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Galatians 5:10

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I trust in the Lord that you will not believe those different ideas. Some person is confusing you with those ideas. That person will be punished, whoever he is.

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We have heard that some men have come to you from our group. The things they said troubled and upset you. But we did not tell them to do this!

Then give this man to Satan (the Devil), so that his sinful self {\cf2\super [28]} will be destroyed. Then his spirit can be saved on the day of the Lord.

I was very sure of all this. That is why I made plans to visit you first. Then you could be blessed twice.

Some people think that we live in a worldly way. I plan to be very bold against those people when I come. I beg you that when I come I will not need to use that same boldness \{with you\}.

We are ready to punish any person there who does not obey. But first we want you to obey fully.

I’m writing these things while I’m not with you. I’m writing so that when I come I will not have to use my power to punish you. The Lord gave me that power to make you stronger, not to destroy you.

I wrote you a letter for this reason: so that when I came to you I would not be made sad by those people who should make me happy. I felt sure of all of you. I felt sure that all of you would share my joy.

The punishment that most of your group gave him is enough for him.

That is why we never become weak. Our physical body is becoming older and weaker, but our spirit inside us is made new every day.

I am very happy that I can trust you fully.

Also, we are sending with them our brother who is always ready to help. He has proved this to us in many ways. And he wants to help even more now because he has much faith in you.

There is no other message that is good news. But some people are confusing you. They want to change the Good News about Christ.

Those men who seemed to be important did not change the Good News {\cf2\super [12]} message I tell people. (It doesn’t matter to me if they were “important” or not. To God all men are the same.)

You people in Galatia were told very clearly about the death of Jesus Christ on the cross. But you were very foolish. You let someone trick you.

Those people {\cf2\super [52]} are working hard to persuade you. But this is not good for you. Those people want to persuade you to turn against us. They want you to follow only them and no other people.

I wish I could be with you now. Then maybe I could change the way I am talking to you. Now I don’t know what to do about you.

I wish those people who are bothering you would add castration {\cf2\super [68]} \{to their circumcision\}.

You were running a good race. You were obeying the truth. Who persuaded you to stop following the true way?

So don’t give me any more trouble. I have scars on my body. These scars show {\cf2\super [81]} that I belong to Jesus.

All of us who have grown spiritually to be mature (perfect) should think this way too. And if there is any of these things you don’t agree with, God will make it clear to you.

The Lord makes us feel sure that you are doing the things we told you. And we know that you will continue to do those things.

Hymenaeus and Alexander are men like that. I have given those men to Satan (the devil) so that they will learn not to speak against God.




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