But may I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

So also we, when we were minors, were enslaved under the basic forces of the world.

who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from this present evil age according to the will of our God and Father,

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?

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 the scripture imprisoned everything and everyone under sin so that the promise could be given – because of the faithfulness of Jesus Christ – to those who believe.