Him Paul wished to have go with him; and he took and circumcised him on account of the Jews who were in those places; for all knew that his father was a Greek.

Why

But as then he that was born of the flesh persecuted him that was born of the Spirit, so also now.

Those who wish to make a fair appearance in the flesh compel you to be circumcised, only that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ.

and they have been informed of you, that you teach all the Jews among the gentiles to apostatize from Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children, nor to walk according to the customs.

And he said to me, Go, for I will send you to nations far away.

And there were more than forty who took this oath,

Why also do we encounter danger every hour?

Are they ministers of Christ? I speak foolishly, I am more; in labors most abundant, in stripes above measure, in imprisonments most abundant, in deaths often;

The offence

For what reason? Because they are not of faith, but as it were of works of the law; for they stumbled at the stone of stumbling,

For the word of the cross is to the lost foolishness, but to the saved the power of God.

and a stone of stumbling and rock of offense, who stumble at the word, being disobedient, to which also they were appointed.

General references

Why also do we encounter danger every hour?

For if I build up again what I have destroyed, I make myself a transgressor.