Brothers and sisters, if I am still being persecuted, why am I still being circumcised? In that case the offense of the cross has been abolished. — Paul's rhetorical question: if he were preaching circumcision ('peritemnō') as necessary, he would not face persecution, but his refusal to do so subjects him to 'diōgmos' (persecution); his sufferings prove his gospel's authenticity, and circumcision-rejection maintains the cross's scandal ('skandalon tou staurou' — offense/stumbling block of the cross).

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