Christ Has Set Us Free
1For sfreedom Christ has tset us free; ustand firm therefore, and do not submit again to va yoke of wslavery.
2Look: I, Paul, say to you that xif you accept circumcision, yChrist will be of no advantage to you. 3I testify again to every man who accepts circumcision that zhe is obligated to keep the whole law. 4You are asevered from Christ, byou who would be justified1 by the law; cyou have fallen away from grace. 5For through the Spirit, by faith, we ourselves eagerly dwait for the hope of righteousness. 6For in Christ Jesus eneither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but fonly faith working through love.
7gYou were running well. Who hindered you from obeying hthe truth? 8This persuasion is not from ihim who calls you. 9jA little leaven leavens the whole lump. 10kI have confidence in the Lord that you will ltake no other view, and mthe one who is troubling you will bear the penalty, whoever he is. 11But if I, brothers,2 still preach3 circumcision, nwhy am I still being persecuted? In that case othe offense of the cross has been removed. 12I wish pthose who unsettle you would emasculate themselves!
A Study in Galatians, Volume 1
Right with God Galatians 1:1–5:12 Series • ID: 14801Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. The ESV text may not be quoted in any publication made available to the public by a Creative Commons license. The ESV may not be translated in whole or in part into any other language.