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Galatians 6.11-18

Look at how large these letters are because I am writing with my own hand! These people who want to impress others by their flesh are trying to force you to be circumcised, simply to avoid being persecuted for the cross of Christ. Why, not even those who are circumcised obey the law! They simply want you to be circumcised so that they can boast about your flesh. But may I never boast about anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world! For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision matters. Rather, what matters is being a new creation. Now may peace be on all those who live by this principle, and may mercy be on the Israel of God. From now on let no one make trouble for me, for I carry the scars of Jesus on my own body.

May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brothers! Amen.

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