5 ² Now I, Paul, say to you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will be of no advantage to you. 5 ³ I testify again to every man who receives circumcision that he is bound to keep the whole law. 5 ⁴ You are severed from Christ, you who would be justified by the law; you have fallen away from grace. 5 ⁵ For through the Spirit, by faith, we wait for the hope of righteousness. 5 ⁶ For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision is of any avail, but faith working through love. 5 ⁷ You were running well; who hindered you from obeying the truth? 5 ⁸ This persuasion is not from him who calls you. 5 ⁹ A little leaven leavens the whole lump. 5 ¹⁰ I have confidence in the Lord that you will take no other view than mine; and he who is troubling you will bear his judgment, whoever he is. 5 ¹¹ But if I, brethren, still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? In that case the stumbling block of the cross has been removed. 5 ¹² I wish those who unsettle you would mutilate themselves!

5 ¹³ For you were called to freedom, brethren; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love be servants of one another. 5 ^{14 [ Lv.19.18. ]} For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, "You shall love your neighbour as yourself." 5 ¹⁵ But if you bite and devour one another take heed that you are not consumed by one another.