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# to make a good impression
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2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00
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"to cause others to think well of them" or "to cause others to think that they are good people"
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2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00
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# in the flesh
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"with visible evidence" or "by their own efforts"
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2023-03-23 15:01:06 +00:00
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# to compel you to be circumcised
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2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00
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2023-03-23 15:01:06 +00:00
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"to force you to be circumcised." See how you translated "circumcised" in 2:3.
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2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00
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# only to avoid being persecuted for the cross of Christ
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2023-03-23 15:01:06 +00:00
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"only so that the Jews will not persecute them"
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2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00
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# for the cross of Christ
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2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00
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2023-03-23 15:01:06 +00:00
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"for saying that the cross of Christ alone is what saves people" or "for believing that God forgives people's sins because Christ died on the cross"
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2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00
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