Galatians 5:11 meaning and explanation

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.

Galatians 5:11, Berean Standard Bible

Explanation preview

Paul is answering the charge, likely from the agitators in Galatia, that he himself still preached circumcision, perhaps because of Timothy (Acts 16:3). He turns it back on them: if he still preached circumcision, the persecution he faces from law-minded opponents would have ceased.

Read and study this verse. Three complete study layers are included with Premium.

Read this verse in the app