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Just as it is written, "He scattered widely, he gave to the poor; his righteousness remains forever."

Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift!

because it is said, "His letters are severe and powerful, but his bodily presence is weak and his speech is of no account."

But I am afraid lest somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, your minds may be led astray from the sincerity and the purity of devotion to Christ.

Therefore it is not a great thing if his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness, whose end will be according to their deeds.

and I was lowered through a window through the wall in a rope-basket, and I escaped his hands.

But when the one who set me apart from my mother's womb and called me by his grace was pleased

to reveal his Son in me in order that I would proclaim the gospel about him among the Gentiles, immediately I did not consult with flesh and blood,

(for the one who was at work through Peter for his apostleship to the circumcision was at work also through me for the Gentiles),

But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he was condemned.

Now to Abraham and to his descendant the promises were spoken. It does not say, "and to descendants," as concerning many, but as concerning one, "and to your descendant," who is Christ.

but he is under guardians and managers until the time set by his father.

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!),"

But let each one examine his own work, and then he will have a reason for boasting in himself alone, and not in someone else.

For each one will carry his own burden.

because the one who sows to his own flesh will reap corruption from the flesh, but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit.

having predestined us to adoption through Jesus Christ to himself according to the good pleasure of his will,

to the praise of the glory of his grace that he bestowed on us in the beloved,

in whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace,