SEV Biblia, Chapter 6:17
De aquí en adelante nadie me sea molesto; porque yo traigo en mi cuerpo las marcas del Seor Jess.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Galatians 6:17
Verse 17. From henceforth let no man trouble me] Put an end to your contentions among yourselves; return to the pure doctrine of the Gospel; abandon those who are leading you astray; separate from the Church those who corrupt and disturb it; and let me be grieved no longer with your defections from the truth. I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus.] The stigmata, stigmata, of which the apostle speaks here, may be understood as implying the scars of the wounds which he had received in the work of the ministry; and that he had such scars, we may well conceive, when we know that he had been scourged, stoned, and maltreated in a variety of ways. The writer could show such scars himself, received in the same way. Or, the apostle may allude to the stigmata or marks with which servants and slaves were often impressed, in order to ascertain whose property they were. A Burman servant often has indelible marks on his thighs and elsewhere, which ascertain to whose service he belongs. "Do not trouble me; I bear the marks of my Lord and Master, Jesus; I am his, and will remain so. You glory in your mark of circumcision; I glory in the marks which I bear in my body for the testimony of the Lord; I am an open, professed Christian, and have given full proof of my attachment to the cause of Christianity." The first sense appears to be the best: "I have suffered already sufficiently; I am suffering still; do not add any more to my afflictions."
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 17. From henceforth let no man trouble me , etc..] Having so clearly stated and explained the doctrine of justification, and so largely proved that it is not by works, but by faith, and that circumcision and other rituals of the ceremonial law were not necessary to it, he desires, nay, in an authoritative way he requires, that they give him no further trouble on that head; signifying, that he expected they would be satisfied with what he had wrote, and abide by the truth and obey it, as they had formerly done; that he should hear no more objections from them, or complaints of them: nor need they further inquire his sense of these things; by this they would fully know his faith and practice; as indeed they might also by his suffering persecutions on the account of his faith, and his preaching the Gospel of Christ, and particularly this part of it: for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus ; by which he means, not the marks in Christ's hands, feet, and side; but the reproachful characters the apostle was stigmatized with; or the real scars in his body, made by beating, scourging, and stoning of him; or his sufferings and persecutions in general, which he endured for the sake of Christ and his Gospel; (see Corinthians 11:23-28). The allusion is either to servants and soldiers, who, when taken into service, used to have some particular mark put upon them, that they might be known to be such an one's servant, or soldier f123 ; as the Hebrew servant, who was willing to serve his master, had his ear bored through with an awl, ( Exodus 21:6) so the apostle was known to be a firm and faithful servant, and a good soldier of Christ, by the reproaches and afflictions which he underwent for his sake; or else to those marks which, by way of reproach and punishment, were made upon fugitive servants, or soldiers, that deserted; as the sufferings of the apostle were designed as reproaches to him, and punishments of him, for preaching the Gospel of Christ; but these he gloried in, and bore and carried as trophies and marks of honour. Just as veteran soldiers show the scars and wounds they have received in battle, as tokens of their valour and courage, in facing and fighting the enemy in greatest danger: these he is said to bear in his body; not in the bodies of others, he gloried not in their flesh, as the false apostles did; nor in the circumcision of his own flesh, the scar that left there the mark of Moses and of a Jew; but in those things which were marks of his being a disciple of Christ, and not of Moses, and which he bore for his sake; and since therefore it was so easy to discern on which side of the question he was, from his suffering persecution for the cross of Christ; and since he had so many and such great trials and exercises, he, with apostolical gravity and authority, commands them to give him no more trouble, from the time of their reception of the epistle, henceforward.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 16-18 - A new creation to the image of Christ, as showing faith in him, is the greatest distinction between one man and another, and a blessing i declared on all who walk according to this rule. The blessings are peace and mercy. Peace with God and our conscience, and all the comforts of this life, as far as they are needful. And mercy, a interest in the free love and favour of God in Christ, the spring an fountain of all other blessings. The written word of God is the rule we are to go by, both in its doctrines and precepts. May his grace ever be with our spirit, to sanctify, quicken, and cheer us, and may we alway be ready to maintain the honour of that which is indeed our life. The apostle had in his body the marks of the Lord Jesus, the scars of wounds from persecuting enemies, for his cleaving to Christ, and the doctrine of the gospel. The apostle calls the Galatians his brethren therein he shows his humility and his tender affection for them; and he takes his leave with a very serious prayer, that they might enjoy the favour of Christ Jesus, both in its effects and in its evidences. We need desire no more to make us happy than the grace of our Lord Jesu Christ. The apostle does not pray that the law of Moses, or the righteousness of works, but that the grace of Christ, might be with them; that it might be in their hearts and with their spirits quickening, comforting, and strengthening them: to all which he set his Amen; signifying his desire that so it might be, and his faith tha so it would be __________________________________________________________________
Greek Textus Receptus
του 3588 λοιπου 3064 κοπους 2873 μοι 3427 μηδεις 3367 παρεχετω 3930 5720 εγω 1473 γαρ 1063 τα 3588 στιγματα 4742 του 3588 κυριου 2962 ιησου 2424 εν 1722 τω 3588 σωματι 4983 μου 3450 βασταζω 941 5719
Vincent's NT Word Studies
17. Henceforth (tou loipou). Only here and Eph. vi. 10. Commonly to loipon. The genitive is temporal; at any time in the future as distinguished from throughout the future.
Trouble me (kopouv moi - parecete). Lit. give me troubles; make it necessary for me to vindicate my apostolic authority and the divine truth of my gospel.
Bear in my body. Comp. 2 Cor. iv. 10.
Marks (stigmata). N.T.o . The wounds, scars, and other outward signs of persecutions and sufferings in the service of Christ. Comp. 2 Corinthians xi. 23 ff. The metaphor is the brands applied to slaves in order to mark their owners. Hence Rev., I bear branded. Brands were also set upon soldiers, captives, and servants of temples. See on Apoc. xiii. 16, and comp. Apoc. vii. 3; xiv. 1, 9, 11. The scars on the apostle's body marked him as the bondservant of Jesus Christ. The passage naturally recalls the legend of Francis of Assisi.
Robertson's NT Word Studies
6:17 {From henceforth} (tou loipou). Usually to loipon, the accusative of general reference, "as for the rest" (#Php 3:1; 4:8). The genitive case (as here and #Eph 6:10) means "in respect of the remaining time." {The marks of Jesus} (ta stigmata tou iesou). Old word from stizw, to prick, to stick, to sting. Slaves had the names or stamp of their owners on their bodies. It was sometimes done for soldiers also. There were devotees also who stamped upon their bodies the names of the gods whom they worshipped. Today in a round-up cattle are given the owner's mark. Paul gloried in being the slave of Jesus Christ. this is probably the image in Paul's mind since he bore in his body brandmarks of suffering for Christ received in many places (#2Co 6:4-6; 11:23ff.), probably actual scars from the scourgings (thirty-nine lashes at a time). If for no other reason, listen to me by reason of these scars for Christ and "let no one keep on furnishing trouble to me."
