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Gal. 5:11 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecutionk? then is the offencel of the cross ceased.

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Gal. 6:12• ¹²As many as desire to make a fair show in the flesh, they constrain you to be circumcised; only lest they should suffer persecution for the cross of Christ. (Gal. 6:12)

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1 Cor. 1:23• ²³But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness; (1 Cor. 1:23)

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Gal. 2:3• ³But neither Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised: (Gal. 2:3)

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Acts 16:3• ³Him would Paul have to go forth with him; and took and circumcised him because of the Jews which were in those quarters: for they knew all that his father was a Greek. (Acts 16:3)

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Gal. 4:29• ²⁹But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now. (Gal. 4:29)

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Gal. 6:12,17• ¹²As many as desire to make a fair show in the flesh, they constrain you to be circumcised; only lest they should suffer persecution for the cross of Christ.
¹⁷From henceforth let no man trouble me: for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus. (Gal. 6:12,17)

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Acts 21:21,28• ²¹And they are informed of thee, that thou teachest all the Jews which are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they ought not to circumcise their children, neither to walk after the customs.
²⁸Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man, that teacheth all men every where against the people, and the law, and this place: and further brought Greeks also into the temple, and hath polluted this holy place. (Acts 21:21,28)

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Acts 22:21‑22• ²¹And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles.
²²And they gave him audience unto this word, and then lifted up their voices, and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth: for it is not fit that he should live. (Acts 22:21‑22)

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Acts 23:13‑14• ¹³And they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy.
¹⁴And they came to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have bound ourselves under a great curse, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul. (Acts 23:13‑14)

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1 Cor. 15:30• ³⁰And why stand we in jeopardy every hour? (1 Cor. 15:30)

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2 Cor. 11:23‑26• ²³Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labors more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft.
²⁴Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one.
²⁵Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep;
²⁶In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren; (2 Cor. 11:23‑26)

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Isa. 8:14• ¹⁴And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. (Isa. 8:14)

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Rom. 9:32‑33• ³²Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone;
³³As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. (Rom. 9:32‑33)

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1 Cor. 1:18,23• ¹⁸For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.
²³But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness; (1 Cor. 1:18,23)

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1 Peter 2:8‑9• ⁸And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.
⁹But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should show forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light: (1 Peter 2:8‑9)

• If Christ would put His sanction on the flesh, the world would come to terms and be as religious as you please, and would value itself upon its devotion. But in that case it would not be the true Christ. Christ came, a witness that the natural man is lost, wicked, and without hope, dead in his trespasses and sins; that redemption is necessary, and a new man. (“Galatians 5” by J.N. Darby)

• Their underlying motive was to attract to themselves (ch. 4:17); now we learn that they did so by presenting a path to the saints that would free them from all persecution, and in which the offense of the cross would cease. (“Galatians 5” by H. Smith)

• Already we have learned that their underlying motive was to attract to themselves (4:17); now we learn that they did so by presenting a path to the saints that would free them from all persecution, and in which the offense of the cross would cease. (“Galatians 5” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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But *I*, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why am I yet persecuted? Then the scandal of the cross has been done away.

W. Kelly Translation

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But I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why am I yet persecuted? Then is done away the scandal of the cross.