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Again, I insist that everyone who allows himself to be circumcised must realize that he obligates himself to do everything Moses’ Teachings demand. Those of you who try to earn God’s approval by obeying his laws have been cut off from Christ. You have fallen out of God’s favor.[a] However, in our spiritual nature, faith causes us to wait eagerly for the confidence that comes with God’s approval.

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Footnotes

  1. 5:4 Or “grace.”

Again I declare to every man who lets himself be circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law.(A) You who are trying to be justified by the law(B) have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.(C) For through the Spirit we eagerly await by faith the righteousness for which we hope.(D)

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