11. Now, brothers, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the stumbling block of the cross has been abolished.
12. I wish that the ones who are disturbing you would also castrate themselves!
13. For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not let your freedom become an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.
14. For the whole law is fulfilled in one statement, namely, “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, live by the Spirit, and you will never carry out the desire of the flesh.