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And their prayers for you will express their affection for you, because of the surpassing grace God has given you.

Was it a sin for me to humble myself in order to exalt you, because I preached the gospel of God to you free of charge?

Why? Because I do not love you? God knows I do!

Even if I wanted to boast, I would not be a fool, because I would be speaking the truth. But I refrain, so no one will credit me with more than he sees in me or hears from me,

See, I am ready to come to you a third time, and I will not be a burden, because I am not seeking your possessions, but you. For children should not have to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.

And they glorified God because of me.

This issue arose because some false brothers had come in under false pretenses to spy on our freedom in Christ Jesus, in order to enslave us.

When Cephas came to Antioch, however, I opposed him to his face, because he stood to be condemned.

know that a man is not justified by works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have believed in Christ Jesus, that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.

Does God lavish His Spirit on you and work miracles among you because you practice the law, or because you hear and believe?

And it is clear that no one is justified before God by the law, because, "The righteous will live by faith."

Why then was the law given? It was added because of transgressions, until the arrival of the seed to whom the promise referred. It was administered through angels by a mediator.

And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, "Abba, Father!"

You know that it was because of an illness that I first preached the gospel to you.

how I wish I could be with you now and change my tone, because I am perplexed about you.

His son by the slave woman was born according to the flesh, but his son by the free woman was born because of the promise.

Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present-day Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children.

For it is written: "Rejoice, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman, than of her who has a husband."

But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,

So I ask you not to be discouraged because of my sufferings for you, which are your glory.