1. We have freedom now, because Christ made us free. So stand strong in that freedom. Don’t go back into slavery again.
2. Listen! I, Paul, tell you that if you start following the law by being circumcised, then Christ cannot help you.
3. Again, I warn everyone: If you allow yourselves to be circumcised, then you must follow the whole law.
4. If you try to be made right with God through the law, your life with Christ is finished—you have left God’s grace.
5. I say this because our hope of being right with God comes through faith. And the Spirit helps us feel sure as we wait for that hope.
6. When someone belongs to Christ Jesus, it is not important if they are circumcised or not. The important thing is faith—the kind of faith that works through love.