Verse 25

Circumcision indeed has value if you obey the law, but if you are a lawbreaker, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  For omskjæring er nyttig, dersom du holder loven; men dersom du er lovbryter, er din omskjæring blitt uskjæring.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  Sirkumcisjon er nyttig, hvis du følger loven; men hvis du er lovbryter, blir din sirkumcisjon til uomskåret.

• Norsk King James

  For omskjæring gagner, hvis du holder loven; men hvis du som er omskåret bryter loven, blir din omskjæring som om du ikke var omskåret.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Omskjærelsen er nyttig hvis du holder loven. Men hvis du bryter loven, er din omskjærelse blitt som om du var uomskåret.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  For som omskjæring er nyttig hvis du holder loven, men hvis du er en lovbryter, har din omskjæring blitt til uomskjærelse.

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  Omskjærelsen har sitt nærvær, hvis du holder loven, men hvis du bryter loven, har din omskjærelse blitt til uomskjærelse.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Omskjærelsen er virkelig til nytte, hvis du holder loven; men hvis du er en lovbryter, er din omskjærelse blitt til uomskjærelse.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For omskjæring er en gevinst, forutsatt at du overholder loven; men om du er lovbryter, er din omskjæring som uomskåret.

• gpt4.5-preview

  Omskjærelsen er vel nyttig dersom du holder loven; men hvis du bryter loven, er din omskjærelse blitt til uomskjærelse.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Omskjærelsen er vel nyttig dersom du holder loven; men hvis du bryter loven, er din omskjærelse blitt til uomskjærelse.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Omskjærelse har nok sitt gagn hvis du holder loven, men hvis du er en lovbryter, er din omskjærelse blitt uomskåren.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  For omskjærelse har verdi hvis du holder loven, men hvis du er en overtredelse av loven, har din omskjærelse blitt til en forhud.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Thi Omskjærelsen er vel nyttig, om du holder Loven; men er du Lovens Overtræder, da er din Omskjærelse bleven en Forhud.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For circumcision verily pfiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  For omskjærelsen gagner virkelig om du holder loven, men hvis du bryter loven, er din omskjærelse som en uomskjærelse.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  For circumcision truly profits if you keep the law: but if you are a breaker of the law, your circumcision is made uncircumcision.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  For omskjærelsen har verdi dersom du holder loven, men hvis du er en overtreder av loven, har din omskjærelse blitt til uomskjærelse.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  For omskjærelsen er fordelaktig hvis du holder loven, men hvis du er en lovbryter, har din omskjærelse blitt til uomskjærelse.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Omskjærelsen har virkelig verdi dersom du holder loven; men dersom du bryter loven, er din omskjærelse gjort til ikke-omskjærelse.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Omskjærelse er av verdi hvis du holder loven, men hvis du bryter loven, er det som om du ikke er omskåret.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Circumcisio verely avayleth if thou kepe the lawe. But if thou breake the lawe thy circumcision is made vncircumcision.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  The circucision verely avayleth, yf thou kepe the lawe: but yf thou breake the lawe, then is thy circumcision become vncircumcision.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For circucision verely is profitable, if thou do the Lawe: but if thou be a transgressour of the Lawe, thy circumcision is made vncircumcision.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For circumcision veryly auayleth, yf thou kepe the lawe: But yf thou be a breaker of the lawe, thy circumcision is made vncircumcision.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For circumcision indeed profits, if you are a doer of the law, but if you are a transgressor of the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  For circumcision, indeed, doth profit, if law thou mayest practise, but if a transgressor of law thou mayest be, thy circumcision hath become uncircumcision.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For circumcision indeed profiteth, if thou be a doer of the law: but if thou be a transgressor of the law, thy circumcision is become uncircumcision.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  It is true that circumcision is of use if you keep the law, but if you go against the law it is as if you had it not.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For circumcision indeed profits, if you are a doer of the law, but if you are a transgressor of the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For circumcision has its value if you practice the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

Referenced Verses

• Jer 4:4 : 4 Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and remove the foreskin of your hearts, men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem. Otherwise, my wrath will break out like a fire and burn with no one to extinguish it, because of your wicked deeds.
• Jer 9:25-25 : 25 Egypt, Judah, Edom, Ammon, Moab, and all who live in the wilderness and shave the edges of their hair, for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in heart.
• Acts 7:51 : 51 You stiff-necked people! Your hearts and ears are still uncircumcised. You are always resisting the Holy Spirit, just as your ancestors did.
• Rom 2:23 : 23 You who boast in the law, do you dishonor God by breaking the law?
• Rom 2:28-3:2 : 28 For a person is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision merely outward and physical. 29 But a person is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter. Such a person’s praise is not from people, but from God. 1 What advantage is there, then, in being a Jew? Or what benefit is there in circumcision? 2 Much in every way! First of all, they were entrusted with the very words of God.
• Rom 4:11-12 : 11 And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. So that he might be the father of all who believe without being circumcised, so that righteousness might also be credited to them, 12 and to be the father of the circumcised who are not only circumcised but also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.
• Gal 5:3-6 : 3 Again I declare to every man who allows himself to be circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law. 4 You who are justified by the law have been severed from Christ; you have fallen away from grace. 5 For through the Spirit, by faith, we eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness. 6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision carries any weight, but faith working through love does.
• Gal 6:15 : 15 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything, but what matters is a new creation.
• Eph 2:11-12 : 11 Therefore, remember that formerly you, the Gentiles in the flesh—who are called 'the uncircumcision' by those who are called 'the circumcision,' which is done in the flesh by human hands— 12 were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
• Deut 30:6 : 6 The LORD your God will circumcise your heart and the hearts of your descendants, so that you will love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live.