15. You were very happy then. Where is that joy now? I remember that you would have taken out your eyes and given them to me if that were possible.
16. Now am I your enemy because I tell you the truth?
17. Those people are working hard to persuade you. But this is not good for you. They want to persuade you to turn against us. They want you to follow only them.
18. It is good for people to show interest in you, but only if their purpose is good. This is always true. It is true when I am with you and when I am away.
19. My little children, again I feel pain for you as a mother feels when she gives birth. I will feel this until you truly become like Christ.
20. I wish I could be with you now. Then maybe I could change the way I am talking to you. Now I do not know what to do about you.
21. Some of you people still want to be under the law of Moses. Tell me, do you know what the law says?