^16 (A)If anyone is inclined to be contentious, we have no such practice, nor do ^(B)the churches of God.

Live as You Are Called

¹⁷ Only let each person lead the life^{[a] (A)}that the Lord has assigned to him, and to which God has called him. ^(B)This is my rule in ^(C)all the churches.

³ If anyone ^(A)teaches a different doctrine and does not agree with ^(B)the sound^[a] words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching ^(C)that accords with godliness, ^4 (D)he is puffed up with conceit and ^(E)understands nothing. He has an unhealthy craving for ^(F)controversy and for ^(G)quarrels about words, which produce envy, dissension, slander, evil suspicions,

¹⁴ For you, brothers, ^(A)became imitators of ^(B)the churches of God in Christ Jesus that are in Judea. For ^(C)you suffered the same things from your own countrymen ^(D)as they did from the Jews,^[a]

²⁴ take these men and ^(A)purify yourself along with them and pay their expenses, ^(B)so that they may shave their heads. Thus all will know that there is nothing in what they have been told about you, but that you yourself also live in observance of the law.

³³ For God is not a God of ^(A)confusion but of peace.

As in ^(B)all the churches of the saints, ^34 (C)the women should keep silent in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak, but ^(D)should be in submission, as ^(E)the Law also says.

²¹ and they have been told about you that you teach all ^(A)the Jews who are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, ^(B)telling them ^(C)not to circumcise their children or ^(D)walk according to ^(E)our customs.

The Collection for the Saints

16 Now concerning^{[a] (A)}the collection for the saints: as I directed the churches of Galatia, so you also are to do.