Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ,

I am amazed that you are so quickly deserting Him who called you by the grace of Christ, for a different gospel;

But when God, who had set me apart even from my mother’s womb and called me through His grace, was pleased

and recognizing the grace that had been given to me, James and Cephas and John, who were reputed to be pillars, gave to me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, so that we might go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.

I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness comes through the Law, then Christ died needlessly.”

You have been severed from Christ, you who are seeking to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace.

But I, brethren, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? Then the stumbling block of the cross has been abolished.

Those who desire to make a good showing in the flesh try to compel you to be circumcised, simply so that they will not be persecuted for the cross of Christ.

But may it never be that I would boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brethren. Amen.