Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, {was} four hundred and thirty years.

For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, {was} not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.

And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land {that is} not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;

And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:

For all the promises of God in him {are} yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.

For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself,

For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?

And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words.

For the LORD of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul {it}? and his hand {is} stretched out, and who shall turn it back?

For the law was given by Moses, {but} grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect. {words: or, speech}

Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though {it be} but a man's covenant, yet {if it be} confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto. {covenant: or, testament}

Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.

Whom God hath set forth {to be} a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; {set forth: or, foreordained} {remission: or, passing over}

God {is} not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do {it}? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?

And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.

In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:

Blessed {be} the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people,

Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,

And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat {them} evil four hundred years.

But this {I say}, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.

This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,

And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it. {trodden...: Heb. a treading down to it}

{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.

Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw {it}, and was glad.

Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?

The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect. {bringeth: Heb. maketh frustrate}

These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of {them}, and embraced {them}, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. {in faith: Gr. according to faith}

Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.

But if her husband disallowed her on the day that he heard {it}; then he shall make her vow which she vowed, and that which she uttered with her lips, wherewith she bound her soul, of none effect: and the LORD shall forgive her.

Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.

By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten {son},

For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.

What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing?

But this I say, brethren, the time {is} short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;

And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, {and} with his seed after him.

{This} I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. {ye...: or, fulfil not}

Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.

{This} I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. {ye...: or, fulfil not}

For the law was given by Moses, {but} grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

But this {I say}, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.

Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.

Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.

And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.

And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land {that is} not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;

For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.

Which {covenant} he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;

And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat {them} evil four hundred years.

And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers:

And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so {Abraham} begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac {begat} Jacob; and Jacob {begat} the twelve patriarchs.

Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.

Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a man.

Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?

Now a mediator is not {a mediator} of one, but God is one.

But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.

The LORD made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, {even} us, who {are} all of us here alive this day.

This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,

And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.