11See with whatlargeletters I aam writing to you 1with my ownhand.
12Thosewhodesire2to make a goodshowing in the flesh try to 3compel you to be circumcised, simplyso that they 4will not be persecutedbfor the cross of Christ.
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For those who care circumcised do not even5keepdthe Lawthemselves, but they desire to have you circumcisedso that they may 6boast in your flesh.
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But 7may it never be that I would boast, 8except in the cross of our LordJesusChrist, 9throughewhich the world has been crucified to me, and 10I to the world.
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For 11neither is circumcisionanything, noruncircumcision, but a 12newfcreation.
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And thosewho will gwalk by thisrule, peace and mercy be upon them, and upon the 13Israel of God.
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From now on let noonecausetrouble for me, for I bear on my body the 14brand-marks of Jesus.
1815The grace of our LordJesusChrist be 16with your spirit, 17brethren. Amen.
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