Final Warnings and Blessings

11 See [what] large letters I am using to write to you with my own hand!

12 Those who want to make a good impression outwardly are trying to compel you to be circumcised. [They] only [ do this ] to avoid persecution for the cross of Christ.[fn] 13 For the circumcised {do} not even keep [the] law themselves, yet they want you to be circumcised that they may boast in your flesh.

14 But as for me, may {I} never boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which[fn] [the] world has been crucified to me, and I [to the] world. 15 For in Christ Jesus[fn] neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything. [What counts is] a new creation.

16 Peace and mercy to all who walk by this rule, even to the Israel of God.

17 From now on {let} no one cause me trouble, for I bear on my body the marks of the Lord Jesus.[fn]

18 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ [be] with your spirit, brothers.

Amen.