The Bible (Old and New Testaments)

For it is written, that Abraham had two sonnes, one by a seruant, and one by a free woman.

But he which was of the seruant, was borne after the flesh: and he which was of the free woman, was borne by promise.

By the which things another thing is meant: for these mothers are the two testaments, the one which is Agar of mount Sina, which gendreth vnto bondage.

(For Agar or Sina is a mountaine in Arabia, and it answereth to Hierusalem which nowe is) and she is in bondage with her children.

But Hierusalem, which is aboue, is free: which is the mother of vs all.

For it is written, Reioyce thou barren that bearest no children: breake forth, and cry, thou that trauailest not: for the desolate hath many moe children, then she which hath an husband.

Therefore, brethren, wee are after the maner of Isaac, children of the promise.

But as then hee that was borne after the flesh, persecuted him that was borne after the Spirit, euen so it is nowe.

But what sayth the Scripture? Put out the seruant and her sonne: for the sonne of the seruant shall not be heire with the sonne of the free woman.

Then brethren, we are not children of the seruant, but of the free woman.

Stand fast therefore in the libertie wherewith Christ hath made vs free, and be not intangled againe with the yoke of bondage.

Beholde, I Paul say vnto you, that if yee be circumcised, Christ shall profite you nothing.

For I testifie againe to euery man, which is circumcised, that he is bound to keepe the whole Lawe.

Ye are abolished from Christ: whosoeuer are iustified by the Law, ye are fallen from grace.

For we through the Spirit waite for the hope of righteousnes through faith.

For in Iesus Christ neither circumcision auaileth any thing, neither vncircumcision, but faith which worketh by loue.

Ye did runne well: who did let you, that ye did not obey the trueth?

It is not the perswasion of him that calleth you.

A litle leauen doeth leauen the whole lumpe.

I haue trust in you through the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise minded: but hee that troubleth you, shall beare his condemnation, whosoeuer he be.

And brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why doe I yet suffer persecution? Then is the slaunder of the crosse abolished.

Would to God they were euen cut off, which doe disquiet you.

For brethren, ye haue bene called vnto libertie: onely vse not your libertie as an occasion vnto the flesh, but by loue serue one another.

For all the Lawe is fulfilled in one worde, which is this, Thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe.

If ye bite and deuoure one another, take heede least ye be consumed one of another.

Then I say, Walke in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfill the lustes of the flesh.

For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary one to another, so that ye can not doe the same things that ye would.

And if ye be led by the Spirit, ye are not vnder the Lawe.

Moreouer the workes of the flesh are manifest, which are adulterie, fornication, vncleannes, wantonnes,

Idolatrie, witchcraft, hatred, debate, emulations, wrath, contentions, seditions, heresies,

Enuie, murthers, drunkennesse, gluttonie, and such like, whereof I tell you before, as I also haue tolde you before, that they which doe such things, shall not inherite the kingdome of God.

But the fruite of the Spirit is loue, ioye, peace, long suffering, gentlenes, goodnes, fayth,

Meekenesse, temperancie: against such there is no lawe.

For they that are Christes, haue crucified the flesh with the affections and the lustes.

If we liue in the Spirit, let vs also walke in the Spirit.

Let vs not be desirous of vaine glorie, prouoking one another, enuying one another.

Brethren, if a man be suddenly taken in any offence, ye which are spirituall, restore such one with the spirit of meekenes, considering thy selfe, least thou also be tempted.

Beare ye one anothers burden, and so fulfill the Lawe of Christ.

For if any man seeme to himselfe, that he is somewhat, when he is nothing, hee deceiueth himselfe in his imagination.

But let euery man prooue his owne worke: and then shall he haue reioycing in himselfe onely and not in another.

For euery man shall beare his owne burden.

Let him that is taught in the worde, make him that hath taught him, partaker of all his goods.

Be not deceiued: God is not mocked: for whatsoeuer a man soweth, that shall hee also reape.

For hee that soweth to his flesh, shall of the flesh reape corruption: but hee that soweth to the spirit, shall of the spirit reape life euerlasting.

Let vs not therefore be weary of well doing: for in due season we shall reape, if we faint not.

While we haue therefore time, let vs doe good vnto all men, but specially vnto them, which are of the housholde of faith.

Ye see how large a letter I haue written vnto you with mine owne hand.

As many as desire to make a faire shewe in the flesh, they constraine you to be circumcised, onely because they would not suffer persecution for the crosse of Christ.

For they themselues which are circumcised keepe not the law, but desire to haue you circumcised, that they might reioyce in your flesh.

But God forbid that I should reioyce, but in ye crosse of our Lord Iesus Christ, whereby the world is crucified vnto me, and I vnto ye world.

For in Christ Iesus neither circumcision auaileth any thing, nor vncircumcision, but a newe creature.

And as many as walke according to this rule, peace shalbe vpon them, and mercie, and vpon the Israel of God.

From henceforth let no man put me to busines: for I beare in my body the markes of the Lord Iesus.

Brethren, the grace of our Lord Iesus Christ be with your spirit, Amen. ‘Vnto the Galatians written from Rome.’

Pavl an Apostle of Jesvs Christ by the will of God, to the Saints, which are at Ephesus, and to ye faithfull in Christ Iesus:

Grace be with you, and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Iesus Christ.

Blessed be God, and the Father of our Lord Iesus Christ, which hath blessed vs with all spirituall blessing in heauenly thinges in Christ,

As hee hath chosen vs in him, before the foundation of the worlde, that we should be holy, and without blame before him in loue:

Who hath predestinate vs, to be adopted through Iesus Christ in him selfe, according to the good pleasure of his will,

To the prayse of the glory of his grace, wherewith he hath made vs freely accepted in his beloued,

By whom we haue redemption through his blood, euen the forgiuenes of sinnes, according to his rich grace:

Whereby he hath bene aboundant toward vs in all wisedome and vnderstanding,

And hath opened vnto vs the mysterie of his will according to his good pleasure, which he had purposed in him,

That in the dispensation of the fulnesse of the times, he might gather together in one all things, both which are in heauen, and which are in earth, euen in Christ:

In whom also we are chosen when we were predestinate according to ye purpose of him, which worketh all things after the counsell of his owne will,

That we, which first trusted in Christ, should be vnto the praise of his glorie:

In whom also ye haue trusted, after that ye heard the worde of trueth, euen the Gospel of your saluation, wherein also after that ye beleeued, ye were sealed with the holy Spirite of promise,

Which is the earnest of our inheritance, for the redemption of that libertie purchased vnto the prayse of his glory.

Therefore also after that I heard of the faith, which ye haue in the Lord Iesus, and loue toward all the Saints,

I cease not to giue thankes for you, making mention of you in my prayers,

That the God of our Lord Iesus Christ, that Father of glory, might giue vnto you the Spirit of wisedome, and reuelation through the acknowledging of him,

That the eyes of your vnderstanding may be lightened, that ye may knowe what the hope is of his calling, and what the riches of his glorious inheritance is in the Saints,

And what is the exceeding greatnesse of his power toward vs, which beleeue, according to the working of his mightie power,

Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his right hand in the heauenly places,

Farre aboue al principalitie, and power, and might, and domination, and euery Name, that is named, not in this world only, but also in that that is to come,

And hath made all things subiect vnder his feete, and hath giuen him ouer all things to be the head to the Church,

Which is his body, euen the fulnesse of him that filleth all in all things.

And you hath he quickened, that were dead in trespasses and sinnes,

Wherein, in times past ye walked, according to the course of this world, and after the prince that ruleth in the aire, euen the spirite, that nowe worketh in the children of disobedience,

Among whom we also had our conuersation in time past, in the lustes of our flesh, in fulfilling the will of the flesh, and of the minde, and were by nature the children of wrath, as well as others.

But God which is rich in mercie, through his great loue wherewith he loued vs,

Euen when we were dead by sinnes, hath quickened vs together in Christ, by whose grace ye are saued,

And hath raysed vs vp together, and made vs sit together in the heauenly places in Christ Iesus,

That he might shewe in the ages to come the exceeding riches of his grace, through his kindnesse toward vs in Christ Iesus.

For by grace are ye saued through faith, and that not of your selues: it is the gift of God,

Not of workes, least any man should boast himselfe.

For we are his workemanship created in Christ Iesus vnto good workes, which God hath ordeined, that we should walke in them.

Wherefore remember that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, and called vncircumcision of them, which are called circumcision in the flesh, made with hands,

That ye were, I say, at that time without Christ, and were alients from the common wealth of Israel, and were strangers from the couenants of promise, and had no hope, and were without God in the world.

But nowe in Christ Iesus, ye which once were farre off, are made neere by the blood of Christ.

For he is our peace, which hath made of both one, and hath broken the stoppe of the partition wall,

In abrogating through his flesh the hatred, that is, the Lawe of commandements which standeth in ordinances, for to make of twaine one newe man in himselfe, so making peace,

And that he might reconcile both vnto God in one body by his crosse, and slay hatred thereby,

And came, and preached peace to you which were afarre off, and to them that were neere.

For through him we both haue an entrance vnto the Father by one Spirit.

Nowe therefore ye are no more strangers and forreiners: but citizens with the Saintes, and of the houshold of God,

And are built vpon the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets, Iesus Christ himselfe being the chiefe corner stone,

In whom all the building coupled together, groweth vnto an holy Temple in the Lord.

In whom ye also are built together to be the habitation of God by the Spirit.

For this cause, I Paul am the prisoner of Iesus Christ for you Gentiles,