1 For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be subject again to the yoke of slavery.
2 Listen! I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no benefit to you at all!
3 And I testify again to every man who lets himself be circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law.
4 You who are trying to be declared righteous by the law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace!
5 For through the Spirit, by faith, we wait expectantly for the hope of righteousness.