Tell me, you who want to be under the law, do you not understand the law?

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

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

But I say, live by the Spirit and you will not carry out the desires of the flesh.

Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, being jealous of one another.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brothers and sisters. Amen.

Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!

to the praise of the glory of his grace that he has freely bestowed on us in his dearly loved Son.

that he lavished on us in all wisdom and insight.

so that we, who were the first to set our hope on Christ, would be to the praise of his glory.

For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles –

This was according to the eternal purpose that he accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord,

in whom we have boldness and confident access to God because of Christ’s faithfulness.

Grace be with all of those who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love.

Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!

I always pray with joy in my every prayer for all of you

For it is right for me to think this about all of you, because I have you in my heart, since both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel all of you became partners in God’s grace together with me.

The latter do so from love because they know that I am placed here for the defense of the gospel.

For to me, living is Christ and dying is gain.

And in the same way you also should be glad and rejoice together with me.