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.

But even if I or an angel from heaven preach a good news that is contrary to the one which I have already preached to you, a curse upon him!

As I have said it before, so now I say it again, if anybody is preaching to you a good news that is contrary to the one which you have already received, a curse upon him!

For I tell you, brothers, the good news which was preached by me is not a human message,

only they kept hearing people say, "Our former persecutor is now preaching as good news the faith which once he tried to destroy,"

I mean this: The law which was given four hundred and thirty years later could not annul the contract which had already been ratified by God, so as to cancel the promise.

But before this faith came, we were kept locked up under the law, in preparation for the faith which was to be unveiled.

I wish I could be with you right now and change the tone of my speech, for I do not know which way to turn in your case.

This is the freedom with which Christ has made us free. So keep on standing in it, and stop letting your necks be fastened in the yoke of slavery again.

For we, by the Spirit, are awaiting the hoped-for blessing which our right standing with God will bring us.

But may it never be mine to boast of anything but the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me and I to the world!