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.

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].

But at that former time, as you did not know the true God, you were slaves to gods that do not really exist,

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

But if you [unlovingly] bite and eat one another [i.e., figuratively], be careful that you do not totally consume one another.

but still you did not scorn the test my illness made of you, nor did you spurn me for it; on the contrary, you welcomed me as an angel of God, as Christ Jesus Himself.