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for this Hagar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and doth correspond to the Jerusalem that now [is], and is in servitude with her children,

for it hath been written, `Rejoice, O barren, who art not bearing; break forth and cry, thou who art not travailing, because many [are] the children of the desolate -- more than of her having the husband.'

but what saith the Writing? `Cast forth the maid-servant and her son, for the son of the maid-servant may not be heir with the son of the free-woman;'

for we by the Spirit, by faith, a hope of righteousness do wait for,

for in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith through love working.

For ye -- to freedom ye were called, brethren, only not the freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through the love serve ye one another,

for all the law in one word is fulfilled -- in this: `Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself;'

for the flesh doth desire contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit contrary to the flesh, and these are opposed one to another, that the things that ye may will -- these ye may not do;

for if any one doth think [himself] to be something -- being nothing -- himself he doth deceive;

for each one his own burden shall bear.

Be not led astray; God is not mocked; for what a man may sow -- that also he shall reap,

and in the doing good we may not be faint-hearted, for at the proper time we shall reap -- not desponding;

as many as are willing to make a good appearance in the flesh, these constrain you to be circumcised -- only that for the cross of the Christ they may not be persecuted,

for neither do those circumcised themselves keep the law, but they wish you to be circumcised, that in your flesh they may glory.

And for me, let it not be -- to glory, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which to me the world hath been crucified, and I to the world;

for in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation;

Henceforth, let no one give me trouble, for I the scars of the Lord Jesus in my body do bear.

according as He did choose us in him before the foundation of the world, for our being holy and unblemished before Him, in love,

for our being to the praise of His glory, [even] those who did first hope in the Christ,

do not cease giving thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers,