Galatians 5:11-14

New Living Translation

¹¹Dear brothers and sisters,^[a] if I were still preaching that you must be circumcised—as some say I do—why am I still being persecuted? If I were no longer preaching salvation through the cross of Christ, no one would be offended. ¹²I just wish that those troublemakers who want to mutilate you by circumcision would mutilate themselves.^[b]

¹³For you have been called to live in freedom, my brothers and sisters. But don’t use your freedom to satisfy your sinful nature. Instead, use your freedom to serve one another in love. ¹⁴For the whole law can be summed up in this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”^[c]

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Footnotes

5:11 Greek Brothers; similarly in 5:13.
5:12 Or castrate themselves, or cut themselves off from you; Greek reads cut themselves off.
5:14 Lev 19:18.