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But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by his grace, was pleased
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to reveal his Son in me so that I might preach him among the Gentiles, my immediate response was not to consult any human being.
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Paul Opposes Cephas
When Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned.
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The other Jews joined him in his hypocrisy, so that by their hypocrisy even Barnabas was led astray.
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So again I ask, does God give you his Spirit and work miracles among you by the works of the law, or by your believing what you heard?
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The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. Scripture does not say “and to seeds,” meaning many people, but “and to your seed,” meaning one person, who is Christ.
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For if the inheritance depends on the law, then it no longer depends on the promise; but God in his grace gave it to Abraham through a promise.
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The heir is subject to guardians and trustees until the time set by his father.
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But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
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Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, “Abba, Father.”
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So you are no longer a slave, but God’s child; and since you are his child, God has made you also an heir.
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His son by the slave woman was born according to the flesh, but his son by the free woman was born as the result of a divine promise.
