On behalf of such an individual I will boast, but on my own behalf I will not boast, except about my weaknesses.

I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you by the grace of Christ and are following a different gospel –

But if while seeking to be justified in Christ we ourselves have also been found to be sinners, is Christ then one who encourages sin? Absolutely not!

Does God then give you the Spirit and work miracles among you by your doing the works of the law or by your believing what you heard?

Now it is clear no one is justified before God by the law, because the righteous one will live by faith.

But the law is not based on faith, but the one who does the works of the law will live by them.

I wish I could be with you now and change my tone of voice, because I am perplexed about you.

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

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

Now the church is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.

But God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love with which he loved us,

so that through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father.

When reading this, you will be able to understand my insight into this secret of Christ.

namely, that through the gospel the Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus.

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

I, therefore, the prisoner for the Lord, urge you to live worthily of the calling with which you have been called,

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

But practicing the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ, who is the head.

and to put on the new man who has been created in God’s image – in righteousness and holiness that comes from truth.

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