who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil world ??by the will of our God and Father,

To take an illustration from human life, my brothers. Once a man's will is ratified, no one else annuls it or adds a codicil to it.

My point is this: the Law which arose four hundred and thirty years later does not repeal a will previously ratified by God, so as to cancel the Promise.

Tell me, you who are keen to be under the Law, will you not listen to the Law?

Here, listen to Paul! I tell you, if you get circumcised, Christ will be no use to you.

(A morsel of dough will leaven the whole lump.)

I feel persuaded in the Lord that you will not go wrong. But he who unsettles you will have to meet his doom, no matter who he is.

I mean, lead the life of the Spirit; then you will never satisfy the passions of the flesh.

envy, [murder], drinking bouts, revelry, and the like; I tell you beforehand as I have told you already, that people who indulge in such practices will never inherit the Realm of God.

let everyone bring his own work to the test ??then he will have something to boast about on his own account, and not in comparison with his fellows.

For everyone will have to bear his own load of responsibility.

Make no mistake ??God is not to be mocked ??a man will reap just what he sows;

he who sows for his flesh will reap destruction from the flesh, and he who sows for the Spirit will reap life eternal from the Spirit.

On all who will be guided by this rule, may peace and mercy rest, even upon the Israel of God.