Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is led into sin, and I do not burn with indignation?

In Damascus, the governor under King Aretas was guarding the city of Damascus in order to arrest me,

Now I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that the gospel I preached is not of human origin.

Are you so foolish? Although you began with the Spirit, are you now trying to finish by human effort?

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

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

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

For through the Spirit, by faith, we wait expectantly for the hope of righteousness.

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 those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

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

He did this when he revealed to us the secret of his will, according to his good pleasure that he set forth in Christ,

For this reason I ask you not to lose heart because of what I am suffering for you, which is your glory.

that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, so that, because you have been rooted and grounded in love,

And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

But all things being exposed by the light are made evident.

And do not get drunk with wine, which is debauchery, but be filled by the Spirit,

And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may be able to speak boldly as I ought to speak.