¹⁸ Let no one ^(A)disqualify you, ^(B)insisting on asceticism and worship of angels, ^(C)going on in detail about visions,^{[a] (D)}puffed up without reason by ^(E)his sensuous mind,

⁸ For ^(A)by grace you have been saved ^(B)through faith. And this is ^(C)not your own doing; ^(D)it is the gift of God, ^9 (E)not a result of works, ^(F)so that no one may boast.

⁵ For ^(A)there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man^[a] Christ Jesus, ^6 (B)who gave himself as a ransom for all, which is ^(C)the testimony given ^(D)at the proper time. ^7 (E)For this I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (^(F)I am telling the truth, I am not lying), ^(G)a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.