Now, brothers, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been abolished.
but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles,
Those who want to make a good impression outwardly are trying to compel you to be circumcised. They only do this to avoi
At that time, however, the son born by the flesh persecuted the son born by the Spirit. It is the same now.
But they are under the impression that you teach all the Jews who live among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them
Yet not even Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, even though he was a Greek.
And why do we endanger ourselves every hour?
More than forty of them were involved in this plot.
And He will be a sanctuary—but to both houses of Israel a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, to the dwellers of J
Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him, so he took him and circumcised him on account of the Jews in that area, for they a
and, “A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.” They stumble because they disobey the word—and to this they were appo
From now on let no one cause me trouble, for I bear on my body the marks of Jesus.
crying out, “Men of Israel, help us! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people and against our
For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of
Are they servants of Christ? (I am speaking as if I were out of my mind.) I am so much more: in harder labor, in more im
Then He said to me, ‘Go! I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”
Why not? Because their pursuit was not by faith, but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,