On the contrary, when they saw I had been entrusted with the gospel for the benefit of the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been for the circumcised

And because no one is justified on the score of the Law before God (plainly, the just shall live by faith, ??12 and the Law is not based on faith: no, he who performs these things shall live by them),

Do take my line, brothers, I beg of you ??just as I once took yours. I have no complaint against you;

but just as in the old days the son born by the flesh persecuted the son born by the Spirit, so it is still to-day.

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

These men who are keen upon you getting circumcised are just men who want to make a grand display in the flesh ??it is simply to avoid being persecuted for the cross of Christ.