Here is what I, Paul, say to you. Don’t let yourselves be circumcised. If you do, Christ won’t be of any value to you.

我保罗告诉你们，若受割礼，基督就与你们无益了。

我—保罗告诉你们，你们若受割礼，基督就对你们无益了。

我—保罗告诉你们，你们若受割礼，基督就对你们无益了。

听着！我保罗郑重地告诉你们，如果你们接受割礼，基督对你们就毫无益处。

我保罗现在告诉你们，如果你们受割礼，基督对你们就毫无益处了。

看，我保罗告诉你们：如果你们要受割礼，基督就对你们毫无益处了。

我－保羅告訴你們，若受割禮，基督就與你們無益了。

我－保羅告訴你們，你們若受割禮，基督就對你們無益了。

我－保羅告訴你們，你們若受割禮，基督就對你們無益了。

聽著！我保羅鄭重地告訴你們，如果你們接受割禮，基督對你們就毫無益處。

我保羅現在告訴你們，如果你們受割禮，基督對你們就毫無益處了。

請注意，我保羅告訴你們，你們若受割禮，基督就於你們無益了。

看，我保羅告訴你們：如果你們要受割禮，基督就對你們毫無益處了。

我保羅語爾、若受割、則基督於爾無益、

我保羅語爾、若割禮可恃、則基督無益、

我保羅告爾、若受割禮、基督於爾無益、

我葆樂剴切告爾、爾如承受割禮、則基督於爾為無益。

Mark my words! I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no value to you at all.

Look: I, Paul, say to you that if you accept circumcision, Christ will be of no advantage to you.

Listen! I, Paul, tell you this: If you are counting on circumcision to make you right with God, then Christ will be of no benefit to you.

Take note! I, Paul, am telling you that if you get yourselves circumcised, Christ will not benefit you at all.

Look! I, Paul, tell you that if you have yourselves circumcised, Christ will be of no benefit to you.

Indeed I, Paul, say to you that if you become circumcised, Christ will profit you nothing.

Behold, I Paul say unto you, that, if ye receive circumcision, Christ will profit you nothing.

Take note! I, Paul, tell you that if you get yourselves circumcised, Christ will not benefit you at all.

Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.

Listen! I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no benefit to you at all!

Behold, I, Paul, tell you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will profit you nothing.

Circumcision and uncircumcision aren’t worth anything to those who believe in Christ Jesus. The only thing that really counts is faith that shows itself through love.

Certain people came down from Judea to Antioch. Here is what they were teaching the believers.“ Moses commanded you to be circumcised,” they said.“ If you aren’t, you can’t be saved.”

Titus was with me. He was a Greek. But even he was not forced to be circumcised.This matter came up because some people had slipped in among us. They had pretended to be believers. They wanted to find out about the freedom we have because we belong to Christ Jesus. They wanted to make us slaves again.We didn’t give in to them for a moment. We did this so that the truth of the good news would be kept safe for you.

I say it again. Every man who lets himself be circumcised must obey the whole law.Some of you are trying to be made right with God by obeying the law. You have been separated from Christ. You have fallen away from God’s grace.

The people of Israel tried to obey the law to make themselves right with God. But they didn’t reach their goal of being right with God.Why not? Because they tried to do it without faith. They tried to be right with God by what they did. They tripped over the stone that causes people to trip and fall.

Paul wanted to take him along on the journey. So he circumcised Timothy because of the Jews who lived in that area. They all knew that Timothy’s father was a Greek.Paul and his companions traveled from town to town. They reported what the apostles and elders in Jerusalem had decided. The people were supposed to obey what was in the report.

I can tell you for certain that they really want to serve God. But how they are trying to do it is not based on knowledge.They didn’t know that God’s power makes people right with himself. They tried to get right with God in their own way. They didn’t do it in God’s way.

Brothers and sisters, I no longer preach that people must be circumcised. If I did, why am I still being opposed? If I preached that, then the cross wouldn’t upset anyone.

The good news was announced to our people of long ago. It has also been preached to us. The message they heard didn’t have any value for them. That’s because they didn’t share the faith of those who obeyed.

Christ is humble and free of pride. Because of this, I make my appeal to you. I, Paul, am the one you call“ shy” when I am face to face with you. But when I am away from you, you think I am“ bold” toward you.

We have heard that some of our people came to you and caused trouble. You were upset by what they said. But we had given them no authority to go.

We wanted to come to you. Again and again I, Paul, wanted to come. But Satan blocked our way.

But we love each other. And I would rather appeal to you on the basis of that love. I, Paul, am an old man. I am now also a prisoner because of Christ Jesus.

I, Paul, am writing this greeting with my own hand.