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But when it was the good pleasure of God, by whom I was marked out even from my mother's body, through his grace,

To give the revelation of his Son in me, so that I might give the news of him to the Gentiles; then I did not take the opinion of flesh and blood,

But when Cephas came to Antioch, I made a protest against him to his face, because he was clearly in the wrong.

Even as Abraham had faith in God, and it was put to his account as righteousness.

Now to Abraham were the undertakings given, and to his seed. He says not, And to seeds, as of a great number; but as of one, he says, And to your seed, which is Christ.

Because if the heritage is by the law, it is no longer dependent on the word of God; but God gave it to Abraham by his word.

But when the time had come, God sent out his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,

And because you are sons, God has sent out the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, saying, Abba, Father.

Now the son by the servant-woman has his birth after the flesh; but the son by the free woman has his birth through the undertaking of God.

This ready belief did not come from him who had made you his.

I am certain about you in the Lord, that you will be of no other mind; but he who is troubling you will have his punishment, whoever he is.

But let every man make test of his work, and then will his cause for glory be in himself only, and not in his neighbour.

Because every man is responsible for his part of the work.

But let him who gets teaching in the word give a part in all good things to his teacher.

As we were designed before by him for the position of sons to himself, through Jesus Christ, in the good pleasure of his purpose,

To the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely gave to us in the Loved One:

In whom we have salvation through his blood, the forgiveness of our sins, through the wealth of his grace,

Having made clear to us the secret of his purpose, in agreement with the design which he had in mind, to put into his hands

In whom we have a heritage, being marked out from the first in his purpose who does all things in agreement with his designs;

So that his glory might have praise through us who first had hope in Christ: