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The Epistle of the Apostle S. Paul to the Galathians. (Book Galatians)

The summe of this Epistle.

• Chap. I. Paul rebuketh them, because they were fallen awaye from the gospell, sheweth his awne cōuersion, magnifieth his office and apostelshippe, and declareth himself to be equall with the hye apostles.
• Chap. II. He withstondeth Peter in the face, and proueth, that the lawe and circumcision are not necessary to saluacion.
• Chap. III. He rebuketh the vnsted fastnesse of the Galathians, shewinge the vnparfectnesse of the lawe, and declareth neuerthelesse that it was not geuen for naught.
• Chap. IIII. Paul sheweth that thorow Christ we be delyuered from the lawe, and rebuketh the vnthankfulnesse of the Galathians.
• Chap. V. He laboureth to drawe them awaye from circūcision, sheweth them the barrayll betwixte the sprete and the flesh, and the f••••∣tes of them both.
• Chap. VI. He erorteth them to brotherly loue, and one to beare with another▪ In the end ••he warneth them to bewarre of circūcision

(Book Galatians)

The Epistle of the Apostle S. Paul to the Galathians. (Book Galatians)

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The first Chapter.

PAul an Apostle (not of [ A] men, nor by mā, but by Iesus Christ & by God the father, which ray∣sed him vp frō y^e deed) & all the brethrē which are w^t me. Vnto the cō¦gregaciōs in Galacia.

* 1.1 Grace be with you, and peace frō God the father, and oure LORDE Iesus Christ, which gaue him selfe for oure synnes, that he mighte delyuer vs from this present euel worlde, acordinge to the wyll of God oure father, to whom be prayse for euer and euer. Amen.

I maruell y^t ye are so soone turned (from him that called you in the grace of Christ) vnto another Gospell: which is nothinge els, but that there besome, which * 1.2 trouble you, and intende to peruerte the Gospell of Christ.

[ B] Neuertheles though we oure selues, or an angell from heauē preach vnto you eny other Gospel, thē y^t which we haue preached vnto you, the same be acursed. As we haue sayde afore, so saye we now agayne: Yf eny mā preach vnto you eny other thinge, thē y^t ye haue receaued, y^e same be acursed. Preach I men now or God: Or go I aboute to plea¦se men? Yf I shulde yet please men, I were not the seruaunt of Christ.

But I certifye you brethren, y^t the Gos∣pell which is preached of me, is not of men. For I nether receaued it ner lerned it of mā, but by the reuelacion of Iesus Christ. For ye haue herde of my conuersacion afore tyme in the Ieweshippe,* 1.3 how that beyōde mea∣sure I persecuted the cōgregacion of God, and spoyled it, and preuayled in the Iewe¦shippe aboue many of my companyons in my nacion, & was a moch more feruent man¦teyner of the tradicions of the fathers.

But whan it pleased God which separa¦ted [ C] me fro my mothers wombe, and called me by his grace, for to declare his sonne in me, that I shulde preach him thorow the Gospell amonge the Heythen, immediatly I commened not of the matter with flesh and bloude: nether came I to Ierusalem vn¦to them which were Apostles before me: but wente my wayes in to Arabia, and came agayne to Damascon. Then after thre yea∣re I came to Ierusalē to se Peter, and abo∣de with him fyftene dayes. As for the other Apostles, I sawe none of them, saue Iames the LORDES brother.

The thinges that I wryte vnto you, be∣holde, * 1.4 God knoweth, I lye not. After that wente I into the coastes of Syria and Celi∣cia: but of face I was vnknowne to y^e Chris¦ten congregacions in Iewrye. Neuertheles they had herde onely, that: He that persecu∣ted vs in tyme passed, preacheth now y^e faith which some tyme he destroyed: and they pray¦sed God in me.

The II. Chapter·

Then after fourtene yeares,* 1.5 I wen∣te [ A] vp agayne to Ierusalē with Bar∣nabas, and toke Titus with me also. But I wente vp by reuelacion, and comme¦ned with thē of y^e Gospell, which I preach amonge the Heythē: but specially with thē which were in reputacion, lest I shulde run∣ne or had runne in vayne. * 1.6 But Titus which was also with me, was not compelled to be circūcysed, though he was a Greke: and that because of certayne incommers beyn∣ge false brethrē, which came in amōge other, to spye out oure libertye, which we haue in Christ Iesus, that they mighte brynge vs in to bondage: To whom we gaue no row∣me, no not for the space of an houre, as con¦cernynge to be broughte in to subieccion: y^t the trueth of the Gospell mighte comtynue with you.

As for thē that semed to be greate, what they were in tyme passed, it maketh no mat∣ter to me. * 1.7 For God loketh not on the out∣warde appearaunce of men. Neuertheles they which semed greate, taught me nothin¦ge: but contrary wyse, whan they sawe that the Gospell ouer the vncircumcision was cō¦mytted vnto me, as y^e Gospell ouer y^e circū∣cision [ B] was commytted vnto Peter. (For he y^t was mightie with Peter to the Apostle∣shippe

ouer the circumcision, the same was mightie with me also amōge the Heythen) they perceaued the grace that was geuen vnto me.

Iames and Cephas and Ihon, which se∣med to be pilers, gaue me and Barnabas y^e righte handes, and agreed with vs, that we shulde preach amonge the Heythē, and they amonge the Iewes: onely that we shulde re¦mēbre the poore,* 1.8 which thinge also I was diligent to do.

But whā Peter was come to Antioche, I withstode him in y^e face: for he was wor∣thy to be blamed. For afore there came cer∣tayne from Iames, he ate with the Heythē. But whā they were come, he withdrue and separated himselfe, fearinge thē which we∣re of the circumcision. And the other Iewes dyssembled with him likewyse, in so moch y^t Barnabas was brought in to their symula∣cion also. But whan I sawe that they wal∣ked not right after y^e trueth of the Gospell, I sayde vnto Peter openly before all: Yf thou beynge a Iewe, lyuest after the maner of the Gentyles, and not as do the Iewes, why causest thou the Gentyles then to lyue as do the Iewes?

[ C] * 1.9Though we be Iewes by nature, and not synners of the Gentyles, yet (in so moch as we knowe,* 1.10 that a man is not made righ∣teous by the dedes off the lawe, but by the faith on Iesus Christ) we haue beleued also on Iesus Christ, y^t we might be made righte¦ous by the faith of Christ, and not by the de∣des of the lawe, because that by the dedes of the lawe no flesh shal be iustified.

Yf we then which seke to be made righte∣ous by christ, shulde be yet founde synners o^r selues, is not Christ then the mynister of syn∣ne? God forbyd. For yf I buylde agayne y^t which I haue destroyed, then make I my sel¦fe a trespacer. But I thorow the lawe am deed vnto the lawe, that I might lyue vnto God. I am crucified with Christ, yet do I lyue: neuerthelesse now not I, but Christ ly∣ueth in me. For y^e life which I now lyue in y^e fleszhe, I lyue in the faith of y^e sonne of God * 1.11 which loued me, and gaue himselfe for me. I cast not awaye the grace of God. For yf righteousnes come by the lawe, then dyed Christ in vayne.

The III. Chapter.

[ A] O Ye folishe Galathiās, who hath be∣witched you, that ye shulde not bele¦ue the trueth? To whō Iesus Christ was descrybed before the eyes and amonge you crucified. This onely wolde I lerne of you: Receaued ye the sprete by the dedes of the lawe, or by the preachinge of the faith: Are ye so vnwyse? Ye beganne in the sprete, wolde ye ende now thē in the flesh? Haue ye suffred so moch in vayne? Yf it be els in vay∣ne. He that geueth you the sprete, and doth soch greate actes amōge you, doth he it tho∣row the dedes of the lawe, or by y^e preachin¦ge of the faith? * 1.12 Euen as Abrahā beleued God, and it was counted vnto him for righ∣teousnes. Thus ye knowe, that they which are of faith, are Abrahams children.

The scripture sawe afore hāde, that God [ B] iustifieth the Heythen thorow faith. Ther∣fore shewed it glad tydinges afore vnto A∣braham, and sayde:* 1.13 In the shal all the Hey¦then be blessed. So then they which be of faith, are blessed with faithfull Abraham. For as many as go aboute with the workes of the lawe, are vnder y^e curse: For it is wryt¦tē:* 1.14 Cursed be euery man, which cōtynueth not in all thinges that are wryttē in the bo∣ke of the lawe, to do them. That no man is iustified by the lawe in the sighte of God, it is euydēt: * 1.15 For y^t iust shal lyue by his faith. The lawe is not of faith, * 1.16 but the mā that doth y^e same, shal lyue therin. But Christ hath delyuered vs from y^e curse of the lawe, whan he became a curse for vs. (For it is wryttē: * 1.17 Cursed is euery man that hangeth on tre) y^t the blessynge of Abraham mighte come on the Gentyles in Christ Iesu, and y^t we might so receaue y^e promysed sprete, tho∣row faith.

Brethren, I wil speake after the maner [ C] of men. Though it be but a mās Testamēt, yet no man despyseth it, or addeth eny thin∣ge therto, * 1.18 whan it is confirmed. To Abra∣ham and his sede were the promyses made. He sayeth not: In the sedes, as in many, but in thy sede, as in one, which is Christ. This Testament (I saye) which afore was confir∣med to Christ warde, is not disanulled (that the promes shulde be made of none affecte) by the lawe * 1.19 which was geuen beyonde fou¦re hundreth. & thirtie yeares therafter.* 1.20 For yf the enheritaunce be gotten by the lawe, then is it not geuen by promes. But God ga¦ue it frely vnto Abraham by promes.

Wherfore thē serueth the lawe? * 1.21 It was added because of trangression, tyll the sede came, to the which the promes was made.* 1.22 And it was geuen of angels, by the hande of the * 1.23 mediatoure. A mediatour is not a me∣diatour of one onely, but God is one.

Is the lawe then agaynst the promyses [ D] of God? God forbyd. Howbeit yf there had

bene geuen a lawe which coulde haue geuē life, thē no doute righteousnes shulde come of the lawe.* 1.24 But y^e scripture hath shut vp all vnder synne, that y^e promes shulde come by the faith on Iesus Christ, geuē vnto thē that beleue. Before faith came, we were kepte and shut vp vnder the lawe, vnto the faith which shulde afterwarde be declared. Thus y^e lawe was o^r scolemaster vnto Christ, that we might be made righteous by faith. But now that faith is come, we are nomo¦re vnder the scolemaster. * 1.25 For ye all are the children of God by the faith in Christ Iesu. * 1.26 For as many of you as are baptysed, haue put on Christ. Here is nether Iewe ner Gre∣ke: here is nether bōde ner fre: here is nether man ner woman, for ye are all * 1.27 one in Christ Iesu. Yf ye be Christes, thē are ye Abrahās sede and heyres acordynge to the promes.

The IIII. Chapter.

[ A] BVt I saye: As longe as the heyre is a childe, there is no difference betwe¦ne him and a seruaunt, though he be lorde of all y^e goodes: but he is vnder tuters and gouerners, vntyll the tyme appoynted of the father. Euen so we also, whā we were children, were in bondage vnder the outwar¦de tradicions. But whan the tyme was ful¦fylled, God sent his sonne, borne of a womā, * 1.28 and put vnder the lawe, to redeme them which were vnder the lawe, that we mighte receaue y^e childshippe. * 1.29 For so moch thē as ye are children, God hath sent the sprete of his sonne in to oure hertes, which cryeth: Abba, deare father. Wherfore now, thou art not a seruaunt, but a sonne. Yf thou be a sonne, then art thou the heyre of God tho∣row Christ. Notwithstondinge whan ye knewe not God, ye dyd seruyce vnto them, which by nature are no Goddes. But now seynge ye knowe God (yee rather are know∣ne off God) how is i•• * 1.30 that ye turne you backe agayne vnto the weake and beggerly tradicions, wher vnto ye desyre agayne a fresh to be in bondage?

[ B] Ye obserue dayes and ••••nethes, and ty∣mes and yeares. I am in feare of you, lest I haue bestowed laboure on you in vayne. Bre¦thrē I beseke you, be ye as I am, for I am as ye are. Ye haue not hurte me at all. For ye knowe how that in weaknes after y^e flesh I preached y^e Gospell vnto you at the first: and my tentacion which I suffred after the flesh, ye despysed not, nether abhorred, but receaued me as an angell of God, yee euen as Christ Iesus. How happy were ye then? For I beare you recorde, that yf it had bene possible, ye had plucked out youre awne eyes, and geuē them vnto me. Am I therfore be∣come yo^r enemy, because I tell you y^e trueth?

They are gelous ouer you amysse. Yee they wolde make you to fall backe, that ye might be feruēt to thē warde. It is good to be feruent, so y^t it be allwaye in a good thin¦ge, and not onely whan I am present w^t you. My litle children (of whom I trauayle in byrth agayne, vntyll Christ be fashioned in you) I wolde I were w^t you now, and coulde chaūge my voyce, for I stōdeī doute of you.

Tell me ye that wylbe vnder the lawe, ha¦ue [ C] ye not herde the lawe? For it is wrytten, that Abraham had two sonnes * 1.31 the one by a bonde mayde, * 1.32the other by a fre woman. As for him that was of the bōde mayde, he was borne after y^e flesh: but he which was of the fre woman, was borne by promes. These wordes betoken somwhat. For these wemen are the two Testamentes: The one from the mount Sina, that gendreth vnto bondage, which is Agar. For Agar is called in Arabia y^e mount Sina, and reacheth vn∣to Ierusalem which now is, and is in bonda¦ge with hir children.

* 1.33But Ierusalem that is aboue, is the fre woman, which is the mother of vs all. For it is wryttē: * 1.34 Reioyse thou baren, that bea∣rest no childrē: breake forth and crye thou y^t trauaylest not, for the desolate hath many mo childrē, then she which hath an huszban¦de. As for vs (brethren) we are the children of Isaac acordinge to the promes.

* 1.35But like as at that tyme, he that was borne after the flesh, persecuted him y^t was borne after the sprete, euen so is it now also. But what sayeth the scripture?* 1.36 Put awaye the bonde mayden and hir sonne: for the son¦ne of y^e bondmayde shal not be heyre with y^e sonne of the fre woman. So now brethren, we are not children of the bonde mayde, but of the fre woman.

The V. Chapter.

STonde fast therfore in the libertye [ A] wherwith Christ hath made vs fre, and be not wrapped agayne in the yocke off bondage. Beholde, I Paul say•• vnto you: Yf ye be circumcysed, Christ pro¦fiteth you nothinge at all. I testifye aga••••ne vnto euery man which is circumcyse that he is bounde to kepe the whole lar•• Ye are gone quyte from Christ, as many •• you as wylbe made righteous by the la•••• and are fallen from grace. But we wa•• in the sprete off hope, to 〈…〉〈…〉 by faith. * 1.37 For in Christ 〈…〉〈…〉

circumcision eny thinge worth ner vncir∣cumcision, but faith which * 1.38 by loue is migh¦t••e in operacion. Ye ranne well, who was a let vnto you, that ye shulde not obeye the trueth? Soch councell is not of him that hath called you. * 1.39 A litle leuen sowreth the whole lompe of dowe.

[ B] I haue trust towarde you in y^e LORDE, that ye wylbe none otherwyse mynded. But he that troubleth you, shal beare his iudg∣ment, what so euer he be. Brethren yf I yet preach circumcision, why do I suffre perse∣cucion? then had the slaunder off the crosse ceassed. Wolde God they were roted out frō amōge you, which trouble you. But brethrē, ye are called vnto liberty, onely let not youre libertie be an occasion vnto the flesh, but by loue serue one another. For all the lawe is fulfylled in one worde, namely in this: * 1.40 lo¦ue thy neghboure as thy selfe. But yf ye by∣te and deuoure one another, take hede, that ye be not consumed one of another.

[ C] I saye: Walke in the sprete, and so shal ye not fulfill the * 1.41 lustes off the fleshe. For the flesh lusteth agaynst the sprete, and the sprete agaynst the flesh. These are contrary one to the other, so that ye can not do that which ye wolde: But and yf ye be led of the sprete, then are ye not vnder the lawe.* 1.42 The dedes of y^e flesh are manifest, which are the∣se: Aduoutrye, whordome, vnclēnes, wantā∣nes, Idolatrye, witchcraft, hatred, variaun∣ce, zele, wrath, stryfe, sedicion, sectes, envyen∣ge, murthur, dronkennes, glotony, and soch li¦ke: of the which I tell you before, as I haue tolde you in tyme past, * 1.43 that they which commytte soch, shal not inheret the kyngdo¦me of God. * 1.44 But the frute of the sprete, is loue, ioye, peace, longe sufferinge, gētlenes, goodnesse, faithfulnes, mekenesse, tēperaun∣ce, * 1.45 Agaynst soch is not y^e lawe:* 1.46 But they that are Christes, haue crucified their flesh, with the lustes and desyres.

The VI. Chapter.

[ A] YF we lyue in the sprete, let vs walke also in the sprete. Let vs not be vay∣ne glorious, prouokinge one another, and envyenge another. Brethren, Yf eny mā be ouertaken of a faute, ye which are spiri∣••uall, enfourme him with a meke sprete: and ••••nsidre thine owne selfe, that thou also be 〈◊〉〈◊〉 tempted. * 1.47 Beare ye one anothers 〈…〉〈…〉, and so shal ye fulfyll the lawe of Christ. 〈◊〉〈◊〉 yf eny man thinke himselfe to be 〈…〉〈…〉 (whan in dede he is nothinge) the 〈…〉〈…〉 h••mselfe. Let euery man proue 〈◊〉〈◊〉 owne wo••••e, and thē shal he haue reioy∣singe in his awne selfe, and not in another. For * 1.48 euery one shal beare his owne bur∣then.

* 1.49 But let him that is taughte with the worde, mynister in all good thinges, vnto him that teacheth him. Be not disceaued, God wil not be mocked. * 1.50 For what soeuer a man soweth, that shal he reape. He that soweth vpon the flesh, shal of the flesh rea∣pe destruccion: But he that soweth vpon y^e sprete, shal of the sprete reape life euerlastin¦ge. * 1.51 Let vs not be weery of well doynge: for whā the tyme is come, we shal reape with∣out ceassinge. Whyle we haue tyme therfo∣re, let vs do good vnto all men * 1.52 but specially vnto thē which are of y^e housholde of faith.

Beholde, with how many wordes I haue wrytten vnto you with myne awne hande. They that wil please in the flesh, constrayne you to be circumcysed, onely lest they shul∣de be persecuted with the crosse of Christ. For euē they them selues which are circum∣cysed, kepe not the lawe, but wolde haue you circūcysed, that they mighte reioyse in you∣re flesh. But God forbyd that I shulde re∣ioyse, saue onely in the crosse of oure LORDE Iesus Christ, wherby the worlde is crucified vnto me, and I vnto the worlde.* 1.53 For in Christ Iesu nether circūcision avayleth eny thinge, ner vncircumcision, but a new crea∣ture. * 1.54 And as many as walke acordynge to this rule, peace and mercy be vpon thē, and vpon Israel of God. From hence forth let no man put me to busynesse, * 1.55 for I beare in my body the markes of the LORDE Iesu. Brethren, the grace of oure LORDE Iesu Christ be with youre sprete Amen.

Vnto the Galathians, sent from Rome.

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