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 # Brothers, if I still proclaim circumcision, why am I still being persecuted?
 
-Paul uses this question to show the evidence that he is not proclaiming circumcision. This can be expressed as a statement. Alternate translation: "Brothers, you can see that I am not proclaiming circumcision because I am still being persecuted." 
+"Brothers, you can see that I am not proclaiming circumcision because I am still being persecuted." 
 
 # Brothers
 
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 # the cross
 
-Here "the cross" refers to the teaching that Jesus died on the cross and is alive again and that God saves people who believe in Christ. People do not have to be circumcised or become Jews. Alternate translation: "the message about the cross" 
+"the message about the cross".  Here "the cross" refers to the teaching that Jesus died on the cross and is alive again and that God saves people who believe in Christ.