And I wrote this very thing, that I might not, when I came, have sorrow from those of whom I ought to have joy; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.

I rejoice, that in everything I have good courage concerning you.

And we sent with them our brother, whom we often in many things proved to be diligent, but now much more diligent by reason of his great confidence in you.

And we have become confident in the Lord regarding you, that ye both do, and will do, the things which we command.

Having confidence in your obedience, I wrote to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say.

But

which is not another; only there are some who are troubling you, and wishing to pervert the Gospel of Christ.

and that was because of the false brethren secretly introduced, who, indeed, crept in to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage;

O foolish Galatians! Who bewitched you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was openly set forth crucified?

They are zealously seeking you, not nobly; they are wishing to shut you out, that ye may zealously seek them.

As many as wish to make a fair show in the flesh, these constrain you to be circumcised, only that they may not suffer persecution for the cross of Christ.

And some, coming down from Judaea, were teaching the brethren, "Unless ye be circumcised after the custom of Moses, ye cannot be saved."

Little children, it is the last hour; and, as ye heard that Anti-Christ is coming, even now many anti-christs have arisen; whence we know that it is the last hour.

Bear

O that those who are unsettling you would even cut themselves off!

to deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord.

Sufficient for such a one was the punishment inflicted by the many;

but I pray that, when present, I may not show courage with the confidence with which I purpose to be bold against some who reckon us as walking according to the flesh.

For this cause, I write these things while absent; that I may not, when present, deal sharply according to the authority which the Lord gave me for building up, and not casting down.

of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I delivered up to Satan, that they might be taught not to blaspheme.

Whosoever

But from those reputed to be something (whatever they were, it matters not to me: God does not accept man's person): to me, in fact, those of repute added nothing;

Wherefore, we henceforth know no one according to the flesh; even if we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now no longer do we know Him thus.

General references

Having confidence in your obedience, I wrote to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say.