yet we know that no one is justified by the works of the law but by the faithfulness of Jesus Christ. And we have come to believe in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by the faithfulness of Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no one will be justified.

So then those who believe are blessed along with Abraham the believer.

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

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

Therefore, brothers and sisters, we are not children of the slave woman but of the free woman.

Listen! I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no benefit to you at all!

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

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision carries any weight – the only thing that matters is faith working through love.

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

If we live by the Spirit, let us also behave in accordance with the Spirit.

to the praise of the glory of his grace that he has freely bestowed on us in his dearly loved Son.

so that we, who were the first to set our hope on Christ, would be to the praise of his glory.

For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints,

I do not cease to give thanks for you when I remember you in my prayers.

and he raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus,

But now in Christ Jesus you who used to be far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ.

In him the whole building, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord,

that by revelation the divine secret was made known to me, as I wrote before briefly.

you may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth,

There is one body and one Spirit, just as you too were called to the one hope of your calling,