As many as desire to make a fair show in the flesh, they compel you to be circumcised; only that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ.

As many asª desireª° to make a fair shewª° inª the flesh,ª theyª constrain²°¹ youª to be circumcised;ª° onlyª lestª they should suffer persecutionª° for the¹ crossª of Christ.ª

As many asª desireª° to make a faire shewª° inª the flesh,ª theyª constraine²°¹ youª to be Circumcised:ª° onelyª leastª they should suffer persecutionª° for the¹ Crosseª of Christ.ª

They who would glory in the flesh would constrain you to be circumcised; only lest for the cross of the Meshiha they might be persecuted.

They who are disposed to glory in the flesh, they urge you to become circumcised, only that they may not be persecuted on account of the cross of the Messiah.

Ὅσοι θέλουσιν εὐπροσωπῆσαι ἐν σαρκί, οὗτοι ἀναγκάζουσιν ὑμᾶς περιτέμνεσθαι, μόνον ἵνα τῷ σταυρῷ τοῦ χριστοῦ [Ἰησοῦ]-- μὴ διώκωνται:

Which-a-which they-determine to-have-goodly-looked-toward-unto in unto-a-flesh, the-ones-these they-up-arm-to to-ye to-be-cut-about, to-alone so unto-the-one unto-a-stake of-the-one of-Anointed [of-an-Iesous] lest they-might-be-pursued;