3 Again, I insist that everyone who allows himself to be circumcised must realize that he obligates himself to do everything Moses’ Teachings demand.
4 Those of you who try to earn God’s approval by obeying his laws have been cut off from Christ. You have fallen out of God’s favor.
5 However, in our spiritual nature, faith causes us to wait eagerly for the confidence that comes with God’s approval.
6 As far as our relationship to Christ Jesus is concerned, it doesn’t matter whether we are circumcised or not. But what matters is a faith that expresses itself through love.
7 You were doing so well. Who stopped you from being influenced by the truth?
8 The arguments of the person who is influencing you do not come from the one who is calling you.
9 A little yeast spreads through the whole batch of dough.