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who gave himself for our sins in order to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,

For am I now making an appeal to people or to God? Or am I seeking to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a slave of Christ.

For you have heard about my former way of life in Judaism, that to an extraordinary degree I was persecuting the church of God, and trying to destroy it,

(Now the things which I am writing to you, behold, I assure you before God that I am not lying.)

and they were glorifying God because of me.

But from those who were influential (whatever they were, it makes no difference to me, God does not show partiality)—for those who were influential added nothing to me.

For through the law I died to the law, in order that I might live to God. I have been crucified with Christ,

and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me, and that life I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

I do not declare invalid the grace of God, for if righteousness is through the law, then Christ died to no purpose.

Just as Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him for righteousness,

And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, proclaimed the good news in advance to Abraham: "In you all the nations will be blessed."

Now it is clear that no one is justified in the sight of God by the law, because "the one who is righteous will live by faith."

Now I am saying this: the law, that came after four hundred and thirty years, does not revoke a covenant previously ratified by God, in order to nullify the promise.

For if the inheritance is from the law, it is no longer from the promise, but God graciously gave it to Abraham through the promise.

Now the mediator is not for one, but God is one.

Therefore is the law opposed to the promises of God? May it never be! For if a law had been given that was able to give life, certainly righteousness would have been from the law.

For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus,

But when the fullness of time came, God sent out his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

And because you are sons, God sent out the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying out, "Abba! (Father!),"

so that you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, also an heir through God.