Live free in Christ, Gal. 5:11amp

But as for me, [a]brothers, if I am still preaching circumcision [as I had done before I met Christ; and as [b]some accuse me of doing now, as necessary for salvation], why am I still being persecuted [by Jews]? In that case the stumbling block of the cross [to unbelieving Jews] has been abolished.  

Gal. 5:11amp

In essence, Paul states here, using circumcision as an example, that if he is still preaching the law (which he isn't) then why is he still being attacked by the religious powers that be, when they are followers of the law. Paul, as are we, because of Jesus, are free from the confines of the law. We are not bound to useless duties or rituals (like circumcision) to prove our holiness. Jesus' death on the cross for our salvation makes us holy and righteous once and for all. As he put it "the stumbling block of the cross", the law, has been abolished by Jesus. 

Live free in Christ. 

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