Now an intermediary is not for one party alone, but God is one.

But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian.

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

But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.

But now that you have come to know God (or rather to be known by God), how can you turn back again to the weak and worthless basic forces? Do you want to be enslaved to them all over again?

Now Hagar represents Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for she is in slavery with her children.

But I saw none of the other apostles except James the Lord’s brother.

I assure you that, before God, I am not lying about what I am writing to you!

But I was personally unknown to the churches of Judea that are in Christ.

And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s descendants, heirs according to the promise.

So you are no longer a slave but a son, and if you are a son, then you are also an heir through God.

But you know it was because of a physical illness that I first proclaimed the gospel to you,

However, it is good to be sought eagerly for a good purpose at all times, and not only when I am present with you.

But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother.

However, if you continually bite and devour one another, beware that you are not consumed by one another.

But I say, live by the Spirit and you will not carry out the desires of the flesh.

Now the works of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, depravity,

Now the one who receives instruction in the word must share all good things with the one who teaches it.

I went there because of a revelation and presented to them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles. But I did so only in a private meeting with the influential people, to make sure that I was not running – or had not run – in vain.

They were only hearing, “The one who once persecuted us is now proclaiming the good news of the faith he once tried to destroy.”