Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Backsliding » Is departing from the simplicity of the gospel
You were running well; who hindered you from obeying the truth?
But I am afraid that, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, your minds will be led astray from the simplicity and purity of devotion to Christ.
You foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified? This is the only thing I want to find out from you: did you receive the Spirit by the works of the Law, or by hearing with faith? Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh?
You have been severed from Christ, you who are seeking to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace.
Circumcision » Trusting to, a denial of Christ
Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh?
And I testify again to every man who receives circumcision, that he is under obligation to keep the whole Law. You have been severed from Christ, you who are seeking to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace.
Judaism » Reversion to
Behold I, Paul, say to you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will be of no benefit to you.
Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh?
You observe days and months and seasons and years.
But when I saw that they were not straightforward about the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in the presence of all, “If you, being a Jew, live like the Gentiles and not like the Jews, how is it that you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?