But I say, As long as the heir is a  ¹child, he does not differ at all from a slave, though he is lord of all;

But he is under  ¹guardians and stewards until the  ²time appointed by the father.

So also we, when we were children, were kept in slavery under the  ¹elements of the world;

But when the  ¹fullness of the time came, God sent forth His Son, born of a  ²woman, born under  ³law,

That He might  ¹redeem those under law that we might receive the  ²sonship.

And because you are sons, God has sent forth the  ¹Spirit of His Son into our  ²hearts,  ³crying,  ⁴Abba, Father!

So then you are  ¹no longer a slave but a son; and if a  ²son, an  ³heir also  ⁴through God.

However at that time, not knowing God, you were slaves to the gods which by  ¹nature are not gods;

But now, having come to know God, or rather having been known by God, how is it that you turn again to the weak and poor elements, to which you desire to  ¹be enslaved yet again?

You observe  ¹days and  ²months and  ³seasons and  ⁴years;

I fear for you, lest I have labored upon you in  ¹vain.

Become  ¹as I am, because I also am  ²as you are, brothers, I beseech you; you have not wronged me at all.

And you know that  ¹because of weakness of my flesh I announced the gospel to you the first time.

And that which was a trial to you in my flesh you did not despise nor  ¹loathe, but you received me as an angel of God, indeed as Christ Jesus.

Where then is  ¹your felicitation? For I testify concerning you that if possible you would have plucked out your  ²eyes and given them to me.

So then have I become your enemy by presenting the truth to you?

They are  ¹zealous of you, but  ²not rightly; but they desire to  ³shut you out that you may be  ⁴zealous of them.

But it is always good to be zealous in a good thing, and  ¹not only when I am present with you.

My  ¹children, with whom I  ²travail again in birth until  ³Christ is  ⁴formed in you,

Indeed, I wish I could be present with you now and  ¹change my  ²tone because I am  ³perplexed about you.

 ¹Tell me, you who desire to be  ²under the law, do you not hear the  ³law?

For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one of the maidservant and one of the free woman.

However the one of the maidservant was born according to the flesh, but the one of the free woman was born  ¹through promise.

These things are spoken allegorically, for  ¹these women are  ²two covenants, one from  ³Mount Sinai, bringing forth children unto  ⁴slavery, which is  ⁵Hagar.

Now this Hagar is Sinai the mountain in Arabia and corresponds to the  ¹Jerusalem which now is, for she  ²is in  ³slavery with her children.

But the  ¹Jerusalem above is free, which is our mother;

For it is written, “Rejoice, barren one who does not bear; break forth and shout, you who are not travailing, because  ¹many are the children of her who is  ²desolate rather than of her who has her husband.”

But you, brothers, in the way Isaac was, are  ¹children of promise.

But just as at that time he who was born  ¹according to the flesh  ²persecuted him who was born according to the  ³Spirit, so  ⁴also it is now.

But what does the Scripture say? “Cast out the maidservant and her son, for the  ¹son of the maidservant shall by no means inherit with the  ²son of the free woman.”

So then, brothers, we are  ¹not children of the maidservant but of the free woman.

It is for  ¹freedom that Christ has set us free;  ²stand fast therefore, and do not be  ³entangled with a  ⁴yoke of slavery again.

Behold, I Paul say to you that if you become  ¹circumcised, Christ will profit you  ²nothing.

And I testify again to every man who becomes circumcised that he is a debtor to do the whole law.

You have been  ¹brought to nought, separated from Christ, you who are being justified by law; you have  ²fallen from grace.

For we  ¹by the Spirit  ²out of faith eagerly await the  ³hope of righteousness.

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision  ¹avails anything nor uncircumcision, but faith avails,  ²operating through  ³love.

You were running well. Who hindered you that you would not believe and obey the  ¹truth?

This  ¹persuasion is not of Him who calls you.

A little  ¹leaven leavens the whole lump.

I am confident in the Lord concerning you that you will be of no other mind; but he who is troubling you shall bear the judgment, whoever he may be.

But I, brothers, if I still preach  ¹circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? Then the stumbling block of the cross has been annulled.

I wish that those upsetting you would even  ¹cut themselves off.

For you were called for  ¹freedom, brothers; only do not turn this freedom into an opportunity for the  ²flesh, but through love  ³serve one another.

For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in this, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

But if you bite and devour one another, beware lest you be consumed by one another.

But I say,  ¹Walk by the  ²Spirit and you shall by no means fulfill the lust of the  ²flesh.

For the  ¹flesh lusts against the  ²Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these  ³oppose each other that you would not do the things that you desire.

But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the  ¹law.

And the  ¹works of the flesh are manifest, which are such things as  ²fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

 ¹Idolatry, sorcery,  ²enmities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger,  ³factions, divisions,  ⁴sects,

Envyings,  ¹bouts of drunkenness, carousings, and things like these, of which I tell you beforehand, even as I have said before, that those who practice such things will not  ²inherit the kingdom of God.

But the  ¹fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

Meekness, self-control; against such things there is no law.

 ¹But they who are of Christ Jesus  ²have  ³crucified the flesh with its passions and its lusts.

If we  ¹live by the Spirit, let us also  ²walk by the Spirit.

Let us  ¹not become vainglorious, provoking one another, envying one another.

Brothers, even if a man is overtaken in some offense, you who are  ¹spiritual restore such a one in a  ²spirit of meekness, looking to yourself lest you also be tempted.

Bear one another's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the  ¹law of Christ completely.

For if anyone  ¹thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.

But let each man prove his own work, and then he will have his boast in regard to himself alone and not in regard to another.

For each one shall bear his own load.

But let him who is instructed in the word share in all  ¹good things with him who instructs.

Do not be  ¹deceived: God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap.

For he who sows  ¹unto his own  ²flesh will reap  ³corruption of the flesh, but he who sows  ¹unto the  ²Spirit will of the Spirit reap  ³eternal life.

And let us not lose heart in doing what is good, for in the proper season we will reap if we  ¹do not faint.

So then, as we have the opportunity, let us do what is  ¹good toward all, but especially toward those of the  ²household of the  ³faith.

See with what  ¹large letters I have written to you with my own hand.

As many as desire to make a  ¹good show  ²in the flesh, these compel you to be circumcised, but only that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ.

For neither do they that become circumcised keep the law themselves, but they desire you to be circumcised that they may boast in your flesh.

But far be it from me to boast except in the  ¹cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through  ²whom the  ³world has been crucified to me and I to the world.

For neither is  ¹circumcision anything nor uncircumcision, but a new creation is what matters.

And as many as  ¹walk by this  ²rule,  ³peace be upon them and mercy, even upon the  ⁴Israel of God.

Henceforth let no one trouble me, for I bear in my body the  ¹brands of Jesus.

The  ¹grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your  ²spirit,  ³brothers. Amen.