become your enemy because I

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tell you the truth? They zealously court you,

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but for no good. Yes, they want to exclude you,

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that you may be zealous for them. But it is good

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to be zealous in a good thing always, and not

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only when I am present with you. My little children,

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for whom I labor in birth again until Christ

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is formed in you, I would like to be present

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with you now and to change my tone, for I have

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doubts about you. Tell me, you who desire to

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be under the law, do you not hear the law? For

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it is written that Abraham had two sons, the

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one by a bondwoman, the other by a free woman.

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But he who was of the bondwoman was born according

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to the flesh, and he of the free woman through

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promise. Which things are symbolic? For these

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are the two covenants, the one from Mount Sinai,

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which gives birth to bondage, which is Hagar.

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For this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and

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corresponds to Jerusalem, which now is and is

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in bondage with her children. but the jerusalem

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above is free which is the mother of us all for

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it is written rejoice o barren you who do not

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bear break forth and shout you who are not in

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labor for the desolate has many more children

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than she who has a husband now we brethren as

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isaac was are children of promise but as he who

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was born according to the flesh then persecuted

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him who was born according to the spirit even

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so it is now Nevertheless, what does the scripture

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say? Cast out the bondwoman and her son, for

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the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with

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the son of the free woman. So then, brethren,

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we are not children of the bondwoman, but of

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the free. Say to you that if you become circumcised,

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Christ will profit you nothing. And I testify

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again to every man who becomes circumcised that

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he is a debtor to keep the whole law. You have

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become estranged from Christ, you who attempt

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to be justified by law. You have fallen from

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grace. For we through the Spirit eagerly wait

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for the hope of righteousness by faith. For in

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Christ Jesus, neither circumcision nor uncircumcision

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avails anything, but faith working through love

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you ran well who hindered you from obeying the

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truth this persuasion does not come from him

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who calls you a little leaven leavens the whole

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lump i have confidence in you in the lord that

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you will have no other mind but he who troubles

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you shall bear his judgment whoever he is and

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i brethren if i still preach circumcision why

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do i still suffer persecution Then the offense

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of the cross has ceased. I could wish that those

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who trouble you would even cut themselves off.

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For you, brethren, have been called to liberty.

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Only do not use liberty as an opportunity for

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the flesh, but through love serve one another.

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For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even

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in this, you shall love your neighbor as yourself.

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But if you bite and devour one another, beware

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lest you be consumed by one another. I say then,

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walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill

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the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusts against

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the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh.

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And these are contrary to one another, so that

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you do not do the things that you wish. But if

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you are led by the Spirit, you are not under

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the law. Now the works of the flesh are evident,

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which are adultery, fornication, uncleanness,

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lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions,

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jealousies, outbursts of wrath selfish ambitions

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dissensions heresies envy murders drunkenness

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revelries and the like of which i tell you beforehand

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just as i also told you in time past that those

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who practice such things will not inherit the

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kingdom of god but the fruit of the spirit is

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love joy peace long suffering kindness goodness

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faithfulness gentleness self -control against

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such There is no law. And those who are Christ's

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have crucified the flesh with its passions and

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desires. If we live in the spirit, let us also

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walk in the spirit. Let us not become conceited,

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provoking one another, envying one another. Be

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tempted. Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill

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the law of Christ. For if anyone thinks himself

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to be something when he is nothing, he deceives

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himself. But let each one examine his own work,

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and then he will have rejoicing in himself alone

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and not in another. For each one shall bear his

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own load. Let him who is taught the word share

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in all good things with him who teaches. Do not

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be deceived. God is not mocked. For whatever

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a man sows, that he will also reap. For he who

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sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption,

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but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit

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reap everlasting life. And let us not grow weary

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while doing good, for in due season we shall

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reap if we do not lose heart. Therefore, as we

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have opportunity, let us do good to all, especially

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to those who are of the household of faith. see

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with what large letters i have written to you

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with my own hand as many as desire to make a

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good showing in the flesh these would compel

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you to be circumcised only that they may not

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suffer persecution for the cross of christ for

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not even those who are circumcised keep the law

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but they desire to have you circumcised that

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they may boast in your flesh But God forbid that

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I should boast except in the cross of our Lord

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Jesus Christ, by whom the world has been crucified

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to me and I to the world. For in Christ Jesus

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neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails

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anything but a new creation. And as many as walk

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according to this rule, peace and mercy be upon

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them and upon the Israel of God. from now on

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let no one trouble me for I bear in my body the

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marks of the Lord Jesus brethren the grace of

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our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit Ameen

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I hope you enjoyed today's reading as much as

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I did and I look forward to seeing you again

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tomorrow to continue on our journey God bless

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you and have a great day