Don't give up your freedom in Christ for slavery to a Law you can never keep. Circumcision is the sign of a "law-keeper." To be circumcised now (they weren't?) would mean that they must keep all of the Law to be true to the sign of circumcision. Faith is a better sign of God.
Paul tells the agitators to go castrate themselves. Sarcasm (since he was talking about circumcision) abounds. He says, in effect, "If a little cutting helps, why not cut off the whole thing!"
Love is the expression faith in Jesus takes. Love is serving each other (not simply a feeling.) Paul then tells what life in God's Spirit looks like. Paul judges, not by works of any law, but by expressions of love. If the negative fruit he mentions are in your life, then you are still trying to justify yourself by working the rules.
Faith = Love = Service = Good Fruit
Works of the Law = Slavery = Self-service = Bad Fruit
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