Galatians 5:7-15

7You were running the race so well. Who has held you back from following the truth?

8It certainly isn’t God, for he is the one who called you to freedom.

9This false teaching is like a little yeast that spreads through the whole batch of dough!

10I am trusting the Lord to keep you from believing false teachings. God will judge that person, whoever he is, who has been confusing you.

11Dear brothers and sisters, if I were still preaching that you must be circumcised—as some say I do—why am I still being persecuted? If I were no longer preaching salvation through the cross of Christ, no one would be offended.

12I just wish that those troublemakers who want to mutilate you by circumcision would mutilate themselves.

13For you have been called to live in freedom, my brothers and sisters. But don’t use your freedom to satisfy your sinful nature. Instead, use your freedom to serve one another in love.

14For the whole law can be summed up in this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”

15But if you are always biting and devouring one another, watch out! Beware of destroying one another.