And certain men coming down from Judea were teaching the brothers, "If you are not circumcised in the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved."

But some of those from the sect of the Pharisees rose up, saying, "It is necessary to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses."

Therefore I judge that we must not cause trouble for those who are turning to God from [among] the Gentiles;

Inasmuch as we have heard that some went out from among us and troubled you with words, unsettling your souls, saying, 'that you must be circumcised and keep the law'--to whom we gave no [such] command--

For it seemed best to the Holy Spirit, and to us, to put on you no greater burden except for these necessary things:

Stand fast therefore in the freedom in which Christ has made us free, and do not be loaded down again with a yoke of bondage.

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

where there is not Greek nor Jew, circumcised nor uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave nor free, but Christ is all and in all.