I am amazed that you are so quickly turning away from him who called you by the mercy of Christ, to some different good news??7 not that there is any other, only that there are some people who are trying to unsettle you and want to turn the good news of the Christ around.

which is not really another one; only there are certain people who are trying to unsettle you and want to turn the good news of Christ upside down.

For I want you to know, brothers, that the gospel that was proclaimed by me is not of human origin.

I want to ask you only this one thing: Did you receive the Spirit by doing what the law commands, or by believing the message you heard?

But now that you know God, or rather have been known by God, how can you turn back again to those powerless and bankrupt basic principles? Why do you want to become their slaves all over again?

I am afraid for you! I don't want my work for you to have been wasted!

These men are paying you special attention, but not sincerely. They want to shut you off from me, so that you may keep on paying them special attention.

Now, it is fine for someone to want to seek you out anytime, if it is for a good purpose, and not just when I am around [to be impressed].

Tell me, you who want to be subject to law, will you not listen to what the law says?

For in union with Christ Jesus, neither circumcision nor the want of it counts for anything, but only faith acting through love.

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.

But, if you are led by [what] the Holy Spirit [wants you to do], you are not under [obligation to meet the requirements of] the law of Moses.

These men who are trying to force you to let yourselves be circumcised simply want to make a fine outward show, only to keep you from being persecuted for the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Indeed, the very men who let themselves be circumcised do not themselves observe the law. But they simply want you to let yourselves be circumcised, so that they can boast of you as members of their party.

But I never want to boast of anything but the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, on which the world has been crucified to me and I have been to the world.

For neither circumcision nor the want of it is of any importance, but only a new creation.