Galatians 6:11-13

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]

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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.