Freedom of the Christian
1 For freedom, Christ set us free. Stand firm, 5:1 Rm 14:4; Php 1:27 then, and don’t submit again to a yoke of slavery. 4:21–5:1 Gl 4:222 Take note! I, Paul, am telling you that if you get yourselves circumcised, Christ will not benefit you at all. 3 Again I testify to every man who gets himself circumcised that he is obligated to do the entire law. 4 You who are trying to be justified by the law are alienated from Christ; you have fallen from grace. 5:4 2Pt 3:185 For we eagerly await 5:5 Jd 21 through the Spirit, by faith, the hope 5:5 Rm 8:23–25; 1Th 1:3 of righteousness. 6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision accomplishes anything; what matters is faith 5:6 1Th 1:3 working through love. 5:6 1Co 13:1; Jms 2:18–22