This devotional reflection on Galatians 5 considers circumcision, head coverings and other outward practices in the light of Christ’s grace. It also explores my personal “eagle-eye” discovery within the reference 5:2–25: a mirrored 52–25 pattern that leads to two 7s and then 14, drawing my attention back to kindness, joy, faithfulness, love and patience in the fruit of the Spirit. Christian freedom is not permission for the flesh; it is freedom to walk in the Spirit, serve through love and refuse the strife that comes when human requirements are placed above the finished work of Jesus.
Today, while reading Galatians 5, I was struck by Paul’s warning about returning to bondage after Christ has made us free. The chapter does not merely contrast circumcision with uncircumcision. It contrasts confidence in an outward work with faith working through love.
“Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.”
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Read my complete Galatians 5:2–25 study passage (KJV)
Galatians 5:2 “Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.”
Galatians 5:3 “For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.”
Galatians 5:4 “Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.”
Galatians 5:5 “For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.”
Galatians 5:6 “For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.”
Galatians 5:7 “Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?”
Galatians 5:8 “This persuasion cometh not of him that calleth you.”
Galatians 5:9 “A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.”
Galatians 5:10 “I have confidence in you through the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise minded: but he that troubleth you shall bear his judgment, whosoever he be.”
Galatians 5:11 “And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? then is the offence of the cross ceased.”
Galatians 5:12 “I would they were even cut off which trouble you.”
Galatians 5:13 “For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.”
Galatians 5:14 “For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.”
Galatians 5:15 “But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.”
Galatians 5:16 “This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.”
Galatians 5:17 “For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.”
Galatians 5:18 “But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.”
Galatians 5:19 “Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,”
Galatians 5:20 “Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,”
Galatians 5:21 “Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.”
Galatians 5:22 “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,”
Galatians 5:23 “Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.”
Galatians 5:24 “And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.”
Galatians 5:25 “If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.”
Additional Insights: An Eagle-Eye View of Galatians 5:2–25
When I look at Galatians 5:2–25 from an eagle-eye view and apply what I call my “spy skills”—decrypting or dividing the numbers, as 2 Timothy 2:15 reminds me to rightly divide the word—I remove the visual “noise” of the colon and dash. Then, lo and behold, I see a cool 52–25: a reflection of heaven and earth.
Both sides hide a 7: 5 + 2 = 7 and 2 + 5 = 7. Seven draws my eye to Wisdom’s seven pillars and to the sevenfold description surrounding the Spirit of the Lord in Isaiah 11:2. This enables God-fearing believers to examine and adjust our behaviour through the context of Galatians—being faithful, the seventh fruit named in the NKJV order, and reflecting our God, who is faithful.
Proverbs 25:2 also gives me direction to search out a matter. When I seek it out, 5 and 2 point me to kindness and joy, twice over. When I add 7 and 7, I get 14, tightening my focus so that I look through the lens of love—1, the first fruit of the Holy Spirit—and the patience of Jesus—4, the fourth fruit. This is how the numerical pattern brings me back to the behaviour Galatians 5 calls for.
A fascinating extra detail caught my eagle eye: Chuck Missler’s Cosmic Codes PDF has a totality of exactly 552 PDF pages. I preserve that 552 total as another personal number observation not to be confused with solid doctrine.
Scholarly work shows that intelligence is not one person simply guessing at a secret. Services use specialised roles—including agents, intelligence officers and analysts—and depend upon trained examination, trust and verification (Božič and Keston-Siebert 2024; Lundborg 2021). Historical studies also describe agents exchanging reports and instructions through handlers or controlling officers (Morrison 2024). In cryptography, an authorised sender transforms a message according to a system and key so that the intended receiver can recover it; cryptanalysis tests how that message may be recovered without being given the key (Shannon 1949).
Missler, my favourite go-to Bible speaker and teacher, gives this comparison a particularly close match. He distinguishes cryptography from cryptanalysis and explains how a sender and receiver can share an agreed book-code system (Missler 2011, pp. 5–7). He then asks the reader to imagine an undercover agent receiving counterfeit instructions that appear to come from “Control” and needing to test them through authentication, verification and validation (Missler 2011, pp. 179–180). That is very close to the picture I had in mind when describing messages connected to an authority figure.
The CIA’s account of recognition signals gives a simple real-world example: the sign must be recognised by both the person sending it and the intended recipient. I apply the comparison devotionally: God is my authority, Scripture is the controlling message, and I ask the Holy Spirit to teach and remind me while I test every observation against the words, context and fruit of Scripture. The Bible in my opinion after studying it for many years appears to be layered even though it is regarded as a simple book to understand even by children (which I beg to differ, seeing this is a teaching of Mormonisim), I know that the GOSPEL — The GOOD NEWS — can be understood even by children, however, the Bible as a whole needs careful examination and study as prompted in 2 Timothy 2:15 where God encourages us to 'divide' the word and 'study' the word to be approved by God thus revealing that the Word is multilayered and is not a secret cipher reserved for an elite group; my “spy skills” are a joyful way of looking closely and then returning to what the passage actually teaches. That makes Bible reading even more fun for me.
Study distinction: In its direct setting, 2 Timothy 2:15 commands diligent and accurate handling of the word of truth; it does not explicitly prescribe decoding modern chapter-and-verse numbers. The number pattern below is therefore my personal symbolic reflection and study prompt—not hidden doctrine or a replacement for the plain meaning of Galatians 5.
5:2–25 → 5225 → 52 | 25 → 7 | 7 → 14
52 and 25: a Reflection of Heaven and Earth
When the punctuation marks are set aside, 5:2–25 becomes 5225. Dividing the four digits through the centre gives 52 | 25: the same two digits returning in reverse order. In my symbolic framework, I see the first pair as heaven and the second as its earthly reflection—an “above and below” arrangement inviting God-fearing believers to reflect heavenly character and culture in earthly behaviour (forgetting earthly culture).
This does not mean the printed reference proves a doctrine about heaven and earth. The chapter and verse numbers are a later navigation system rather than words from Paul’s original letter; modern New Testament verse numbering was introduced in the sixteenth century (Nellen and Steenbakkers 2017). I receive the mirror as a memorable study prompt: after seeing it, I return to Paul’s actual words and ask how heaven’s values should change my conduct on earth.
Two 7s: Wisdom, the Spirit and Faithfulness
Both reflected sides lead to seven:
- 5 + 2 = 7
- 2 + 5 = 7
The two 7s bring several scriptural associations to mind. Proverbs 9:1 says that Wisdom has hewn out her seven pillars. Isaiah 11:2 gives a sevenfold description when the Spirit of the Lord is counted together with wisdom, understanding, counsel, might, knowledge and the fear of the Lord. Revelation 4:5 explicitly uses the expression “the seven Spirits of God.” Christians explain the relationship between these passages in different ways, so I hold the numerical association as a devotional connection rather than a mathematical proof.
Missler’s chapter “The Magic of Sevens” surveys recurring sevenfold patterns in biblical passages (Missler 2011, pp. 89–95). I include it as a resource that helped shape my interest in such patterns, while allowing the plain context of Galatians 5 to govern this particular reflection.
Seven also returns me directly to Galatians 5. Using the NKJV order of the fruit of the Spirit, the seventh fruit named is faithfulness. The doubled seven therefore reminds me that God is faithful, and that a Spirit-led response to religious contention should also be faithful: faithful to Christ, faithful to Scripture and faithful in love toward His children.
From 7 + 7 to 14: Love and Patience
Adding the two 7s gives 14. I then read the digits separately through the same NKJV fruit order: 1 points to love, the first fruit named, and 4 points to longsuffering, commonly expressed as patience. This tightens the focus of the whole reflection. The first lens through which we respond must be love, and the fourth reminds us to carry the patience of Jesus rather than biting and devouring one another.
Proverbs 25:2 celebrates searching out a matter. Missler places this verse at the entrance to “The First Cryptanalyst” (Missler 2011, p. 51) and returns to it while introducing his discussion of numerology, numerics and gematria (Missler 2011, p. 281; see pp. 279–300). In my personal search, the reflected 5 and 2 also point twice toward kindness and joy in the NKJV fruit order. The complete pattern becomes a behavioural reminder:
| Number | NKJV fruit position | Fruit | Behavioural lens |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Fifth | Kindness | Correct without cruelty and serve without superiority. |
| 2 | Second | Joy | Remember the joy of grace instead of returning to bondage. |
| 7 | Seventh | Faithfulness | Remain faithful to Christ, truth and one another. |
| 1 | First | Love | Let love become the first lens for doctrine and correction. |
| 4 | Fourth | Longsuffering / patience | Respond with endurance rather than contention or haste. |
The NKJV fruit order supplies kindness, joy, faithfulness, love and longsuffering for this symbolic layer. The KJV passage preserved above uses “gentleness” for the fifth term and “faith” for the seventh. The translations express closely related ideas, but the number-to-fruit labels in this section intentionally follow the NKJV wording.
Spy Skills, Secret Messages and the Right Key
The intelligence comparison makes Bible reading more fun for me, but it also teaches discipline. Academic researchers Branko Božič and Sabina Keston-Siebert explain that “spy” is largely a popular label; real services contain agents, intelligence officers, analysts and other specialised roles (Božič and Keston-Siebert 2024). In the same way, not every field agent is a cryptanalyst. Code-making, secure communication, interception, analysis and codebreaking can involve different people and skills.
Claude Shannon’s foundational study of secrecy systems showed that an encoded message is transformed according to a system and a key, while cryptanalysis seeks to recover the information without being handed that key (Shannon 1949). The United States National Security Agency similarly defines cryptology as the science and art of making and breaking codes and ciphers. Its history records how encrypted communications were intercepted and solved to reveal strategically important information.
Clandestine communication can also move through a chain of authority. Historical research on Britain’s wartime Double-Cross System describes double agents sending reports to German handlers, who then processed and circulated the intelligence more widely (Morrison 2024). An agent might receive instructions from a controlling officer or send reports back to that authority, while communications specialists and codebreakers help protect, authenticate or recover the message. The authority relationship matters, but so do the correct channel, code and context.
One GCHQ case makes the lesson especially vivid. A wartime carrier pigeon was discovered with an encrypted message, but specialists concluded that it could not be decoded reliably without the original codebook and cryptographic material. Senders and intended receivers may share the proper key; outsiders who guess without it can produce many imaginative but untrustworthy “solutions” (GCHQ 2016).
That becomes an important spiritual analogy for me. God is the authority under whom I study, but the Bible is not an elite cipher available only to a secret class of believers. Its controlling “key” is open to the Church: read the words in context, respect their language and genre, compare Scripture with Scripture, keep Christ and His gospel central, pray for the Holy Spirit’s guidance and examine the fruit of an interpretation.
My eagle-eye number work is therefore like an observation exercise. Removing punctuation can reveal a memorable visual pattern, and that pattern can send me back into Scripture with fresh joy. Yet I do not allow the pattern to overrule Paul’s argument or create a teaching that the text itself cannot support. Good “spy skills” do not celebrate any possible solution; they test whether the proposed reading fits the message, the key and the authority behind it.
Missler recommends balancing creative discovery with “scholarly caution” and allowing the integrity of the whole of Scripture to supply the ultimate context (Missler 2011, p. 352). He later describes personal Bible study as a treasure-hunting adventure in which insights are recorded and tested rather than treated as automatic proof (pp. 349–363).
Read or download Chuck Missler’s Cosmic Codes PDF.
Page guide: codes and cryptanalysis, pp. 5–7; authenticating a message from God, p. 46; Proverbs 25:2 and “The First Cryptanalyst,” p. 51; sevens, pp. 89–95; the undercover agent and “Control,” pp. 179–180; numerics and gematria, pp. 279–300; creative reach with scholarly caution, p. 352; personal Bible-study journalling, pp. 349–363.
These are the book’s printed page numbers. The shared digital file contains 552 PDF pages, so its PDF-viewer page positions may differ.
What I Felt the Spirit Impress upon Me
As I read, I felt the Spirit impress upon me that some people become so focused on outward requirements—such as circumcision or head coverings—that they place a created practice above the power of Jesus’ blood and sacrifice on the cross.
An outward practice cannot save us, cleanse our conscience or produce the fruit of the Spirit. When it is treated as the measure of whether another person belongs to Christ, it is being asked to do what only Christ can do. That is spiritually dangerous. When a created thing receives the allegiance that belongs to Christ, it can become a form of idolatry.
Scripture places our redemption in Christ: we have redemption through His blood and forgiveness according to His grace. No piece of cloth and no mark in the flesh can be placed above that finished work.
At the same time, a voluntary practice is different from bondage. A Christian may choose to wear a head covering as an expression of personal conviction. A family may choose circumcision for cultural, family or medical reasons. The danger is not the mere existence of the practice. The danger is elevating it into a condition of salvation, righteousness or acceptance, and then compelling or condemning other believers by it.
Jesus, Paul and the Real Circumcision Dispute
Jesus was circumcised on the eighth day as a Jewish child (Luke 2:21), and Paul says that he too was circumcised on the eighth day (Philippians 3:4–9). Paul was therefore not arguing that the physical procedure was inherently evil.
The New Testament makes the distinction even clearer. Paul arranged for Timothy to be circumcised because of the Jewish communities among whom they would minister (Acts 16:1–5), but he refused to let Titus be compelled to undergo it as a requirement of the gospel (Galatians 2:1–5).
The Jerusalem Council also rejected the teaching that Gentile believers had to be circumcised in order to be saved. Peter described such compulsion as a yoke and affirmed that salvation is through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ (Acts 15:1–29).
Paul could permit a practice for cultural or ministry reasons while resisting the same practice when people tried to make it necessary for salvation. His opposition was to compulsion, confidence in the flesh and justification by law—not to every private or voluntary choice.
Head Coverings and the Question of Contention
Paul’s discussion of head coverings appears in 1 Corinthians 11:2–16. Christians interpret this passage in different ways. Some understand Paul to teach a continuing physical head covering; some understand the instructions within their ancient Corinthian cultural setting; and others place particular emphasis on Paul’s discussion of hair.
Verse 16 closes with the words, “if anyone seems to be contentious, we have no such custom, nor do the churches of God” (NKJV). The verse does not literally say, “Throw head coverings out.” Interpreters also differ about the precise custom to which Paul refers. What is unmistakable, however, is that contention is not to become the spirit in which Christians handle the passage.
A head covering must never be preached as though it adds power to the blood of Jesus, completes His sacrifice or determines who is accepted in Christ. Likewise, someone who freely wears one should not be mocked or treated as though the covering itself proves bondage. Faith working through love leaves room for personal conviction without turning that conviction into a weapon.
Do Not Call Unclean What God Has Cleansed
I also remembered Peter’s vision of the great sheet in Acts 10. Peter first saw animals he considered unclean, but the event prepared him to enter the home of the Gentile Cornelius. Peter himself explained the human meaning of the vision: God had shown him that he should not call any person common or unclean (Acts 10:9–16, 28).
This does not mean that every doctrine or behaviour is automatically clean. It means we must not use cultural or ceremonial boundaries to declare people unworthy when God is drawing them to Himself. Acts 10 continues by showing the Holy Spirit poured out upon Gentiles, astonishing believers from the circumcision.
One in Christ Jesus
“There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.”
Galatians 3:28 does not pretend that ethnicity, social circumstances or sex cease to exist. It declares that none of these distinctions gives one believer a superior standing before God. We are one in Christ, and our belonging is not established by skin colour, sex, social rank, circumcision or headwear.
Jesus said that if the Son makes us free, we shall be free indeed (John 8:36). In context, this freedom is first freedom from slavery to sin. Galatians 5 shows that it also means refusing to return to a yoke of legalistic bondage.
Freedom Must Bear the Fruit of the Spirit
Christian freedom is not permission to satisfy the flesh. Paul immediately says, “by love serve one another” (Galatians 5:13, KJV). The same chapter that opposes bondage also names hatred, wrath, strife and envy among the works of the flesh. If our teaching causes us to bite and devour other believers, we must examine not only our argument but also its fruit.
Jesus warned that fruit reveals the character of a teacher (Matthew 7:15–20). Appearance alone is not righteousness. A person may look religious while using harshness, fear and contention to control others. By contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.
That does not require silence when error or harm must be addressed. Paul corrected false teaching directly. Yet even correction should seek truth, restoration and peace rather than the pleasure of cutting another person down. As far as it depends on us, Scripture calls us to live peaceably with all (Romans 12:18).
The Holy Spirit Teaches—and We Still Test What We Hear
I remembered the promise of John 14:26:
“But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you.”
Jesus spoke these words directly to His disciples before the cross. The Church continues to depend upon the Holy Spirit, but a spiritual impression should never be used to avoid Scripture or careful study. We are told to test the spirits (1 John 4:1), and the Bereans were commended for examining the Scriptures to see whether a teaching was true (Acts 17:11).
Godly fear should therefore lead us to humility, not spiritual pride. We do not merely repeat what a preacher has said; we return to the Word, read the surrounding passage, compare Scripture with Scripture, pray and examine the fruit being produced.
Wisdom’s Invitation and Folly’s Imitation
Proverbs 9 pictures Wisdom building her house, preparing her table and sending out her maidens to invite people to life. Later in the same chapter, Folly also sits in a prominent place and calls out to those passing by. The two invitations can sound similar from a distance, but they lead to different destinations (Proverbs 9).
That is why outward religious confidence can be deceptive. Wisdom begins with the fear of the Lord and leads toward understanding. Folly may be loud and persuasive, but her imitation cannot produce the fruit of Christ.
The opposite of religious bondage is not careless living; it is faith working through love. Christ frees us from trying to earn righteousness through outward practices, then the Holy Spirit forms within us the very fruit the law could never manufacture. A voluntary practice may remain a private conviction, but it must never replace the cross, become a condition of belonging or be used to bite and devour the children of God.
From my eagle-eye view, 5:2–25 becomes 52–25: kindness and joy reflected twice, producing two 7s that call me to faithfulness. Together the 7s form 14, narrowing my response to love first and Christlike patience. The number pattern is not the doctrine; it is a memory path returning me to the doctrine already written in Galatians 5.
Questions and Answers
Does Galatians 5 teach that circumcision is always wrong?
No. Paul opposed circumcision when it was imposed as necessary for salvation or justification. Acts 16 shows that he could permit it for a particular cultural and ministry reason, while Galatians 2 shows that he resisted compulsion when the truth of the gospel was at stake.
Is it wrong for a Christian woman to wear a head covering?
Not simply because she wears one. A woman may do so from sincere personal conviction. The problem arises when an outward practice is treated as a condition of salvation, a source of spiritual superiority or a rule by which all other believers must be condemned.
Does 1 Corinthians 11:16 abolish head coverings?
The verse does not settle every interpretive question by itself, and Christians differ about what Paul means by “no such custom.” It does, however, warn against handling the subject contentiously. The whole passage should be studied carefully rather than reduced to a slogan.
What does “faith working through love” mean?
It means that our standing in Christ is received through faith rather than earned by outward observances, while genuine faith is not barren. The Spirit produces love and leads believers to serve one another rather than use freedom selfishly.
How should Christians test a teaching or spiritual impression?
Read the passage in context, compare it with the wider witness of Scripture, pray for the Holy Spirit’s guidance, examine the fruit it produces and remain humble enough to correct an earlier conclusion. No impression should be placed above the written Word.
Does 2 Timothy 2:15 command Christians to decode verse numbers?
No. In context, Paul commands diligent and accurate handling of the word of truth. Modern chapter and verse numbers are later navigation aids, not part of Paul’s original manuscript. I use “rightly dividing” as inspiration to examine the reference carefully, while presenting 52–25 as a personal symbolic study insight rather than the direct meaning of 2 Timothy 2:15.
Why compare Bible study with intelligence and codebreaking?
The comparison makes observation enjoyable while reminding me to use the right key. Codebreakers need the correct system, context and cryptographic material; Bible readers need the passage’s language, literary setting, wider scriptural context and the gospel of Christ. Missler’s undercover-agent illustration on pages 179–180 adds the need to authenticate apparent instructions from “Control.” A numerical pattern may prompt reflection, but it must never override the written message.
Scripture and Research Sources
- Galatians 5 — King James Version, Blue Letter Bible
- Galatians 5 — New King James Version, Bible Gateway
- Acts 15:1–29 — The Jerusalem Council
- 1 Corinthians 11:2–16 — Head coverings and contention
- Acts 10:9–16, 28 — Peter’s vision and the Gentiles
- Galatians 3:28 — One in Christ Jesus
- John 14:26 — The Helper and remembrance
- 2 Timothy 2:15 — Rightly dividing the word of truth
- Proverbs 25:2 — Searching out a matter
- Proverbs 9:1–6 — Wisdom’s seven pillars
- Isaiah 11:1–2 — The sevenfold description of the Spirit
- Revelation 4:5 — The seven Spirits of God
- Galatians 5:22–23 — NKJV fruit of the Spirit order
Scholarly, Teaching, Cryptographic and Intelligence References
- Božič, B. and Keston-Siebert, S. (2024) ‘The profession that came in from the cold: Trust and distrust in espionage’, Journal of Professions and Organization, 11(3), pp. 195–215. https://doi.org/10.1093/jpo/joae009
- Central Intelligence Agency (2024) ‘Smoke and mirrors: The magic of spycraft’, 31 October. View the CIA explanation of recognition signals and clandestine communication.
- GCHQ (2016) ‘Pigeon takes secret message to the grave’, 15 December. View the GCHQ cryptographic case study.
- Lundborg, T. (2021) ‘Secrecy and subjectivity: Double agents and the dark underside of the international system’, International Political Sociology, 15(4), pp. 443–459. https://doi.org/10.1093/ips/olab014
- Missler, C. (2011) Cosmic Codes: Hidden Messages from the Edge of Eternity. Revised 2004, 3rd printing. Coeur d’Alene, ID: Koinonia House. Available as a shared PDF (Accessed: 28 August 2026).
- National Security Agency (n.d.) ‘Cryptologic History Overview’. View the NSA overview of cryptography and cryptanalysis.
- Nellen, H. and Steenbakkers, P. (2017) ‘Biblical philology in the long seventeenth century: New orientations’, in van Miert, D., Nellen, H., Steenbakkers, P. and Touber, J. (eds.) Scriptural Authority and Biblical Criticism in the Dutch Golden Age: God’s Word Questioned. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 16–58. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198806837.003.0002
- Morrison, J. (2024) ‘The art of double-cross: Writers in strategic deception during World War Two’, Intelligence and National Security, 39(2), pp. 232–249. https://doi.org/10.1080/02684527.2023.2291868
- Shannon, C.E. (1949) ‘Communication theory of secrecy systems’, Bell System Technical Journal, 28(4), pp. 656–715. https://doi.org/10.1002/j.1538-7305.1949.tb00928.x
Topics: Galatians 5, Christian freedom, grace, circumcision, head coverings, faith working through love, fruit of the Spirit, Bible number patterns, eagle-eye Bible study, spiritual discernment, spy skills, cryptanalysis, Holy Spirit, blood of Jesus