For you have heard of my previous way of life in Judaism, how intensely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it.

When I saw that they were not acting in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all, “You are a Jew, yet you live like a Gentile and not like a Jew. How is it, then, that you force Gentiles to follow Jewish customs?

A mediator, however, implies more than one party; but God is one.

But now that you know God—or rather are known by God—how is it that you are turning back to those weak and miserable forces? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again?

how I wish I could be with you now and change my tone, because I am perplexed about you!