12 I wish those people who are bothering you would add castration to their circumcision.
13 My brothers and sisters, God chose you to be free. But don’t use your freedom as an excuse to do what pleases your sinful selves. Instead, serve each other with love.
14 The whole law is made complete in this one command: “Love your neighbor the same as you love yourself.”
15 If you continue hurting each other and tearing each other apart, be careful, or you will completely destroy each other.
16 So I tell you, live the way the Spirit leads you. Then you will not do the evil things your sinful self wants.
17 The sinful self wants what is against the Spirit, and the Spirit wants what is against the sinful self. They are always fighting against each other, so that you don’t do what you really want to do.
18 But if you let the Spirit lead you, you are not under law.