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

And these are allegorical of the two covenants; the one from mount Sinai, which bringeth forth for bondage, is Hagar.

For Hagar is the mount Sinai in Arabia, and correspondeth with the present Jerusalem, and is serving in bondage, she and her children.

For it is written, Be joyful, thou barren, who bearest not: exult and shout, thou who hast not travailed: for more numerous are the children of the desolate than the children of the married woman.

For we, through the Spirit, which is from faith, are waiting for the hope of righteousness.

For, in the Messiah Jesus, circumcision is nothing, neither is uncircumcision, but the faith that is perfected by love.

For the whole law is fulfilled in one sentence; in this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

For the flesh craveth that which is repugnant to the Spirit; and the Spirit craveth that which is repugnant to the flesh: and the two are the opposites of each other, so that ye do not that which ye desire.

For the works of the flesh are known, which are whoredom, impurity, lasciviousness,

For if any one thinketh himself to be something, when he is not, he deceiveth himself.

For every man must take up his own load.

Do not mistake; God is not deceived; for what a man soweth, that also will he reap.

And while we do what is good, let it not be wearisome to us; for the time will come when we shall reap, and it will not be tedious to us.

For not even they themselves, who are circumcised, keep the law: but they wish you to become circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh.

But as for me, let me not glory, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus the Messiah; by whom the world is crucified to me, and I am crucified to the world.

For circumcision is nothing; neither is uncircumcision; but a new creation.

Henceforth let no one put trouble upon me; for I bear in my body the marks of our Lord Jesus the Messiah.

according as he had previously chosen us in him, before the foundation of the world, that we might be holy and without blame before him; and, in love, predestinated us for himself;

and adopted us for sons, in Jesus the Messiah, as was agreeable to his pleasure:

who is the earnest of our inheritance, until the redemption of them that are alive, and for the praise of his glory.