PAUL an apostle ??not appointed by men nor commissioned by any man but by Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised him from the dead, ??2 with all the brothers who are beside me, to the churches of Galatia;

Now is that 'appealing to the interests of men' or of God? Trying to 'satisfy men'? Why, if I still tried to give satisfaction to human masters, I would be no servant of Christ.

no man put it into my hands, no man taught me what it meant, I had it by a revelation of Jesus Christ.

Besides, the so-called 'authorities' (it makes no difference to me what their status used to be ??God pays no regard to the externals of men), these 'authorities' had no additions to make to my gospel.

But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face. The man stood self-condemned.

but since we know a man is justified simply by faith in Jesus Christ and not by doing what the Law commands, we ourselves have believed in Christ Jesus so as to get justified by faith in Christ and not by doing what the Law commands ??for by doing what the Law commands no person shall be justified.

To take an illustration from human life, my brothers. Once a man's will is ratified, no one else annuls it or adds a codicil to it.

What I mean is this. As long as an heir is under age, there is no difference between him and a servant, though he is lord of all the property;

These men make much of you ??yes, but for dishonest ends; they want to debar you from us, so that you may make much of them.

I mean, lead the life of the Spirit; then you will never satisfy the passions of the flesh.

Make no mistake ??God is not to be mocked ??a man will reap just what he sows;

So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all men and in particular to the household of the faith.

These men who are keen upon you getting circumcised are just men who want to make a grand display in the flesh ??it is simply to avoid being persecuted for the cross of Christ.