So they glorified God because of me.

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

Tell me, you who want to be under the law, do you not understand the law?

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

Carry one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.

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

And I testify again to every man who lets himself be circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law.

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

And all who will behave in accordance with this rule, peace and mercy be on them, and on the Israel of God.

Am I now trying to gain the approval of people, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a slave of Christ!

to reveal his Son in me so that I could preach him among the Gentiles, I did not go to ask advice from any human being,

But when the appropriate time had come, God sent out his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

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!

Let each one examine his own work. Then he can take pride in himself and not compare himself with someone else.

For it is written: “Rejoice, O barren woman who does not bear children; break forth and shout, you who have no birth pains, because the children of the desolate woman are more numerous than those of the woman who has a husband.”

But what does the scripture say? “Throw out the slave woman and her son, for the son of the slave woman will not share the inheritance with the son” of the free woman.

Brothers and sisters, if a person is discovered in some sin, you who are spiritual restore such a person in a spirit of gentleness. Pay close attention to yourselves, so that you are not tempted too.