It is for  ¹freedom that Christ has set us free;  ²stand fast therefore, and do not be  ³entangled with a  ⁴yoke of slavery again.

Behold, I Paul say to you that if you become  ¹circumcised, Christ will profit you  ²nothing.

And I testify again to every man who becomes circumcised that he is a debtor to do the whole law.

You have been  ¹brought to nought, separated from Christ, you who are being justified by law; you have  ²fallen from grace.

For we  ¹by the Spirit  ²out of faith eagerly await the  ³hope of righteousness.

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision  ¹avails anything nor uncircumcision, but faith avails,  ²operating through  ³love.

You were running well. Who hindered you that you would not believe and obey the  ¹truth?

This  ¹persuasion is not of Him who calls you.

A little  ¹leaven leavens the whole lump.

I am confident in the Lord concerning you that you will be of no other mind; but he who is troubling you shall bear the judgment, whoever he may be.

But I, brothers, if I still preach  ¹circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? Then the stumbling block of the cross has been annulled.

I wish that those upsetting you would even  ¹cut themselves off.

For you were called for  ¹freedom, brothers; only do not turn this freedom into an opportunity for the  ²flesh, but through love  ³serve one another.

For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in this, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

But if you bite and devour one another, beware lest you be consumed by one another.

Rejoice,  ¹young man, in your childhood, and let your heart be merry in the days of your youth; and walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes. But know that for all these things God will bring you to judgment.

So remove vexation from your heart, and put away evil from your flesh; for childhood and the dawn of life are vanity.

Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the  ¹evil days come and the years draw near when you will say, I have no pleasure in them;

Before the sun and the light and the moon and the stars are  ¹darkened, and the clouds return after the rain;

In the day when the keepers of the house tremble and the men of strength bow themselves and the women who grind cease because they are few, and those who look out of the windows see dimly;

And when the doors are shut on the street; when the sound of the grinding is low, and one arises at the sound of a bird, and all the daughters of song are brought low;

When also men are afraid of what is high, and terrors are on the way; and the almond tree blossoms, and the grasshopper is a burden, and the caperberry is ineffective (for man will go to his everlasting home while mourners go around in the street);

Before the silver cord is undone, and the golden bowl is broken, and the pitcher is shattered at the fountain, and the wheel is broken at the cistern,

And the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the breath returns to God who gave it.

Vanity of vanity, says the Preacher; all is vanity.

And in addition to being wise, the Preacher also taught the people knowledge; and he pondered and studied and arranged many proverbs.

The Preacher sought to find pleasing words, and he wrote words of truth rightly.

The words of the wise are like goads, and like well-driven nails are the collections of them; they are given by one Shepherd.

And of what is beyond these, my son, beware: Of the making of many books there is no end, and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

The end of the matter, when all has been heard, is this:  ¹Fear God and keep His commandments, for this is the whole of man.

For God will bring every deed to  ¹judgment, with every secret thing, whether good or evil.