2 Listen! I, Paul, tell you that if you start following the law by being circumcised, then Christ cannot help you.
3 Again, I warn everyone: If you allow yourselves to be circumcised, then you must follow the whole law.
4 If you try to be made right with God through the law, your life with Christ is finished—you have left God’s grace.
5 I say this because our hope of being right with God comes through faith. And the Spirit helps us feel sure as we wait for that hope.
6 When someone belongs to Christ Jesus, it is not important if they are circumcised or not. The important thing is faith—the kind of faith that works through love.
7 You were doing so well. Who caused you to stop following the truth?
8 It certainly wasn’t the one who chose you.