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Ephesians 2

"As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, 

² in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. 

³ All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our flesh and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath. 

⁴ But because of HIS great love for us, GOD, WHO IS RICH IN MERCY,   

⁵ made us alive with CHRIST even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by GRACE you have been saved. 

⁶ And GOD raised us up with CHRIST and seated us with HIM in the heavenly realms in CHRIST JESUS, 

⁷ in order that in the coming ages HE might show THE INCOMPARABLE RICHES OF HIS GRACE, expressed in HIS KINDNESS to us in CHRIST JESUS. 

⁸ For it is by GRACE you have been saved, through FAITH—and this is not from yourselves, it is THE GIFT OF GOD— 

⁹ not by works, so that no one can boast. 

¹⁰ For we are GOD’s handiwork, created in CHRIST JESUS to do good works, which GOD prepared in advance for us to do.

¹¹ Therefore, remember that formerly you who are Gentiles by birth and called “uncircumcised” by those who call themselves “the circumcision” (which is done in the body by human hands)— 

¹² remember that at that time you were separate from CHRIST, excluded from citizenship in Israel and foreigners to the covenants of the promise, without HOPE and without GOD in the world. 

¹³ But now in CHRIST JESUS you who once were far away have been brought near by the blood of CHRIST.

¹⁴ For HE HIMSELF IS OUR PEACE, WHO has made the two groups one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility, 

¹⁵ by setting aside in HIS flesh the law with its commands and regulations. HIS purpose was to create in HIMSELF one new humanity out of the two, thus making PEACE, 

¹⁶ and in one body to reconcile both of them to GOD through the cross, by which HE put to death their hostility. 

¹⁷ HE came and preached PEACE to you who were far away and PEACE to those who were near. 

¹⁸ For THROUGH HIM WE BOTH HAVE ACCESS TO THE FATHER BY ONE SPIRIT.

¹⁹ Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with GOD’s people and also members of HIS household, 

²⁰ built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with CHRIST JESUS HIMSELF as the CHIEF CORNERSTONE. 

²¹ In HIM the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in THE LORD. 

²² And in HIM you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which GOD lives by HIS SPIRIT."

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Ephesians 1

"Paul, an apostle of CHRIST JESUS by the will of GOD,

To GOD’s holy people in Ephesus, the faithful in CHRIST JESUS:

² GRACE and PEACE to you from GOD OUR FATHER and THE LORD JESUS CHRIST.

³ Praise be to the GOD AND FATHER of OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, WHO has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in CHRIST. 

⁴ For HE chose us in HIM before the creation of the world to be HOLY AND BLAMELESS in HIS sight. In LOVE,

⁵ HE predestined us for adoption to sonship through JESUS CHRIST, in accordance with HIS pleasure and will— 

⁶ to the praise of HIS GLORIOUS GRACE, which HE has freely given us in THE ONE HE LOVES. 

⁷ In HIM we have REDEMPTION THROUGH HIS BLOOD, THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS, in accordance with the riches of GOD’S GRACE. 

⁸ that HE lavished on us. With all WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING, 

⁹ HE made known to us THE MYSTERY OF HIS WILL according to HIS good pleasure, which HE purposed in CHRIST, 

¹⁰ to be put into effect when the times reach their fulfillment—to bring unity to all things in heaven and on earth under CHRIST.

¹¹ In HIM we were also chosen,  having been predestined according to the plan of HIM WHO works out everything in conformity with the purpose of HIS will, 

¹² in order that we, who were the first to put OUR HOPE IN CHRIST, might be for the praise of HIS GLORY. 

¹³ And you also were included in CHRIST when you heard the message of TRUTH, THE GOSPEL OF YOUR SALVATION. When you believed, you were marked in HIM with a seal, the promised HOLY SPIRIT, 

¹⁴ who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are GOD’s possession—to the praise of HIS GLORY.

¹⁵ For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in THE LORD JESUS and your love for all GOD’s people, 

¹⁶ I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers. 

¹⁷ I keep asking that THE GOD of OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, THE GLORIOUS FATHER, may give you THE SPIRIT OF WISDOM AND REVELATION, so that you may know HIM better. 

¹⁸ I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know THE HOPE to which HE has called you, THE RICHES OF HIS GLORIUS INHERITANCE in HIS holy people, 

¹⁹ and HIS incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is the same as the mighty strength 

²⁰ HE exerted when HE raised CHRIST from the dead and seated HIM at HIS right hand in the heavenly realms, 

²¹ far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is invoked, not only in the present age but also in the one to come. 

²² And GOD placed all things under HIS feet and appointed HIM to be HEAD OVER EVERYTHING FOR THE CHURCH, 

²³ WHICH IS HIS BODY, the fullness of HIM WHO fills everything in every way.”

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Galatians 6

“Brothers and sisters, if someone is caught in a sin, you who live by

THE SPIRIT should restore that person gently. 

But watch yourselves, or you also may be tempted. 

² Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill 

the law of CHRIST. 

³ If anyone thinks they are something when they are not, 

they deceive themselves. 

⁴ Each one should test their own actions. Then they can take pride in themselves alone, without comparing themselves to someone else, 

⁵ for each one should carry their own load. 

⁶ Nevertheless, the one who receives instruction in THE WORD 

should share all good things with their INSTRUCTOR.

⁷ Do not be deceived: GOD cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. 

⁸ Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to please, from THE SPIRIT will reap ETERNAL LIFE. 

⁹ Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. 

¹⁰ Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers.

¹¹ See what large letters I use as I write to you with my own hand!

¹² Those who want to impress people by means of the flesh are trying to compel you to be circumcised. The only reason they do this is to avoid being persecuted for the cross of CHRIST. 

¹³ Not even those who are circumcised keep the law, yet they want you to be circumcised that they may boast about your circumcision in the flesh. 

¹⁴ May I never boast except in the cross of OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, through which^[a] the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. 

¹⁵ Neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything; what counts is the new creation. 

¹⁶ PEACE and MERCY to all who follow this rule—to^[b] the Israel of GOD.

¹⁷ From now on, let no one cause me trouble, for I bear on my body the marks of JESUS.

¹⁸ THE GRACE OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST be with your spirit, brothers and sisters. Amen.”

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Galatians 5

”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.

² Mark my words! I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, CHRIST will be of no value to you at all. 

³ Again I declare to every man who lets himself be circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law. 

⁴ You who are trying to be justified by the law have been alienated from CHRIST; you have fallen away from GRACE. 

⁵ For through THE SPIRIT we eagerly await by FAITH, THE RIGHTEOUSNESS for which we hope. 

⁶ For in CHRIST JESUS neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is FAITH expressing itself through LOVE.

⁷ You were running a good race. Who cut in on you to keep you from obeying THE TRUTH? 

⁸ That kind of persuasion does not come from THE ONE WHO calls you. 

⁹ ‘A little yeast works through the whole batch of dough.’

¹⁰ I am confident in THE LORD that you will take no other view. The one who is throwing you into confusion, whoever that may be, will have to pay the penalty. 

¹¹ Brothers and sisters, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been abolished. 

¹² As for those agitators, I wish they would go the whole way and emasculate themselves!

¹³ 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. 

¹⁴ For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command:

‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ 

¹⁵ If you bite and devour each other, watch out or you will be destroyed by each other.

¹⁶ So I say, walk by THE SPIRIT, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. 

¹⁷ For the flesh desires what is contrary to THE SPIRIT, and THE SPIRIT what is contrary to the flesh. They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever you want. 

¹⁸ But if you are led by THE SPIRIT, you are not under the law.

¹⁹ The acts of the flesh are obvious:

sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; 

²⁰ idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions 

²¹ and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of GOD.

²² But the fruit of THE SPIRIT is

LOVE,

JOY,

PEACE,

PATIENCE,

KINDNESS,

GOODNESS,

FAITHFULNESS,

GENTLENESS, and

SELF-CONTROL

 Against such things there is no law. 

²⁴ Those who belong to CHRIST JESUS have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 

²⁵ Since we live by THE SPIRIT, let us keep in step with THE SPIRIT. 

²⁶ Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other.”

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Galatians 4

  "What I am saying is that as long as an heir is underage, he is no different from a slave, although he owns the whole estate. 

² The heir is subject to guardians and trustees until the time set by his father. 

³ So also, when we were underage, we were in slavery under the elemental spiritual forces of the world. 

⁴ But when the set time had fully come, GOD sent HIS SON, born of a woman, born under the law, 

⁵ to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship.

 ⁶ Because you are his sons, GOD sent THE SPIRIT OF HIS SON into our hearts, THE SPIRIT who calls out, ‘Abba, FATHER.’

 ⁷ So you are no longer a slave, but GOD’s child; and since you are HIS child, GOD has made you also an heir.

⁸ Formerly, when you did not know GOD, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods. 

⁹ But now that you know GOD—or rather are known by GOD—how is it that you are turning back to those weak and miserable forces? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again? 

¹⁰ You are observing special days and months and seasons and years! 

¹¹ I fear for you, that somehow I have wasted my efforts on you.

¹² I plead with you, brothers and sisters, become like me, for I became like you. You did me no wrong. 

¹³ As you know, it was because of an illness that I first preached THE GOSPEL to you, 

¹⁴ and even though my illness was a trial to you, you did not treat me with contempt or scorn. Instead, you welcomed me as if I were an angel of GOD, as if I were CHRIST JESUS HIMSELF. 

¹⁵ Where, then, is your blessing of me now? I can testify that, if you could have done so, you would have torn out your eyes and given them to me. 

¹⁶ Have I now become your enemy by telling you THE TRUTH?

¹⁷ Those people are zealous to win you over, but for no good. What they want is to alienate you from us, so that you may have zeal for them. 

¹⁸ It is fine to be zealous, provided the purpose is good, and to be so always, not just when I am with you. 

¹⁹ My dear children, for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth until CHRIST is formed in you, ²⁰ how I wish I could be with you now and change my tone, because I am perplexed about you!

²¹ Tell me, you who want to be under the law, are you not aware of what the law says? 

²² For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman. 

²³ His son by the slave woman was born according to the flesh, but his son by the free woman was born as the result of a divine promise.

²⁴ These things are being taken figuratively: The women represent two covenants. One covenant is from Mount Sinai and bears children who are to be slaves: This is Hagar. 

²⁵ Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present city of Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children. 

²⁶ But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother. 

²⁷ For it is written:

‘Be glad, barren woman,
    you who never bore a child;
shout for joy and cry aloud,
    you who were never in labor;
because more are the children of the desolate woman
    than of her who has a husband.’

²⁸ Now you, brothers and sisters, like Isaac, are children of promise. 

²⁹ At that time the son born according to the flesh persecuted the son born by the power of THE SPIRIT. It is the same now. 

³⁰ But what does Scripture say? ‘Get rid of the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with the free woman’s son.’

³¹ Therefore, brothers and sisters, we are not children of the slave woman, but of the free woman.”