1For freedom Christ set us free; therefore stand firm and do not again be held by a yoke of slavery.2Look, I, Paul, say to you that if you are circumcised, Christ will benefit you in no way.3I testify again to every human who is circumcised that he is a debtor to do the whole law.4You were severed from Christ, you who are seeking to be justified by law; you have fallen away from grace.5For we by the Spirit, through faith, await the hope of righteousness.6For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any strength, but faith working through love.7You were running well; who hindered you from obeying the truth?8This persuasion does not come from the one who calls you.9A little leaven leavens the whole lump.10I am confident in the Lord concerning you that you will think nothing otherwise; the one who troubles you will bear his judgment, whoever he may be.11But I, brothers, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the stumbling block of the cross has been removed.12I wish that those who trouble you would even cut themselves off.13For you were called to freedom, brothers; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.14For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'15But if you bite and devour one another, watch out that you are not consumed by one another.