1. We have freedom now because Christ made us free. So stand strong. Do not change and go back into the slavery of the law.
2. Listen! I am Paul. I tell you that if you go back to the law by being circumcised, then Christ is no good for you.
3. Again, I warn every man: If you allow yourselves to be circumcised, then you must follow all the law.
4. If you try to be made right with God through the law, then your life with Christ is over—you have left God’s grace.
5. But we hope to be made right with God through faith, and we wait for this hope anxiously with the Spirit’s help.
6. When we are in Christ Jesus, it is not important if we are circumcised or not. The important thing is faith—the kind of faith that works through love.
7. You were running a good race. You were obeying the truth. Who stopped you from following the true way?
8. Whatever way he used did not come from the One who chose you.
9. Be careful! “Just a little yeast makes the whole batch of dough rise.”