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Galatians 5:12 Cross-References
Explore 16 cross-references for Galatians 5:12 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Galatians chapter 5 verse 12 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“I would they were even cut off which trouble you.”
Galatians 5:12 (KJV)
Commentary on Galatians 5:12
I would they were even cut off which trouble you. Paul's shocking statement. "I would" (ophelon, ὄφελον)—I wish, would that. "They were even cut off" (kai apokopsontai, καὶ ἀποκόψονται)—they would cut themselves off, mutilate themselves. The verb apokoptō (ἀποκόπτω) means to cut off, amputate. This is either: (1) self-castration like pagan Cybele priests (shocking wordplay on circumcision), or (2) cutting themselves off from the church/community. Context favors the former: biting sarcasm."Which trouble you" (hoi anastatountes hymas, οἱ ἀναστατοῦντες ὑμᾶς)—those disturbing, unsettling, agitatin...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Galatians 5:12
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“whoever he is.”
“God judges. Put away the wicked man from among yourselves.{Deuteronomy 17:7; 19:19; 21:21; 22:21; 24:7}”
“or whoever puts any of it on a stranger”
“who stole in to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus”
“Why have you troubled us? Yahweh shall trouble you this day. All Israel stoned him with stones; and they burned them with fire”
“A man that is an heretick after the first and second admonition reject;”
“that soul shall be cut off from his people. He has broken my covenant.,And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.,וְעָרֵל זָכָר אֲשֶׁר לֹא־יִמּוֹל אֶת־בְּשַׂר עָרְלָתוֹ וְנִכְרְתָה הַנֶּפֶשׁ הַהִוא מֵעַמֶּיהָ אֶת־בְּרִיתִי הֵפַר׃ ס ,And the uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken My covenant.”
“You were altogether born in sins, and do you teach us? They threw him out.”