| 1 | My friends, if anyone is detected in a transgression, you who have received the Spirit should restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness. Take care that you yourselves are not tempted. |
| 2 | Bear one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. |
| 3 | For if those who are nothing think they are something, they deceive themselves. |
| 4 | All must test their own work; then that work, rather than their neighbor’s work, will become a cause for pride. |
| 5 | For all must carry their own loads. |
| 6 | Those who are taught the word must share in all good things with their teacher. |
| 7 | Do not be deceived; God is not mocked, for you reap whatever you sow. |
| 8 | If you sow to your own flesh, you will reap corruption from the flesh; but if you sow to the Spirit, you will reap eternal life from the Spirit. |
| 9 | So let us not grow weary in doing what is right, for we will reap at harvest time, if we do not give up. |
| 10 | So then, whenever we have an opportunity, let us work for the good of all, and especially for those of the family of faith. |
| 11 | See what large letters I make when I am writing in my own hand! |
| 12 | It is those who want to make a good showing in the flesh that try to compel you to be circumcised — only that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ. |
| 13 | Even the circumcised do not themselves obey the law, but they want you to be circumcised so that they may boast about your flesh. |
| 14 | May I never boast of anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. |
| 15 | For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision is anything; but a new creation is everything! |
| 16 | As for those who will follow this rule — peace be upon them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God. |
| 17 | From now on, let no one make trouble for me; for I carry the marks of Jesus branded on my body. |
| 18 | May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brothers and sisters. Amen. |