The Bible Study Podcast, episode 642.

Today, the Bible Study podcast continues with the study of chapter 5 of Galatians.

Welcome to the Bible Study podcast.

I'm your host, Chris Christensen.

We continue on with chapter 5, two different sections in here, freedom in Christ and life by the spirit.

It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm then and do not let yourself be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.

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

man who lets himself be circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law. You who are trying to be

justified by the law have been alienated from Christ.

You have fallen away from grace.

For through the spirit we eagerly await by faith the righteousness for which we hope.

For in Christ Jesus, neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value.

The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love. You are running a

good race who cut in on you to keep you from obeying the truth. That kind of persuasion does not come

from the one who calls you. A little yeast works through the whole batch of dough. I am confident in the

Lord that you will take no other view. The one who is

throwing you into confusion, whoever that may be, will have to pay the penalty. Brothers and

sisters, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case,

the offense of the cross has been abolished. As for those agitators, I wish they would go the whole way and emasculate themselves.

Obviously, Paul is not mincing words at this point, especially with that last part here,

where he takes the circumcision they're doing, and he says, as long as you're cutting things off, I wish they would emasculate themselves.

He's pretty angry.

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