who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from this present evil age according to the will of our God and Father,

Until certain people came from James, he had been eating with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he stopped doing this and separated himself because he was afraid of those who were pro-circumcision.

I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So the life I now live in the body, I live because of the faithfulness of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

and though my physical condition put you to the test, you did not despise or reject me. Instead, you welcomed me as though I were an angel of God, as though I were Christ Jesus himself!

And I testify again to every man who lets himself be circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law.

For if anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.

Let each one examine his own work. Then he can take pride in himself and not compare himself with someone else.