New International Reader's Version NIRV
New International Version NIV
11 Look at the big letters I'm using as I write to you with my own hand!
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See what large letters I use as I write to you with my own hand!
12 Some people want others to think well of them. They are trying to force you to be circumcised. They do it for only one reason. They don't want to suffer by being connected with the cross of Christ.
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Those who want to impress people by means of the flesh are trying to compel you to be circumcised. The only reason they do this is to avoid being persecuted for the cross of Christ.
13 Even those who are circumcised don't obey the law. But they want you to be circumcised. Then they can brag about what has been done to your body.
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Not even those who are circumcised keep the law, yet they want you to be circumcised that they may boast about your circumcision in the flesh.
14 I never want to brag about anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. Through that cross the ways of the world have been crucified as far as I am concerned. And I have been crucified as far as the ways of the world are concerned.
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May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
15 Circumcision and uncircumcision don't mean anything. What really counts is the creation of a new nature.
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Neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything; what counts is the new creation.
16 May peace and mercy be given to all who follow this rule. May peace and mercy be given to the Israel that belongs to God.
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Peace and mercy to all who follow this rule—to the Israel of God.
17 Finally, let no one cause trouble for me. My body has marks that show I belong to Jesus.
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From now on, let no one cause me trouble, for I bear on my body the marks of Jesus.
18 Brothers and sisters, may the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.
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The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brothers and sisters. Amen.
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