Just as Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,

Now I mean that the heir, as long as he is a minor, is no different from a slave, though he is the owner of everything.

and though my physical condition put you to the test, you did not despise or reject me. Instead, you welcomed me as though I were an angel of God, as though I were Christ Jesus himself!

See what big letters I make as I write to you with my own hand!

For the whole law can be summed up in a single commandment, namely, “You must love your neighbor as yourself.”

I wish those agitators would go so far as to castrate themselves!

to redeem those who were under the law, so that we may be adopted as sons with full rights.

You foolish Galatians! Who has cast a spell on you? Before your eyes Jesus Christ was vividly portrayed as crucified!

On the contrary, when they saw that I was entrusted with the gospel to the uncircumcised just as Peter was to the circumcised

But just as at that time the one born by natural descent persecuted the one born according to the Spirit, so it is now.

For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity to indulge your flesh, but through love serve one another.

As we have said before, and now I say again, if any one is preaching to you a gospel contrary to what you received, let him be condemned to hell!

Now before faith came we were held in custody under the law, being kept as prisoners until the coming faith would be revealed.

envying, murder, drunkenness, carousing, and similar things. I am warning you, as I had warned you before: Those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God!

These things may be treated as an allegory, for these women represent two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai bearing children for slavery; this is Hagar.

What I am saying is this: The law that came four hundred thirty years later does not cancel a covenant previously ratified by God, so as to invalidate the promise.

and when James, Cephas, and John, who had a reputation as pillars, recognized the grace that had been given to me, they gave to Barnabas and me the right hand of fellowship, agreeing that we would go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.

For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.

I beg you, brothers and sisters, become like me, because I have become like you. You have done me no wrong!

But you, brothers and sisters, are children of the promise like Isaac.