3. I’ll say it again. If you are trying to find favor with God by being circumcised, you must obey every regulation in the whole law of Moses.
4. For if you are trying to make yourselves right with God by keeping the law, you have been cut off from Christ! You have fallen away from God’s grace.
5. But we who live by the Spirit eagerly wait to receive by faith the righteousness God has promised to us.
6. For when we place our faith in Christ Jesus, there is no benefit in being circumcised or being uncircumcised. What is important is faith expressing itself in love.
7. You were running the race so well. Who has held you back from following the truth?
8. It certainly isn’t God, for he is the one who called you to freedom.
9. This false teaching is like a little yeast that spreads through the whole batch of dough!
10. I am trusting the Lord to keep you from believing false teachings. God will judge that person, whoever he is, who has been confusing you.