As we have said before, and now I say again, if any one is preaching to you a gospel contrary to what you received, let him be condemned to hell!

to reveal his Son in me so that I could preach him among the Gentiles, I did not go to ask advice from any human being,

On the contrary, when they saw that I was entrusted with the gospel to the uncircumcised just as Peter was to the circumcised

and when James, Cephas, and John, who had a reputation as pillars, recognized the grace that had been given to me, they gave to Barnabas and me the right hand of fellowship, agreeing that we would go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.

You foolish Galatians! Who has cast a spell on you? Before your eyes Jesus Christ was vividly portrayed as crucified!

Just as Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,

What I am saying is this: The law that came four hundred thirty years later does not cancel a covenant previously ratified by God, so as to invalidate the promise.

Now before faith came we were held in custody under the law, being kept as prisoners until the coming faith would be revealed.

Now I mean that the heir, as long as he is a minor, is no different from a slave, though he is the owner of everything.

to redeem those who were under the law, so that we may be adopted as sons with full rights.

and though my physical condition put you to the test, you did not despise or reject me. Instead, you welcomed me as though I were an angel of God, as though I were Christ Jesus himself!

These things may be treated as an allegory, for these women represent two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai bearing children for slavery; this is Hagar.

But just as at that time the one born by natural descent persecuted the one born according to the Spirit, so it is now.

I wish those agitators would go so far as to castrate themselves!

For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity to indulge your flesh, but through love serve one another.

For the whole law can be summed up in a single commandment, namely, "You must love your neighbor as yourself."

envying, murder, drunkenness, carousing, and similar things. I am warning you, as I had warned you before: Those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God!

See what big letters I make as I write to you with my own hand!