Why do we brag? We might do it to get more likes from social media, or to get validation from others. Two thousand years ago, the reasons for boasting might be the same, although what people bragged about was probably very different from what we take pride in today in front of our friends and peers: for example, circumcision. Paul called out this need to boast in the law and warned the Galatians why having one foot in the world and one foot in Jesus could actually enslave them. Instead, he gave them only one reason for boasting, and one reason alone so they could start living in true freedom.