Gave himself for our sins, in accordance with the will of God and Father,

I have been crucified with Christ. So it is no longer I that live, but it is Christ who lives in me; and, as for my present earthly life, I am living it by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

Christ ransomed us from the curse pronounced in the Law, by taking the curse on himself for us, for Scripture says--'Cursed is any one who is hanged on a tree.'

And as for what must have tried you in my condition, it did not inspire you with scorn or disgust, but you welcomed me as if I had been an angel of God--or Christ Jesus himself!

I again declare to every one who receives circumcision, that he binds himself to obey the whole Law.

Brothers, even if a man should be caught committing a sin, you who are spiritually minded should, in a gentle spirit, help him to recover himself, taking care lest any one of you also should be tempted.

If a man imagines himself to be somebody, when he is really nobody, he deceives himself.

Let every one test his own work, and then his cause for satisfaction will be in himself and not in a comparison of himself with his neighbor;