Circumcision indeed is of value if you obey the law; but if you break the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

All have turned aside, together they have become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one."

But thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching to which you were committed,

and, having been set free from sin, you have become slaves of righteousness.

But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the return you get is holiness and its end, eternal life.

Did that which is good, then, become death to me? Certainly not! But it was sin, working death in me through what is good, in order that sin might be recognized as sin, so that through the commandment sin might become sinful beyond measure.

And as Isaiah said: "Unless the Lord of hosts had left us children, we would have become like Sodom, and we would have been made like Gomorrah."

And David says: "Let their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a retribution for them.

For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the circumcised to show God's truth, to confirm the promises made to the patriarchs,

For your obedience has become known to all, so I am full of joy over you; but I want you to be wise about what is good, and innocent about what is evil.