“… if you let yourself be circumcised, Christ will be of no benefit to you… you have cut yourselves off… I wish those who unsettle you would castrate themselves” (Gal 5:2, 4, 12).
Thanks, Paul, for that lovely series of visual images. I get the point.
Be careful what you cut, people. Be careful what you cut.
You get the point? You’re having fun with this, aren’t you!
Somehow I feel that this whole conversation is a double-edged sword. I’m not sure I’m sharp enough to keep up without getting myself into trouble.
Maybe that’s what Paul had been worried about all along… becoming dull and all.
I’m enjoying this post.
Interesting that Paul used this in terms of people wanting to be circumcised as a mark of their faith. Do you think Paul would say the same today of people wanting to Tithe as being a marker of faith?