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And the rest of the Jews also joined with him in this hypocrisy, so that even Barnabas was led astray with them by their hypocrisy.

yet we know that no one is justified by the works of the law but by the faithfulness of Jesus Christ. And we have come to believe in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by the faithfulness of Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no one will be justified.

For through the law I died to the law so that I may live to God.

I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So the life I now live in the body, I live because of the faithfulness of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

Are you so foolish? Although you began with the Spirit, are you now trying to finish by human effort?

Have you suffered so many things for nothing?—if indeed it was for nothing.

so then, understand that those who believe are the sons of Abraham.

So then those who believe are blessed along with Abraham the believer.

in order that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham would come to the Gentiles, so that we could receive the promise of the Spirit by faith.

What I am saying is this: The law that came four hundred thirty years later does not cancel a covenant previously ratified by God, so as to invalidate the promise.

But the scripture imprisoned everything under sin so that the promise could be given—because of the faithfulness of Jesus Christ—to those who believe.

Thus the law had become our guardian until Christ, so that we could be declared righteous by faith.

So also we, when we were minors, were enslaved under the basic forces of the world.

to redeem those who were under the law, so that we may be adopted as sons with full rights.

So you are no longer a slave but a son, and if you are a son, then you are also an heir through God.

So then, have I become your enemy by telling you the truth?

They court you eagerly, but for no good purpose; they want to exclude you, so that you would seek them eagerly.

But just as at that time the one born by natural descent persecuted the one born according to the Spirit, so it is now.

I wish those agitators would go so far as to castrate themselves!

For the flesh has desires that are opposed to the Spirit, and the Spirit has desires that are opposed to the flesh, for these are in opposition to each other, so that you cannot do what you want.