For am I seeking [to gain] the favor of men or of God? Or, am I striving to please people [by what I do]? If I were still [trying] to please people, I would not be a [true] servant of Christ.

Now what I write to you, behold, before God, I do not lie.

Although we are Jews by natural birth, and not sinful Gentiles [who do not have a relationship with God],

I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.

So then, does He who supplies you with His [marvelous Holy] Spirit and works miracles among you, do it as a result of the works of the Law [which you perform], or because you [believe confidently in the message which you] heard with faith?

Days, ye do narrowly observer, and months, and seasons, and years: -

Believers, I beg of you, become as I am [free from the bondage of Jewish ritualism and ordinances], for I have become as you are [a Gentile]. You did me no wrong [when I first came to you; do not do it now].

My little children, of whom I do as it were travail in birth again,

I would like to be with you right now and change my tone of voice, because I don’t know what to do about you.

For it is written, "Rejoice, O barren woman, who does not give birth to [children]; burst out and shout, [you] who do not have birth pains, because many [are] the children of the desolate [woman], even more than [those of] the one who has a husband."

You were running well. Who hindered you that you do not obey the truth?

[However], I have confidence in you, since we both have a relationship with the Lord, that you will not think differently [than I do] about this matter. But whoever is causing you trouble will be rightfully judged [and punished] for it.

For the whole Law [concerning human relationships] is fulfilled in one precept, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself [that is, you shall have an unselfish concern for others and do things for their benefit].”

and if one another ye do bite and devour, see -- that ye may not by one another be consumed.

For what the flesh wants is opposed to the Spirit, and what the Spirit wants is opposed to the flesh. They are opposed to each other, and so you do not do what you want to do.

envyings, murders, drunkennesses, revels, and things like these; as to which I tell you beforehand, even as I also have said before, that they who do such things shall not inherit God's kingdom.

but let us not lose heart in doing good; for in due time, if we do not faint, we shall reap.