and they having heard, were glorifying the Lord. They said also to him, 'Thou seest, brother, how many myriads there are of Jews who have believed, and all are zealous of the law,

and that because of the false brethren brought in unawares, who did come in privily to spy out our liberty that we have in Christ Jesus, that us they might bring under bondage,

The brethren

having written through their hand thus: 'The apostles, and the elders, and the brethren, to those in Antioch, and Syria, and Cilicia, brethren, who are of the nations, greeting;

Except

and there rose up certain of those of the sect of the Pharisees who believed, saying -- 'It behoveth to circumcise them, to command them also to keep the law of Moses.'

happy the man to whom the Lord may not reckon sin.'

In the freedom, then, with which Christ did make you free -- stand ye, and be not held fast again by a yoke of servitude;

look to the dogs, look to the evil-workers, look to the concision;

See that no one shall be carrying you away as spoil through the philosophy and vain deceit, according to the deliverance of men, according to the rudiments of the world, and not according to Christ,

After

this is My covenant which ye keep between Me and you, and thy seed after thee: Every male of you is to be circumcised;

and in the eighth day is the flesh of his foreskin circumcised;

because of this, Moses hath given you the circumcision -- not that it is of Moses, but of the fathers -- and on a sabbath ye circumcise a man;

Ye

seeing we have heard that certain having gone forth from us did trouble you with words, subverting your souls, saying to be circumcised and to keep the law, to whom we did give no charge,

being circumcised -- was any one called? let him not become uncircumcised; in uncircumcision was any one called? let him not be circumcised;

Then, after fourteen years again I went up to Jerusalem with Barnabas, having taken with me also Titus;

for in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith through love working.

for neither do those circumcised themselves keep the law, but they wish you to be circumcised, that in your flesh they may glory.