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For we are taking great care to do what is right, not only in the eyes of the Lord, but also in the eyes of men.

And we are sending along with them our brother who has proven his earnestness to us many times and in many ways, and now even more so by his great confidence in you.

As for Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker among you. As for our brothers, they are messengers of the churches, the glory of Christ.

The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the flesh. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.

You are looking at outward appearances. If anyone is confident that he belongs to Christ, he should remind himself that we belong to Christ just as much as he does.

For some say, “His letters are weighty and forceful, but his physical presence is unimpressive, and his speaking is of no account.”

Such people should consider that what we are in our letters when absent, we will be in our actions when present.

We are not overstepping our bounds, as if we had not come to you. Indeed, we were the first to reach you with the gospel of Christ.

I hope you will put up with a little of my foolishness, but you are already doing that.

For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ.

Since many are boasting according to the flesh, I too will boast.

For you gladly put up with fools, since you are so wise.

Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I.

Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I.

Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I.

Are they servants of Christ? (I am speaking as if I were out of my mind.) I am so much more: in harder labor, in more imprisonments, in worse beatings, in frequent danger of death.

…since you are demanding proof that Christ is speaking through me. He is not weak in dealing with you but is powerful among you.

For He was indeed crucified in weakness, yet He lives by God’s power. For we are also weak in Him, yet by God’s power we will live with Him concerning you.

Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize that Jesus Christ is in you—unless you fail the test?

In fact, we rejoice when we are weak but you are strong, and our prayer is for your perfection.

In fact, we rejoice when we are weak but you are strong, and our prayer is for your perfection.

I am amazed how quickly you are deserting the One who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel—

I am amazed how quickly you are deserting the One who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel—

…which is not even a gospel. Evidently some people are troubling you and trying to distort the gospel of Christ.

I was personally unknown, however, to the churches of Judea that are in Christ.

When I saw that they were not walking in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all, “If you, who are a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?”

We who are Jews by birth and not Gentile “sinners”

But if, while we seek to be justified in Christ, we ourselves are found to be sinners, does that make Christ a minister of sin? Certainly not!

Are you so foolish? After starting in the Spirit, are you now finishing in the flesh?

Are you so foolish? After starting in the Spirit, are you now finishing in the flesh?

Understand, then, that those who have faith are sons of Abraham.

So those who have faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.

All who rely on works of the law are under a curse. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”

Now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian.

You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.

There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the promise.

And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!”

So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and since you are a son, you are also an heir through God.

So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and since you are a son, you are also an heir through God.

So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and since you are a son, you are also an heir through God.

Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods.

But now that you know God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you are turning back to those weak and worthless principles? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again?

But now that you know God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you are turning back to those weak and worthless principles? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again?

You are observing special days and months and seasons and years!

Those people are zealous for you, but not in a good way. Instead, they want to isolate you from us, so that you may be zealous for them.

For it is written: “Rejoice, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband.”

Now you, brothers, like Isaac, are children of promise.

Therefore, brothers, we are not children of the slave woman, but of the free woman.

You who are trying to be justified by the law have been severed from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.

As for those who are agitating you, I wish they would proceed to emasculate themselves!

For the flesh craves what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are opposed to each other, so that you do not do what you want.

But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.

But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.

The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;

Brothers, if someone is caught in a trespass, you who are spiritual should restore him with a spirit of gentleness. But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted.

Those who want to make a good impression outwardly are trying to compel you to be circumcised. They only do this to avoid persecution for the cross of Christ.

…who is the pledge of our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession, to the praise of His glory.

…and the surpassing greatness of His power to us who believe. These are in accordance with the working of His mighty strength,

For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.

Therefore remember that formerly you who are Gentiles in the flesh and called uncircumcised by the so-called circumcision (that done in the body by human hands)—

Therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household,

And in Him you too are being built together into a dwelling place for God in His Spirit.

This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus.

So I ask you not to be discouraged because of my sufferings for you, which are your glory.

They are darkened in their understanding and alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts.

Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.

Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk, or crude joking, which are out of character, but rather thanksgiving.

For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,

…redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

For we are members of His body.

And do this not only to please them while they are watching, but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from your heart.

It is right for me to feel this way about all of you, since I have you in my heart. For in my chains and in my defense and confirmation of the gospel, you are all partners in grace with me.

…since you are encountering the same struggle you saw I had, and now hear that I still have.

Now I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, that I also may be cheered when I learn how you are doing.

For it is we who are the circumcision, we who worship by the Spirit of God, who glory in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh—

All of us who are mature should embrace this point of view. And if you think differently about some issue, God will reveal this to you as well.

Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things.

Yes, and I ask you, my true yokefellow, to help these women who have contended at my side for the gospel, along with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the Book of Life.

I have all I need and more, now that I have received your gifts from Epaphroditus. They are a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, well-pleasing to God.

Greet all the saints in Christ Jesus. The brothers who are with me send you greetings.

…in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, which are based on human tradition and the spiritual forces of the world rather than on Christ.

These are a shadow of the things to come, but the body that casts it belongs to Christ.

These will all perish with use, because they are based on human commands and teachings.

Such restrictions indeed have an appearance of wisdom, with their self-prescribed worship, their false humility, and their harsh treatment of the body; but they are of no value against the indulgence of the flesh.

Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything, not only to please them while they are watching, but with sincerity of heart and fear of the Lord.

…because you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as your reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.

Jesus, who is called Justus, also sends greetings. These are the only Jews among my fellow workers for the kingdom of God, and they have been a comfort to me.

Brothers who are beloved by God, we know that He has chosen you,

As you are aware, we had already endured suffering and shameful treatment in Philippi. But in the face of strong opposition, we were bold in our God to speak to you the gospel of God.

You are witnesses, and so is God, of how holy, righteous, and blameless our conduct was among you who believed.

For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God in Judea that are in Christ Jesus. You suffered from your own countrymen the very things they suffered from the Jews,

…who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets and drove us out as well. They are displeasing to God and hostile to all men,

You are indeed our glory and our joy.

…so that none of you would be shaken by these trials. For you know that we are destined for this.

For now we can go on living, as long as you are standing firm in the Lord.

And you are indeed showing this love to all the brothers throughout Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers, to excel more and more

Brothers, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who are without hope.

By the word of the Lord, we declare to you that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who have fallen asleep.