For thosewho are circumciseddo not evenkeepthe Lawthemselves,but they desireto have you circumcisedsothat they may boastin your flesh.
"Woeto you, scribesand Pharisees,hypocrites,becauseyou travel aroundon seaand landto makeoneproselyte;and whenhe becomesone, you makehim twice as mucha sonof hellas yourselves.
"Woeto you, scribesand Pharisees,hypocrites!For you tithemintand dilland cummin,and have neglectedthe weightier provisionsof the law:justiceand mercyand faithfulness;but theseare the things you shouldhave donewithoutneglectingthe others.
thereforeallthat they tellyou, doand observe,but do not doaccordingto their deeds;for they say[things] and do not do[them].
"But newwinemust be putinto freshwineskins.
So thenlet no oneboastin men.For all thingsbelongto you,
Your boastingis not good.Do you not knowthat a littleleavenleavensthe wholelump[of dough]?
Sincemanyboastaccordingto the flesh,I will boastalso.
for we are the [true] circumcision,who worshipin the Spiritof Godand gloryin ChristJesusand putnoconfidencein the flesh,
promisingthem freedomwhile they themselvesare slavesof corruption;for by whata manis overcome,by thishe is enslaved.
