Large letters and the circumcisers (6:11–13)

Says “See what large letters I am using to write to you with my own hand!” The verb is aorist, ἔγραψα (egrapsa, “I wrote”); the BSB has “I am using to write.” The wording is treated in Large letters I have written (6:11). Whether Paul wrote only the closing or the whole letter is treated in Large letters in Paul’s own hand (6:11).

Says “Those who want to make a good impression outwardly are trying to compel you to be circumcised”. The Greek has εὐπροσωπῆσαι ἐν σαρκί (euprosōpēsai en sarki, “to make a good showing in the flesh”); the BSB has “outwardly.” “They only do this to avoid persecution for the cross of Christ”. “For the circumcised do not even keep the law themselves, yet they want you to be circumcised that they may boast in your flesh”. SBLGNT, WH, Treg, NA28, and the TR print the present οἱ περιτεμνόμενοι (hoi peritemnomenoi, “those who are being circumcised”); RP prints the perfect οἱ περιτετμημένοι (see οἱ περιτεμνόμενοι / οἱ περιτετμημένοι). WH marks the participle as printed and gives the perfect in its foot margin; no verdict is given on those marks. The wording, and the question whom the participle names, are treated in A good showing in the flesh, and a new creation (6:12–15).

Uncertain How much of the letter Paul wrote in his own hand, and whom the participle of 6:13 names, are treated in Large letters in Paul’s own hand (6:11) and A good showing in the flesh, and a new creation (6:12–15); no lean is taken here.