However, it is good<n id="1" /> to be sought eagerly<n id="2" /> for a good purpose<n id="3" /> at all times, and not only when I am present with you.

So<n id="1" /> they glorified God because of me.<n id="2" />p>

For the whole law can be summed up in a single commandment,<n id="1" /> namely, &#8220;<b><i>You must love your neighbor as yourselfi>b>.&#8221;<n id="2" />

I<n id="1" /> was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries in my nation,<n id="2" /> and was<n id="3" /> extremely zealous for the traditions of my ancestors.<n id="4" />

to reveal his Son in<n id="1" /> me so that I could preach him<n id="2" /> among the Gentiles, I did not go to ask advice from<n id="3" /> any human being,<n id="4" />

But I was personally<n id="1" /> unknown to the churches of Judea that are in Christ.

For in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God through faith.<n id="1" />

My children &#8211; I am again undergoing birth pains until Christ is formed in you!<n id="1" />

You who are trying to be declared righteous<n id="1" /> by the law have been alienated<n id="2" /> from Christ; you have fallen away from grace!

<p class="bodytext">Now the one who receives instruction in the word must share all good things with the one who teaches<n id="1" /> it.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Brothers and sisters,<n id="1" /> if a person<n id="2" /> is discovered in some sin,<n id="3" /> you who are spiritual<n id="4" /> restore such a person in a spirit of gentleness.<n id="5" /> Pay close attention<n id="6" /> to yourselves, so that you are not tempted too.

<t /><p class="bodytext">I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one<n id="1" /> who called you by the grace of Christ<n id="2" /> and are following<n id="3" /> a different<n id="4" /> gospel &#8211;

But if while seeking to be justified in Christ we ourselves have also been found to be sinners, is Christ then one who encourages<n id="1" /> sin? Absolutely not!

Does God then give<n id="1" /> you the Spirit and work miracles among you by your doing the works of the law<n id="2" /> or by your believing what you heard?<n id="3" />p>

Now it is clear no one is justified before God by the law, because <i><b>the righteous one will live by faithb>i>.<n id="1" />

But the law is not based on faith,<n id="1" /> but <b><i>the one who doesi>b> the works of the law<n id="2" /> <b><i>will live by themi>b>.<n id="3" />

I wish I could be with you now and change my tone of voice,<n id="1" /> because I am perplexed about you.p>

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision carries any weight &#8211; the only thing that matters is faith working through love.<n id="1" />p>

I have been crucified with Christ,<n id="1" /> and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So<n id="2" /> the life I now live in the body,<n id="3" /> I live because of the faithfulness of the Son of God,<n id="4" /> who loved me and gave himself for me.

<p class="bodytext">For you have heard of my former way of life<n id="1" /> in Judaism, how I was savagely persecuting the church of God and trying to destroy it.