¹ And Sarai Abram's wife did not bear him [children]. And she had an Egyptian maidservant; and her name was Hagar.

² And Sarai said to Abram, Behold now, Jehovah has shut me up, that I do not bear. Go in, I pray thee, to my maidservant: it may be that I shall be built up by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.

³ And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar, the Egyptian, her maidservant, at the end of ten years that Abram had dwelt in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram, as his wife.

⁴ And he went in to Hagar, and she conceived. And when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was lightly esteemed in her eyes.

⁵ And Sarai said to Abram, My wrong be on thee! I have given my maidservant into thy bosom; and now she sees that she has conceived, I am lightly esteemed in her eyes. Jehovah judge between me and thee!

⁶ And Abram said to Sarai, Behold, thy maidservant is in thy hand: do to her what is good in thine eyes. And Sarai oppressed her; and she fled from her face.

⁷ And the Angel of Jehovah found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, by the spring on the way to Shur.

⁸ And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maidservant, whence comest thou? and whither art thou going? And she said, I am fleeing from the face of my mistress Sarai.

⁹ And the Angel of Jehovah said to her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.

¹⁰ And the Angel of Jehovah said to her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.

¹¹ And the Angel of Jehovah said to her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael, because Jehovah hath hearkened to thy affliction.

¹² And he will be a wild-ass of a man, his hand against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell before the face of all his brethren.

¹³ And she called the name of Jehovah who spoke to her, Thou art the ùGod who reveals himself, for she said, Also here have I seen after he has revealed himself.

¹⁴ Therefore the well was named Beer-lahai-roi: behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.

¹⁵ And Hagar bore Abram a son; and Abram called the name of his son whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.

¹⁶ And Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram.

¹ Christ has set us free in freedom; stand fast therefore, and be not held again in a yoke of bondage.

² Behold, I, Paul, say to you, that if ye are circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.

³ And I witness again to every man [who is] circumcised, that he is debtor to do the whole law.

⁴ Ye are deprived of all profit from the Christ as separated [from him], as many as are justified by law; ye have fallen from grace.

⁵ For we, by [the] Spirit, on the principle of faith, await the hope of righteousness.

⁶ For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision has any force, nor uncircumcision; but faith working through love.

⁷ Ye ran well; who has stopped you that ye should not obey the truth?

⁸ The persuasibleness [is] not of him that calls you.

⁹ A little leaven leavens the whole lump.

¹⁰ *I* have confidence as to you in [the] Lord, that ye will have no other mind; and he that is troubling you shall bear the guilt [of it], whosoever he may be.

¹¹ But *I*, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why am I yet persecuted? Then the scandal of the cross has been done away.

¹² I would that they would even cut themselves off who throw you into confusion.

¹³ For *ye* have been called to liberty, brethren; only [do] not [turn] liberty into an opportunity to the flesh, but by love serve one another.

¹⁴ For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;

¹⁵ but if ye bite and devour one another, see that ye are not consumed one of another.

¹⁶ But I say, Walk in [the] Spirit, and ye shall no way fulfil flesh's lust.

¹⁷ For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these things are opposed one to the other, that ye should not do those things which ye desire;

¹⁸ but if ye are led by the Spirit, ye are not under law.

¹⁹ Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are fornication, uncleanness, licentiousness,

²⁰ idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strifes, jealousies, angers, contentions, disputes, schools of opinion,

²¹ envyings, murders, drunkennesses, revels, and things like these; as to which I tell you beforehand, even as I also have said before, that they who do such things shall not inherit God's kingdom.

²² But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, fidelity,

²³ meekness, self-control: against such things there is no law.

²⁴ But they that [are] of the Christ have crucified the flesh with the passions and the lusts.

²⁵ If we live by the Spirit, let us walk also by the Spirit.

²⁶ Let us not become vain-glorious, provoking one another, envying one another.