Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.

This will be a sign for you: You will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloth and lying in a manger.

We also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope.

My dear children, for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in you,  how I wish I could be with you now and change my tone, because I am perplexed about you!

For what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a sin offering. And so he condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fully met in us

Now that faith has come, we are no longer under the supervision of the law. You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.

Consider Abraham: “He believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.” Understand, then, that those who believe are children of Abraham. 

Credited Righteousness

For I know that I am not justified by works, but by faith in Jesus Christ, who loved me and gave himself for me.

When Peter came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he was clearly in the wrong. Before certain men came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he began to draw back and separate himself from the Gentiles because he was afraid of those who belonged to the circumcision group.