For I make known to you, brethren, that the Gospel which was proclaimed by me is not according to man;

But this I say: A covenant previously confirmed by God, the law, which came into existence four hundred and thirty years later, does not invalidate, that it should make the promise of no effect.

Is the law, then, against the promises of God? It could not be! For, if a law had been given, which was able to make alive, truly righteousness would have been by law;

For freedom did Christ make us free; stand fast, therefore, and be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage.

As many as wish to make a fair show in the flesh, these constrain you to be circumcised, only that they may not suffer persecution for the cross of Christ.