As for those agitators, I wish they would go the whole way and emasculate themselves! — Paul's explosive sarcasm: he wishes the Judaizers ('tarasso' — those stirring up trouble) would 'apokopto' (cut themselves off, emasculate themselves, a wordplay on circumcision), a shocking expression of frustration suggesting they should face the consequences of their own demand.

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