(A)You were running well. Who hindered you from obeying (B)the truth? This persuasion is not from (C)him who calls you. (D)A little leaven leavens the whole lump. 10 (E)I have confidence in the Lord that you will (F)take no other view, and (G)the one who is troubling you will bear the penalty, whoever he is. 11 But if I, brothers,[a] still preach[b] circumcision, (H)why am I still being persecuted? In that case (I)the offense of the cross has been removed. 12 I wish (J)those who unsettle you would emasculate themselves!

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Footnotes

  1. Galatians 5:11 Or brothers and sisters; also verse 13
  2. Galatians 5:11 Greek proclaim

You were running a good race.(A) Who cut in on you(B) to keep you from obeying the truth? That kind of persuasion does not come from the one who calls you.(C) “A little yeast works through the whole batch of dough.”(D) 10 I am confident(E) in the Lord that you will take no other view.(F) The one who is throwing you into confusion,(G) whoever that may be, will have to pay the penalty. 11 Brothers and sisters, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still being persecuted?(H) In that case the offense(I) of the cross has been abolished. 12 As for those agitators,(J) I wish they would go the whole way and emasculate themselves!

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