Galatians 5:11-13

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¹¹But if I, brethren, still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? In that case the stumbling block of the cross^[a] has been removed. ¹²I wish those who unsettle you would mutilate themselves!

¹³For you were called to freedom, brethren; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love be servants of one another.

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5.11 stumbling block of the cross: So far as the Jews were concerned, this would consist largely in the exemption of converts from the obligations of the law of Moses.

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