⁴ ye were freed from the Christ, ye who in law are declared righteous; from the grace ye fell away;

²⁰ for, if having escaped from the pollutions of the world, in the acknowledging of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, and by these again being entangled, they have been overcome, become to them hath the last things worse than the first,

²¹ for it were better to them not to have acknowledged the way of the righteousness, than having acknowledged `it', to turn back from the holy command delivered to them,

²² and happened to them hath that of the true similitude; `A dog did turn back upon his own vomit,' and, `A sow having bathed herself -- to rolling in mire.'

²¹ I do not make void the grace of God, for if righteousness `be' through law -- then Christ died in vain.

¹⁵ looking diligently over lest any one be failing of the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness springing up may give trouble, and through this many may be defiled;

² lo, I Paul do say to you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing;

⁶ and if by grace, no more of works, otherwise the grace becometh no more grace; and if of works, it is no more grace, otherwise the work is no more work.

³¹ and Israel, pursuing a law of righteousness, at a law of righteousness did not arrive;

³² wherefore? because -- not by faith, but as by works of law; for they did stumble at the stone of stumbling,

⁴ for `it is' impossible for those once enlightened, having tasted also of the heavenly gift, and partakers having became of the Holy Spirit,

⁵ and did taste the good saying of God, the powers also of the coming age,

⁶ and having fallen away, again to renew `them' to reformation, having crucified again to themselves the Son of God, and exposed to public shame.

³ for not knowing the righteousness of God, and their own righteousness seeking to establish, to the righteousness of God they did not submit.

⁴ For Christ is an end of law for righteousness to every one who is believing,

⁵ for Moses doth describe the righteousness that `is' of the law, that, `The man who did them shall live in them,'

⁴ and to him who is working, the reward is not reckoned of grace, but of debt;

⁵ and to him who is not working, and is believing upon Him who is declaring righteous the impious, his faith is reckoned -- to righteousness:

²⁰ wherefore by works of law shall no flesh be declared righteous before Him, for through law is a knowledge of sin.

⁵ remember, then, whence thou hast fallen, and reform, and the first works do; and if not, I come to thee quickly, and will remove thy lamp-stand from its place -- if thou mayest not reform;

⁶ I wonder that ye are so quickly removed from Him who did call you in the grace of Christ to another good news;

⁷ that is not another, except there be certain who are troubling you, and wishing to pervert the good news of the Christ;

⁸ but even if we or a messenger out of heaven may proclaim good news to you different from what we did proclaim to you -- anathema let him be!

⁹ as we have said before, and now say again, If any one to you may proclaim good news different from what ye did receive -- anathema let him be!

¹⁷ Ye, then, beloved, knowing before, take heed, lest, together with the error of the impious being led away, ye may fall from your own stedfastness,

¹⁸ and increase ye in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ; to him `is' the glory both now, and to the day of the age! Amen.

³⁸ and `the righteous by faith shall live,' and `if he may draw back, My soul hath no pleasure in him,'

³⁹ and we are not of those drawing back to destruction, but of those believing to a preserving of soul.