to reveal his Son to me so that I might proclaim him among the gentiles, I did not confer with another human being at any time,

yet we know that a person is not justified by doing what the Law requires, but rather by the faithfulness of Jesus the Messiah. We, too, have believed in the Messiah Jesus so that we might be justified by the faithfulness of the Messiah and not by doing what the Law requires, for no human being will be justified by doing what the Law requires.

This is being said as an allegory, for these women represent two covenants. The one woman, Hagar, is from Mount Sinai, and her children are born into slavery.

As for me, brothers, if I am still preaching the necessity of circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been removed.

But if you are being led by the Spirit, you are not under the Law.

Let's stop being arrogant, provoking one another and envying one another.

Stop being deceived; God is not to be ridiculed. A person harvests whatever he plants:

These people who want to impress others by their external appearance are trying to force you to be circumcised, simply to avoid being persecuted for the cross of the Messiah.

For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision matters. Rather, what matters is being a new creation.