“Ye see how large a letter I have written unto you with mine own hand.”
See what large letters I am using as I write this with my own hand! — Paul's direct intervention in the letter itself: his shift to a 'peleikois grammatsin' (large letters, possibly indicating his rough handwriting or visual difficulty), written 'tē emē cheiri' (with my own hand), personalizes his appeal and authenticates the letter's gravity.
Church Fathers on Galatians 6:11
“See with how large letters I have written unto you with my own hand. As many as desire to make a fair show in the flesh, they compel you to be circumcised.” Observe what grief possesses his blessed soul. As those who are oppressed with some sorrow, who have lost one of their own kindred, and suffered an unexpected calamity, rest neither by night nor day, because their grief besieges their soul, so the blessed Paul, after a short moral discourse, returns again to that former…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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