Epistle to the Galatians
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The Epistle to the Galatians is the ninth book of the New Testament. It is a letter from Paul the Apostle to Early Christian communities in Galatia.
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For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
- Ἄρτι
γ ὰρ ἀνθρώπους πείθω ἢτ ὸν Θεόν; ἢ ζητῶ ἀνθρώποις ἀρέσκειν;ε ἰ ἔτ ι ἀνθρώποις ἤρεσκον, Χριστοῦδ ο ῦλοςο ὐκ ἂν ἤμ η ν .- Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.
- 1:10 NIV
- Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.
- When God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by his grace, was pleased to reveal his Son in me so that I might preach him among the Gentiles, my immediate response was not to consult any human being. I did not go up to Jerusalem to see those who were apostles before I was.
- 1:15-17 NIV
- Ἐ
γ ὼγ ὰρ δ ι ὰ νόμου νόμῳ ἀπέθανον ἵν α θ ε ῷ ζήσω·- Through the law I died to the law so that I might live for God.
- 2:19 NIV
- Through the law I died to the law so that I might live for God.
- Χριστῷ συνεσταύρωμαι·
ζ ῶδ ὲο ὐκέτι ἐγώ,ζ ῇδ ὲ ἐν ἐμ ο ὶ Χριστός·- I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me.
- 2:20 NIV
- I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me.
- Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one.
Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law. But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe. But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed. Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.
For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.- 3:20-28 (KJV)
- Variant translations:
- Ὥστε ὁ νόμος παιδαγωγὸς ἡ
μ ῶν γέγονενε ἰς Χριστόν, ἵν α ἐκ πίστεως δικαιωθῶμ ε ν · Ἐλθούσηςδ ὲτ ῆς πίστεωςο ὐκέτι ὑπ ὸ παιδαγωγόν ἐσμεν.- The law was our guardian until Christ came that we might be justified by faith. Now that this faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian.
- 3:24-25 NIV
- The law was our guardian until Christ came that we might be justified by faith. Now that this faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian.
- Ὅ
σ ο ι γ ὰρ ε ἰςΧ ρ ι σ τ ὸν ἐβαπτίσθητε, Χριστὸν ἐνεδύσασθε·Ο ὐκ ἔν ι Ἰουδαῖοςο ὐδ ὲ Ἕλλην,ο ὐκ ἔν ι δ ο ῦλοςο ὐδ ὲ ἐλεύθερος,ο ὐκ ἔν ι ἄρσενκ α ὶθ ῆλ υ · πάντεςγ ὰρ ὑμ ε ῖςε ἷς ἐσ τ ὲ ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ.- All of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
- 3:27-28 NIV
- All of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
- As long as an heir is underage, he is no different from a slave, although he owns the whole estate. The heir is subject to guardians and trustees until the time set by his father. So also, when we were underage, we were in slavery under the elemental spiritual forces of the world. But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship. Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, “Abba, Father.” So you are no longer a slave, but God’s child; and since you are his child, God has made you also an heir.
- 4:1-7 NIV
- It is written that Abraham had two sons, one by a slave woman and one by a free woman. But the son of the slave was born according to the flesh, while the son of the free woman was born through promise. Now this may be interpreted allegorically: these women are two covenants.
- 4:22-24 ESV
Τ ῇ ἐλευθερίᾳ ἡμ ᾶςΧ ρ ι σ τ ὸς ἠλευθέρωσεν· στήκετεο ὖν κ α ὶμ ὴ πάλινζ υ γ ῷ δουλείας ἐνέχεσθε.- It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.
- 5:1 NIV
- It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.
- Ὑ
μ ε ῖςγ ὰρ ἐπ ’ ἐλευθερίᾳ ἐκλήθητε, ἀδελφοί· μόνονμ ὴτ ὴν ἐλευθερίανε ἰς ἀφορμὴν τ ῇ σαρκί, ἀλ λ ὰδ ι ὰτ ῆς ἀγάπης δουλεύετε ἀλλήλοις. Ὁγ ὰρ π ᾶς νόμος ἐν ἑν ὶ λόγῳ πληροῦτ α ι , ἐν τ ῷ, Ἀγαπήσειςτ ὸν πλησίονσ ο υ ὡς ἑαυτόν.- You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love. For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
- 5:13-14 NIV
- You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love. For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
- Λέγω δέ, Πνεύματι περιπατεῖ
τ ε κ α ὶ ἐπιθυμίανσ α ρ κ ὸςο ὐμ ὴ τελέσητε.- Walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
- 5:16 NIV
- Walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
- Ὁ
δ ὲ καρπὸςτ ο ῦ πνεύματός ἐστιν ἀγάπη, χαρά,ε ἰρήνη, μακροθυμία, χρηστότης, ἀγαθωσύνη, πίστις, πραΰτης, ἐγκράτεια.- The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.
- 5:22-23 NIV
- The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.
Ο ἱδ ὲτ ο ῦ Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ,τ ὴν σάρκα ἐσταύρωσανσ ὺν τ ο ῖς παθήμασινκ α ὶτ α ῖς ἐπιθυμίαις.- Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
- 5:24 NIV
- Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
- Ἀλλήλων
τ ὰ βάρη βαστάζετε,κ α ὶο ὕτως ἀναπληρώσετετ ὸν νόμοντ ο ῦ Χριστοῦ.- Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.
- 6:2 NIV
- Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.
- A man reaps what he sows. Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
- 6:7-9 NIV
- Ἐ
μ ο ὶδ ὲμ ὴ γένοιτοκ α υ χ ᾶσθαιε ἰμ ὴ ἐν τ ῷ σταυρῷτ ο ῦ Κυρίου ἡμ ῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ,δ ι ’ο ὗ ἐμ ο ὶ κόσμος ἐσταύρωταικ ἀγ ὼ κόσμῳ.- 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.
- 6:14 NIV
- 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.
About Epistle to the Galatians
[edit]- Paul, in the 4th chapter of his Epistle to the Galatians, speaking of the simplest facts of the Old Testament, asserts that they are an allegory. In the 3rd chapter of the second letter to the Corinthians, he declares himself a minister of the New Testament, appointed by God; "Not of the letter, but of the spirit; for the letter killith." Origen and St. Gregory held that the Gospels were not to be taken in their literal sense; and Athanasius admonishes us that "Should we understand sacred writ according to the letter, we should fall into the most enormous blasphemies." (p. 266)
- Albert Pike, Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry (1871) p.266
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