For whoever obeys the whole of the Law and only makes a single slip, is guilty of everything.
Whereas a curse rests on all who rely upon obedience to the Law; for it is written, Cursed is everyone who does not hold by all that is written in the book of the law, to perform it.
I insist on this again to everyone who gets circumcised, that he is obliged to carry out the whole of the Law.
We all make many a slip, but whoever avoids slips of speech is a perfect man; he can bridle the whole of the body as well as the tongue.
So be the more eager, brothers, to ratify your calling and election, for as you practise these qualities you will never make a slip;
Now to him who is able to keep you from slipping and to make you stand unblemished and exultant before his glory —