for do I now act in obedience to men, or to God? or do I seek to please men? if I had hitherto pleased men, I should not have been the servant of Christ.

After three years, I went up to Jerusalem, to see Peter, and abode with him fifteen days:

Now if it be a sin to seek for justification by Christ, then is Christ the minister of sin, which cannot be.

Christ is of no use to you, whoever of you seek to be justified by the law; you have lost all interest in the gospel-dispensation.

You see how long a letter I have writ to you with my own hand.