And I wrote this same thing to you, so that when I came, I would not have sadness from whom I ought to rejoice, having been confident toward you all, because my joy is of all of you.

I rejoice that I have confidence in you in everything.

And we sent along with them our brother whom we often proved being diligent in many things, but is now much more diligent (with much confidence toward you)

And we are persuaded in Lord toward you, that what we command you, ye both are doing and will do.

Being confident in thine obedience I wrote to thee, knowing that thou will do above what I say.

But

which is not another, except there are some who confuse you, and who want to pervert the good-news of the Christ.

But that issue was because of those FALSE brothers smuggled in, who sneaked in to spy out our liberty that we have in Christ Jesus, so that they might enslave us,

O foolish Galatians, who bewitched you not to obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was earlier described among you, crucified?

They are zealous for you but not honorably. They want to exclude you, so that ye may be zealous for them.

As many as desire to make a good impression in flesh, these compel you to be circumcised, only so that they may not be persecuted for the cross of the Christ.

And certain men, who came down from Judea, taught the brothers, Unless ye will be circumcised in the custom of Moses, ye cannot be saved.

Children, it is the last hour. And as ye heard that the antichrist comes, and now many antichrists have developed, from which we know that it is the last hour.

Bear

O that those who trouble you would even cut it all off.

to deliver such a man to Satan for destruction of the flesh, so that the spirit might be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

Sufficient to such a man is this punishment by the many,

But I pray not to be bold when present with the confidence by which I consider to be valiant toward some who consider us as walking according to flesh.

Because of this I write these things while absent, so that I may not act harshly when present, according to the authority that the Lord gave me for building up and not for tearing down.

of whom are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I delivered to Satan, so that they may be disciplined not to blaspheme.

Whosoever

But from those who were reputed to be something (what kind they were formerly, it makes no difference to me, God does not accept a personage of man), for those who were of repute added nothing to me,

So that henceforth we know no man according to flesh, and even if we have known Christ according to flesh, yet now we know him no longer.

General references

Being confident in thine obedience I wrote to thee, knowing that thou will do above what I say.