11 But if I, brothers,[a] still preach[b] circumcision, (A)why am I still being persecuted? In that case (B)the offence of the cross has been removed.
8 and
(A)“A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence.”
They stumble because they disobey the word, (B)as they were destined to do.
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