And He marveled because of their unbelief. Then He went about the villages in a circuit, teaching.

The man answered and said to them, "Why, this is a marvelous thing, that you do not know where He is from; yet He has opened my eyes!

O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you that you should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed among you as crucified?

Are you so foolish? Having begun in the Spirit, are you now being made perfect by the flesh?

Therefore He who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracles among you, [does He do it] by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? --

But now after you have known God, or rather are known by God, how [is it that] you turn again to the weak and beggarly elements, to which you desire again to be in bondage?

I am afraid for you, lest I have labored for you in vain.

You know that because of physical infirmity I preached the gospel to you at the first.

What then was the blessing you [enjoyed?] For I bear you witness that, if possible, you would have plucked out your own eyes and given them to me.

You have become estranged from Christ, you who [attempt to] be justified by law; you have fallen from grace.

You ran well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth?

They soon forgot His works; They did not wait for His counsel,

Therefore the LORD said: "Inasmuch as these people draw near with their mouths And honor Me with their lips, But have removed their hearts far from Me, And their fear toward Me is taught by the commandment of men,

Be astonished, O heavens, at this, And be horribly afraid; Be very desolate," says the LORD.

"For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living waters, [And] hewn themselves cisterns -- broken cisterns that can hold no water.

This persuasion does not [come] from Him who calls you.

For though you might have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet [you do] not [have] many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.

to which He called you by our gospel, for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

who has saved us and called [us] with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began,

but as He who called you [is] holy, you also be holy in all [your] conduct,

as His divine power has given to us all things that [pertain] to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue,

"But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved in the same manner as they."

through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

And the grace of our Lord was exceedingly abundant, with faith and love which are in Christ Jesus.

You therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ [be] with you all. Amen.

For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted to the righteousness of God.

For if he who comes preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached, or [if] you receive a different spirit which you have not received, or a different gospel which you have not accepted -- you may well put up with it!