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Galatians 5:2

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

I, Paul, promise you that Christ won't do you any good if you get circumcised.

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Some people came from Judea and started teaching the Lord's followers that they could not be saved, unless they were circumcised as Moses had taught.

We have heard that some people from here have terribly upset you by what they said. But we did not send them!

But some Pharisees had become followers of the Lord. They stood up and said, “Gentiles who have faith in the Lord must be circumcised and told to obey the Law of Moses.”

I am signing this letter myself: PAUL.

Do you think I am a coward when I am with you and brave when I am far away? Well, I ask you to listen, because Christ himself was humble and gentle.

My friends, if I still preach that people need to be circumcised, why am I in so much trouble? The message about the cross would no longer be a problem, if I told people to be circumcised.

If you are a follower of Christ Jesus, it makes no difference whether you are circumcised or not. All that matters is your faith that makes you love others.

We really wanted to come. I myself tried several times, but Satan always stopped us.

With my own hand I write: I, PAUL, WILL PAY YOU BACK. But don't forget that you owe me your life.

But I would rather ask you to do it simply because of love. Yes, as someone in jail for Christ,

We have heard the message, just as they did. But they failed to believe what they heard, and the message did not do them any good.




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