You are severed from Christ, you who would be justified by the law; you have fallen away from grace. For through the Spirit, by faith, we ourselves eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness. For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but only faith working through love. In the previous chapter, Paul contrasted a false approach to salvation (that of works) with the one true approach—faith. To illustrate the differences, he