Paul Defends His Ministry

For I would have you know, brothers and sisters, that the gospel which was preached by me is not of human invention.

nevertheless, knowing that a person is not justified by works of the Law but through faith in Christ Jesus, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the Law; since by works of the Law no flesh will be justified.

However at that time, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those which by nature are not gods.

But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how is it that you turn back again to the weak and worthless elementary principles, to which you want to be enslaved all over again?

but you know that it was because of a bodily illness that I preached the gospel to you the first time;