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NASB (UPDATED) TEXT: Gal_6:17
17From now on let no one cause trouble for me, for I bear on my body the brand-marks of Jesus.
Gal_6:17 "From now on let no one cause trouble for me" The verb is a present active imperative. To whom this is addressed or why is not known. Paul appealed to his service for Christ as the reason that this should not happen again. It possibly refers to the personal attacks that the false teachers used to alienate the Galatian believers from the gospel. The Galatian believers allowed this to happen!
▣ "for I bear on my body the brand-marks of Jesus" As the false teachers were emphasizing circumcision as a mark of God's covenant, Paul asserted that he also had an outward sign. They were the scars
1. of his physical persecution for preaching the good news of Christ (i.e., 2Co_4:7-12; 2Co_6:4-6; 2Co_11:23-28)
2. from his Damascus road encounter with the risen Christ
3. as a sign Paul was a slave/servant of Christ and under His protection
I think #1 fits the context best.