9. A little leaven leavens the whole lump.
10. I have confidence in the Lord that you will take no other view, and the one who is troubling you will bear the penalty, whoever he is.
11. But if I, brothers, still preach circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been removed.
12. I wish those who unsettle you would emasculate themselves!
13. For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.
14. For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
15. But if you bite and devour one another, watch out that you are not consumed by one another.
16. But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.