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Galatians · read by David Legge
87 verses, in order. Only the verses David read aloud are shown.
Galatians 1
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Paul, an apostle—sent not from men nor by man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised Him from the dead—Read from KJV · Religion or Relationship
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Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ,Read from KJV · Religion or Relationship
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who gave Himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,Read from KJV · Religion or Relationship
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which is not even a gospel. Evidently some people are troubling you and trying to distort the gospel of Christ.Read from KJV · Religion or Relationship
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But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be under a curse!Read from KJV · Religion or Relationship
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As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, let him be under a curse!Read from KJV · Religion or Relationship
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Am I now seeking the approval of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.Read from KJV · Religion or Relationship
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For I certify to you, brothers, that the gospel I preached was not devised by man.Read from KJV · Religion or Relationship
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I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it; rather, I received it by revelation from Jesus Christ.Read from KJV · Religion or Relationship
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But when God, who set me apart from my mother's womb and called me by His grace, was pleasedRead from KJV · Religion or Relationship
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to reveal His Son in me so that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not rush to consult with flesh and blood,Read from KJV · Religion or Relationship
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nor did I go up to Jerusalem to the apostles who came before me, but I went into Arabia and later returned to Damascus.Read from KJV · Religion or Relationship
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Only after three years did I go up to Jerusalem to confer with Cephas, and I stayed with him fifteen days.Read from KJV · Religion or Relationship
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But I saw none of the other apostles except James, the Lord's brother.Read from KJV · Religion or Relationship
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I assure you before God that what I am writing to you is no lie.Read from KJV · Religion or Relationship
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I was personally unknown, however, to the churches of Judea that are in Christ.Read from KJV · Religion or Relationship
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They only heard the account: "The man who formerly persecuted us is now preaching the faith he once tried to destroy."Read from KJV · Religion or Relationship
Galatians 2
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Fourteen years later I went up again to Jerusalem, accompanied by Barnabas. I took Titus along also.Read from KJV · Religion or Relationship
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I went in response to a revelation and set before them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles. But I spoke privately to those recognized as leaders, for fear that I was running or had already run in vain.Read from KJV · Religion or Relationship
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Yet not even Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, even though he was a Greek.Read from KJV · Religion or Relationship
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This issue arose because some false brothers had come in under false pretenses to spy on our freedom in Christ Jesus, in order to enslave us.Read from KJV · Religion or Relationship
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We did not give in to them for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel would remain with you.Read from KJV · Religion or Relationship
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But as for the highly esteemed—whatever they were makes no difference to me; God does not show favoritism —those leaders added nothing to me.Read from KJV · Religion or Relationship
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On the contrary, they saw that I had been entrusted to preach the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been to the circumcised.Read from KJV · Religion or Relationship
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For the One who was at work in Peter's apostleship to the circumcised was also at work in my apostleship to the Gentiles.Read from KJV · Religion or Relationship
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And recognizing the grace that I had been given, James, Cephas, and John—those reputed to be pillars—gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, so that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcised.Read from KJV · Religion or Relationship
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They only asked us to remember the poor, the very thing I was eager to do.Read from KJV · Religion or Relationship
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When Cephas came to Antioch, however, I opposed him to his face, because he stood to be condemned.Read from KJV · Religion or Relationship
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For before certain men came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he began to draw back and separate himself, for fear of those in the circumcision group.Read from KJV · Religion or Relationship
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The other Jews joined him in his hypocrisy, so that by their hypocrisy even Barnabas was led astray.Read from KJV · Religion or Relationship
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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?"Read from NKJV · God's New Thing
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know that a man is not justified by works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have believed in Christ Jesus, that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.Read from KJV · Religion or Relationship
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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!Read from KJV · Religion or Relationship
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If I rebuild what I have already torn down, I prove myself to be a lawbreaker.Read from KJV · Religion or Relationship
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For through the law I died to the law so that I might live to God.Read from KJV · Religion or Relationship
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I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.Read from KJV · Religion or Relationship
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I do not set aside the grace of God. For if righteousness comes through the law, Christ died for nothing.Read from KJV · Religion or Relationship
Galatians 3
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I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law, or by hearing with faith?Read from KJV · The Magna Carta of Christian Freedom
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Are you so foolish? After starting in the Spirit, are you now finishing in the flesh?Read from NKJV · The Magna Carta of Christian Freedom
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Have you suffered so much for nothing, if it really was for nothing?Read from KJV · The Magna Carta of Christian Freedom
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Does God lavish His Spirit on you and work miracles among you because you practice the law, or because you hear and believe?Read from KJV · The Magna Carta of Christian Freedom
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So also, "Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness."Read from KJV · The Magna Carta of Christian Freedom
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Understand, then, that those who have faith are sons of Abraham.Read from KJV · The Magna Carta of Christian Freedom
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The Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and foretold the gospel to Abraham: "All nations will be blessed through you."Read from KJV · The Magna Carta of Christian Freedom
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So those who have faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.Read from KJV · The Magna Carta of Christian Freedom
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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."Read from KJV · The Magna Carta of Christian Freedom
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Now it is clear that no one is justified before God by the law, because, "The righteous will live by faith."Read from KJV · The Magna Carta of Christian Freedom
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The law, however, is not based on faith; on the contrary, "The man who does these things will live by them."Read from KJV · The Magna Carta of Christian Freedom
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He redeemed us in order that the blessing promised to Abraham would come to the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.Read from KJV · The Magna Carta of Christian Freedom
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What I mean is this: The law that came 430 years later does not revoke the covenant previously established by God, so as to nullify the promise.Read from KJV · The Magna Carta of Christian Freedom
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For if the inheritance depends on the law, then it no longer depends on a promise; but God freely granted it to Abraham through a promise.Read from KJV · The Magna Carta of Christian Freedom
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Why then was the law given? It was added because of transgressions, until the arrival of the seed to whom the promise referred. It was administered through angels by a mediator.Read from KJV · The Magna Carta of Christian Freedom
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A mediator is unnecessary, however, for only one party; but God is one.Read from KJV · The Magna Carta of Christian Freedom
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Is the law, then, opposed to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come from the law.Read from KJV · The Magna Carta of Christian Freedom
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Before this faith came, we were held in custody under the law, locked up until faith should be revealed.Read from KJV · The Magna Carta of Christian Freedom
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So the law became our guardian to lead us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.Read from KJV · The Magna Carta of Christian Freedom
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Now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian.Read from KJV · The Magna Carta of Christian Freedom
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You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.Read from KJV · The Magna Carta of Christian Freedom
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For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.Read from KJV · The Magna Carta of Christian Freedom
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There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.Read from NKJV · A New Call to Arms
Galatians 4
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What I am saying is that as long as the heir is a child, he is no different from a slave, although he is the owner of everything.Read from KJV · The Magna Carta of Christian Freedom
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He is subject to guardians and trustees until the date set by his father.Read from KJV · The Magna Carta of Christian Freedom
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So also, when we were children, we were enslaved under the basic principles of the world.Read from NKJV · The Magna Carta of Christian Freedom
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But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,Read from KJV · The Magna Carta of Christian Freedom
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to redeem those under the law, that we might receive our adoption as sons.Read from KJV · The Magna Carta of Christian Freedom
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And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, "Abba, Father!"Read from NASB1995 · The Magna Carta of Christian Freedom
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I beg you, brothers, become like me, for I became like you. You have done me no wrong.Read from KJV · The Magna Carta of Christian Freedom
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What then has become of your blessing? For I can testify that, if it were possible, you would have torn out your eyes and given them to me.Read from KJV · The Magna Carta of Christian Freedom
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Have I now become your enemy by telling you the truth?Read from KJV · The Magna Carta of Christian Freedom
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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.Read from KJV · The Magna Carta of Christian Freedom
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Nevertheless, it is good to be zealous if it serves a noble purpose—at any time, and not only when I am with you.Read from KJV · The Magna Carta of Christian Freedom
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My children, for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in you,Read from KJV · The Magna Carta of Christian Freedom
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how I wish I could be with you now and change my tone, because I am perplexed about you.Read from KJV · The Magna Carta of Christian Freedom
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Tell me, you who want to be under the law, do you not understand what the law says?Read from NKJV · The Magna Carta of Christian Freedom
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For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman.Read from ESV · The Magna Carta of Christian Freedom
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His son by the slave woman was born according to the flesh, but his son by the free woman was born through the promise.Read from ESV · The Magna Carta of Christian Freedom
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These things serve as illustrations, for the women represent two covenants. One covenant is from Mount Sinai and bears children into slavery: This is Hagar.Read from ESV · The Magna Carta of Christian Freedom
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Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present-day Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children.Read from ESV · The Magna Carta of Christian Freedom
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But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother.Read from KJV · The Magna Carta of Christian Freedom
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Now you, brothers, like Isaac, are children of promise.Read from KJV · The Magna Carta of Christian Freedom
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At that time, however, the son born by the flesh persecuted the son born by the Spirit. It is the same now.Read from KJV · The Magna Carta of Christian Freedom
Galatians 6
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But as for me, may I never boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.Read from KJV · The Magna Carta of Christian Freedom