Gen 21:9, Gal 5:11, 6:12 | ISV

Genesis 21:9

Galatians 5:11

11 As for me, brothers, if I am still preaching the necessity of ^{▼▼The Gk lacks the necessity of} circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been removed.1Cor 1:23; 15:30; Gal 4:29

Galatians 6:12

12 These people who want to impress others by their flesh are trying to force you to be circumcised, simply to avoid being persecuted for the cross of Christ.Gal 2:3, 14; 5:11; Phil 3:18