Bible verse
As for those who are agitating you, I wish they would proceed to emasculate themselves!
Galatians 5:12 · BSB
The verses around it, from Galatians 5.
8 Such persuasion does not come from the One who calls you.
9 A little leaven works through the whole batch of dough.
10 I am confident in the Lord that you will take no other view. The one who is troubling you will bear the judgment, whoever he may be.
11 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.
12 As for those who are agitating you, I wish they would proceed to emasculate themselves!
13 For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love.
14 The entire law is fulfilled in a single decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
15 But if you keep on biting and devouring one another, watch out, or you will be consumed by one another.
16 So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
KJV
I would they were even cut off which trouble you.
ASV
I would that they that unsettle you would even go beyond circumcision.
ERV
I would that they which unsettle you would even cut themselves off.
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