And I progressed in Judaism beyond many contemporaries in my race, being much more a zealot of the traditions of my fathers.

Did you suffer so many things in vain, if indeed it is even in vain?

For as many as are out of works of the Law, these are under a curse; for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all things which are written in the Book of the Law, to do them."

And to Abraham and to his Seed the promises were spoken. It does not say, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, "And to your Seed," which is Christ.

For as many as were baptized into Christ, you put on Christ.

As many as desire to look well in the flesh, these compel you to be circumcised; only lest they should suffer persecution for the cross of Christ.

And as many as walk according to this rule, peace and mercy be upon them and upon the Israel of God.