15 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.

16 And as many as walk according to this rule, peace shall be upon them, and mercy, and upon the [a]Israel of God.

17 [b]From henceforth let no man put me to business: for I bear, in my body the [c]marks of the [d]Lord Jesus.

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Footnotes

  1. Galatians 6:16 Upon the true Israel, whose praise is of God and not of men, Rom. 2:19.
  2. Galatians 6:17 Continuing still in the same metaphor, he opposeth his miseries and the marks of those stripes which he bare for Christ’s sake, against the scar of the outward circumcision, as a true mark of his Apostleship.
  3. Galatians 6:17 Marks which are burnt into a man’s flesh, as they used in old times, to mark their servants that had run away from them.
  4. Galatians 6:17 For it importeth much, whose marks we bear: for the cause maketh the Martyr, and not the punishment.

15 Neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything;(A) what counts is the new creation.(B) 16 Peace and mercy to all who follow this rule—to[a] the Israel of God.

17 From now on, let no one cause me trouble, for I bear on my body the marks(C) of Jesus.

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  1. Galatians 6:16 Or rule and to