11. My friends, if I still preach that people need to be circumcised, why am I in so much trouble? The message about the cross would no longer be a problem, if I told people to be circumcised.
12. I wish that everyone who is upsetting you would not only get circumcised, but would cut off much more!
13. My friends, you were chosen to be free. So don't use your freedom as an excuse to do anything you want. Use it as an opportunity to serve each other with love.
14. All that the Law says can be summed up in the command to love others as much as you love yourself.
15. But if you keep attacking each other like wild animals, you had better watch out or you will destroy yourselves.