1 We have freedom now because Christ made us free. So stand strong. Do not change and go back into the slavery of the law.
2 Listen! I am Paul. I tell you that if you go back to the law by being circumcised, then Christ is no good for you.
3 Again, I warn every man: If you allow yourselves to be circumcised, then you must follow all the law.
4 If you try to be made right with God through the law, then your life with Christ is over—you have left God’s grace.
5 But we hope to be made right with God through faith, and we wait for this hope anxiously with the Spirit’s help.
6 When we are in Christ Jesus, it is not important if we are circumcised or not. The important thing is faith—the kind of faith that works through love.
7 You were running a good race. You were obeying the truth. Who stopped you from following the true way?