Not Legalism but Christ

¹¹ In Him you were also ^(A)circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, by ^(B)putting off the body ^[a]of the sins of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, ^12 (C)buried with Him in baptism, in which you also were raised with Him through ^(D)faith in the working of God, ^(E)who raised Him from the dead. ¹³ And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses, ^14 (F)having wiped out the ^[b]handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross. ^15 (G)Having disarmed ^(H)principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it.

¹⁶ So let no one ^(I)judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a ^[c]festival or a new moon or sabbaths, ^17 (J)which are a shadow of things to come, but the ^[d]substance is of Christ. ¹⁸ Let no one cheat you of your reward, taking delight in false humility and worship of angels, intruding into those things which he has ^[e]not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, ¹⁹ and not holding fast to ^(K)the Head, from whom all the body, nourished and knit together by joints and ligaments, ^(L)grows with the increase that is from God.

^23 (A)And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men, ^24 (B)knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; ^(C)for^[a] you serve the Lord Christ. ²⁵ But he who does wrong will be repaid for what he has done, and ^(D)there is no partiality.

⁸ Now he who plants and he who waters are one, ^(A)and each one will receive his own reward according to his own labor.

⁹ For ^(B)we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, you are ^(C)God’s building. ^10 (D)According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master builder I have laid ^(E)the foundation, and another builds on it. But let each one take heed how he builds on it. ¹¹ For no other foundation can anyone lay than ^(F)that which is laid, ^(G)which is Jesus Christ. ¹² Now if anyone builds on this foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, ¹³ each one’s work will become clear; for the Day ^(H)will declare it, because ^(I)it will be revealed by fire; and the fire will test each one’s work, of what sort it is. ¹⁴ If anyone’s work which he has built on it endures, he will receive a reward. ¹⁵ If anyone’s work is burned, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire.

⁵ By faith Enoch was taken away so that he did not see death, ^(A)“and was not found, because God had taken him”; for before he was taken he had this testimony, that he pleased God. ⁶ But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.

⁷ By faith ^(B)Noah, being divinely warned of things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, ^(C)prepared an ark for the saving of his household, by which he condemned the world and became heir of ^(D)the righteousness which is according to faith.