Grace and peace to you<n id="1" /> from God the Father and our<n id="2" /> Lord Jesus Christ,

For I did not receive it or learn it from any human source;<n id="1" /> instead I received it<n id="2" /> by a revelation of Jesus Christ.<n id="3" />p>

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

<p class="bodytext">The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be<n id="1" /> with your spirit, brothers and sisters.<n id="2" /> Amen.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>

Now those who belong to Christ<n id="1" /> have crucified the flesh<n id="2" /> with its passions<n id="3" /> and desires.

<t /><p class="bodytext">From Paul,<n id="1" /> an apostle (not from men, nor by human agency, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised him from the dead)

Now this matter arose<n id="1" /> because of the false brothers with false pretenses<n id="2" /> who slipped in unnoticed to spy on<n id="3" /> our freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, to make us slaves.<n id="4" />

in order that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham would come to the Gentiles,<n id="1" /> so that we could receive the promise of the Spirit by faith.p>

But the scripture imprisoned<n id="1" /> everything and everyone<n id="2" /> under sin so that the promise could be given &#8211; because of the faithfulness<n id="3" /> of Jesus Christ &#8211; to those who believe.p>

<p class="bodytext">Those who want to make a good showing in external matters<n id="1" /> are trying to force you to be circumcised. They do so<n id="2" /> only to avoid being persecuted<n id="3" /> for the cross of Christ.

But may I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which<n id="1" /> the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

<p class="bodytext">From now on let no one cause me trouble, for I bear the marks of Jesus on my body.<n id="1" />p>

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave<n id="1" /> nor free, there is neither male nor female<n id="2" /> &#8211; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus.

yet we know<n id="1" /> that no one<n id="2" /> is justified by the works of the law<n id="3" /> but by the faithfulness of Jesus Christ.<n id="4" /> And<n id="5" /> we have come to believe in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by the faithfulness of Christ<n id="6" /> and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no one<n id="7" /> will be justified.