Who gave himself for our sins, so that he might make us free from this present evil world, after the purpose of our God and Father:

Which is not another sort: only there are some who give you trouble, desiring to make changes in the good news of Christ.

For I make known to you, brethren, as touching the gospel which was preached by me, that it is not after man.

You have heard of my career and former manner of life in Judaism, how I used to hunt down and persecute the church of God extensively and [with fanatical zeal] tried [my best] to destroy it.

Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to make acquaintance with Peter, and I remained with him fifteen days;

I went up [to Jerusalem] because of a [divine] revelation, and I put before them the gospel which I preach among the Gentiles. But I did so in private before those of reputation, for fear that I might be running or had run [the course of my ministry] in vain.

And that because of the false brothers let in secretly, who came searching out our free condition which we have in Christ Jesus, so that they might make servants of us;

But from those who were conspicuous as being somewhat whatsoever they were, it makes no difference to me: God does not accept man's person; for to me those who were conspicuous communicated nothing;

As soon as I saw that they were not walking uprightly in the spirit of the Good News, I said to Peter, before them all, "If you, though you are a Jew, live as a Gentile does, and not as a Jew, how can you make the Gentiles follow Jewish customs?

But if, while we seek to be justified in Christ [by faith], we ourselves are found to be sinners, does that make Christ an advocate or promoter of our sin? Certainly not!

For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor.

I do not make void the grace of God: for if righteousness is through the law, then Christ died for nought.

Are you so thoughtless? After having begun in Spirit, do you make an end in flesh?

And the scripture having foreseen that God makes the Gentiles righteous from faith, proclaimed the good-news in advance to Abraham: In thee all the nations will be blessed.

Brethren, as a man I say it, even of man a confirmed covenant no one doth make void or doth add to,

And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.

Why, then, the Law [what was its purpose]? It was added [after the promise to Abraham, to reveal to people their guilt] because of transgressions [that is, to make people conscious of the sinfulness of sin], and [the Law] was ordained through angels and delivered to Israel by the hand of a mediator [Moses, the mediator between God and Israel, to be in effect] until the Seed would come to whom the promise had been made.

Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could make alive, verily righteousness would have been of the law.

That he might make them free who were under the law, and that we might be given the place of sons.

You make me fear that the labor which I have spent on you may have been wasted.

These men make much of you ??yes, but for dishonest ends; they want to debar you from us, so that you may make much of them.

In the freedom, then, with which Christ did make you free -- stand ye, and be not held fast again by a yoke of servitude;

A little leaven makes a change in all the mass.

I wish they were even cut off from your communion, that make such disturbance amongst you.

Because you, brothers, were marked out to be free; only do not make use of your free condition to give the flesh its chance, but through love be servants one to another.

But let every man make test of his work, and then will his cause for glory be in himself only, and not in his neighbour.

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

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

As many as desire to make a fair shew in the flesh, they constrain you to be circumcised; only lest they should suffer persecution for the cross of Christ.

Let no one make any more trouble for me, because I carry the scars of Jesus on my own body.