Galatians 5:11

Live In Freedom And Love One Another

¹⁰ I have confidence in the Lord you will not accept any other view. But whoever it is that is confusing you will pay the penalty. ¹¹ Now brothers, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been abolished. ¹² I wish those who are disturbing you might also get themselves castrated!

Cross of Christ

Stumbling Block

Christ

Paul

1 Corinthians 1:23

but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to the Jews and foolishness to the Gentiles.

Galatians 4:29

But just as then the child born according to the flesh persecuted the one born according to the Spirit, so also now.

Galatians 6:12

Those who want to make a good impression in the flesh are the ones who would compel you to be circumcised—but only to avoid being persecuted for the cross of Christ.

Isaiah 8:14

He will be a sanctuary;
but for the two houses of Israel,
He will be a stone to stumble over
and a rock to trip over,
and a trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

Acts 16:3

Paul wanted Timothy to go with him, so he took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those places, since they all knew that his father was a Greek.

Acts 21:21

But they have been told about you that you teach all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to abandon Moses, by telling them not to circumcise their children or to walk in our customs.

Acts 21:28

shouting, “Men of Israel, help! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people, our law, and this place. What’s more, he also brought Greeks into the temple and has profaned this holy place.”

Acts 22:21-22

“Then He said to me, ‘Go, because I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”

Acts 23:13-14

There were more than 40 who had formed this plot.

Romans 9:32-33

Why is that? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone.

1 Corinthians 1:18

For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but it is God’s power to us who are being saved.

1 Corinthians 15:30

Why are we in danger every hour?

2 Corinthians 11:23-26

Are they servants of Christ?
I’m talking like a madman—I’m a better one:
with far more labors,
many more imprisonments,
far worse beatings, near death many times.

Galatians 2:3

But not even Titus who was with me, though he was a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised.

Galatians 6:17

From now on, let no one cause me trouble, because I bear on my body scars for the cause of Jesus.

1 Peter 2:8-9

and

A stone to stumble over,
and a rock to trip over.

They stumble because they disobey the message; they were destined for this.