For the one who worked through Peter by making him an apostle to the circumcised also worked through me by sending me to the gentiles.

For through the Law I died to the Law so that I might live for God. I have been crucified with the Messiah.

Because the Scripture saw ahead of time that God would justify the gentiles by faith, it announced the gospel to Abraham beforehand when it said, "Through you all nations will be blessed."

This happened in order that the blessing promised to Abraham would come to the gentiles through the Messiah Jesus, so that we might receive the promised Spirit through faith.

For if the inheritance comes about through the Law, it no longer comes about through the promise. But it was through a promise that God so graciously gave it to Abraham.

Why, then, was the Law added? Because of transgressions, until the descendant came about whom the promise pertained. It was put into effect through angels by means of a mediator.

So is the Law in conflict with the promises of God? Of course not! For if a law had been given that could give us life, then certainly righteousness would come through the Law.

For all of you are God's children through faith in the Messiah Jesus.

Now the slave woman's son was conceived through human means, while the free woman's son was conceived through divine promise.

Through the Spirit by faith we confidently await the fulfillment of our righteous hope,

for in union with the Messiah Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision matters. What matters is faith expressed through love.

A little yeast spreads through the whole batch of dough.

For you, brothers, were called to freedom. Only do not turn your freedom into an opportunity to gratify your flesh, but through love make it your habit to serve one another.

The person who sows through human means will harvest decay from human means, but the person who sows in the Spirit will harvest eternal life from the Spirit.