8. It certainly isn’t God, for he is the one who called you to freedom.
9. This false teaching is like a little yeast that spreads through the whole batch of dough!
10. I am trusting the Lord to keep you from believing false teachings. God will judge that person, whoever he is, who has been confusing you.
11. Dear brothers and sisters, if I were still preaching that you must be circumcised—as some say I do—why am I still being persecuted? If I were no longer preaching salvation through the cross of Christ, no one would be offended.
12. I just wish that those troublemakers who want to mutilate you by circumcision would mutilate themselves.