Galatians 6:11-18

Common English Bible

Final greeting

¹¹Look at the large letters I’m making with my own handwriting! ¹²Whoever wants to look good by human standards will try to get you to be circumcised, but only so they won’t be harassed for the cross of Christ. ¹³Those who are circumcised don’t observe the Law themselves, but they want you to be circumcised, so they can boast about your physical body.^[a]

¹⁴But as for me, God forbid that I should boast about anything except for the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. The world has been crucified to me through him, and I have been crucified to the world. ¹⁵Being circumcised or not being circumcised doesn’t mean anything. What matters is a new creation. ¹⁶May peace and mercy be on whoever follows this rule and on God’s Israel.

¹⁷From now on, no one should bother me because I bear the marks of Jesus on my body.

¹⁸Brothers and sisters, may the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.

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Footnotes

Galatians 6:13 In Gk the word traditionally rendered as flesh is rendered here as physical body, but it has a wide range of meaning. Gal 5:13-25; 6:8, 12 contain nine close occurrences of the same word in Gk, but it is rendered as selfish in regard to impulses, desires, motives, or benefit, and human standards in 6:12.