Galatians 5:12 (GNV)

Passage

Would to God they were euen cut off, which doe disquiet you.

Nearby Context

Galatians 5:10 I haue trust in you through the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise minded: but hee that troubleth you, shall beare his condemnation, whosoeuer he be.

Galatians 5:11 And brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why doe I yet suffer persecution? Then is the slaunder of the crosse abolished.

Galatians 5:12 Would to God they were euen cut off, which doe disquiet you.

Galatians 5:13 For brethren, ye haue bene called vnto libertie: onely vse not your libertie as an occasion vnto the flesh, but by loue serue one another.

Galatians 5:14 For all the Lawe is fulfilled in one worde, which is this, Thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "euen" and "disquiet". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "euen" and "disquiet", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 11's "And brethren if I yet preach circumcision..." into verse 13's "For brethren ye haue bene called vnto...", so "euen" and "disquiet" belong inside that flow. In Galatians context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "euen" and "disquiet" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.