Galatians 6:12

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

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  • Gal 5:11 : 11 But I, brethren, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? then hath the stumbling-block of the cross been done away.
  • Acts 15:1 : 1 And certain men came down from Judaea and taught the brethren, [saying], Except ye be circumcised after the custom of Moses, ye cannot be saved.
  • 2 Cor 11:13 : 13 For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, fashioning themselves into apostles of Christ.
  • Gal 2:3 : 3 But not even Titus who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised:
  • Col 2:23 : 23 Which things have indeed a show of wisdom in will-worship, and humility, and severity to the body; [but are] not of any value against the indulgence of the flesh.
  • Gal 2:14 : 14 But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Cephas before [them] all, If thou, being a Jew, livest as do the Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, how compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?
  • Acts 15:5 : 5 But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees who believed, saying, It is needful to circumcise them, and to charge them to keep the law of Moses.
  • 2 Cor 10:12 : 12 For we are not bold to number or compare ourselves with certain of them that commend themselves: but they themselves, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, are without understanding.
  • Gal 6:13 : 13 For not even they who receive circumcision do themselves keep the law; but they desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh.
  • Phil 1:15 : 15 Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some also of good will:
  • Phil 2:4 : 4 not looking each of you to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.
  • Phil 3:18 : 18 For many walk, of whom I told you often, and now tell you even weeping, [that they are] the enemies of the cross of Christ:
  • Matt 6:2 : 2 When therefore thou doest alms, sound not a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have received their reward.
  • Matt 6:5 : 5 And when ye pray, ye shall not be as the hypocrites: for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have received their reward.
  • Matt 6:16 : 16 Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may be seen of men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have received their reward.
  • Matt 23:5 : 5 But all their works they do to be seen of men: for they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders [of their garments] ,
  • Matt 23:28 : 28 Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but inwardly ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
  • Luke 16:15 : 15 And he said unto them, Ye are they that justify yourselves in the sight of men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.
  • Luke 20:47 : 47 who devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater condemnation.
  • John 7:18 : 18 He that speaketh from himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh the glory of him that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gal 6:13-17
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    13For not even they who receive circumcision do themselves keep the law; but they desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh.

    14But far be it from me to glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world hath been crucified unto me, and I unto the world.

    15For neither is circumcision anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.

    16And as many as shall walk by this rule, peace [be] upon them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.

    17Henceforth, let no man trouble me; for I bear branded on my body the marks of Jesus.

  • Gal 5:10-13
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    10I have confidence to you-ward in the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise minded: but he that troubleth you shall bear his judgment, whosoever he be.

    11But I, brethren, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? then hath the stumbling-block of the cross been done away.

    12I would that they that unsettle you would even go beyond circumcision.

    13For ye, brethren, were called for freedom; only [use] not your freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through love be servants one to another.

  • Gal 5:1-3
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    1For freedom did Christ set us free: stand fast therefore, and be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage.

    2Behold, I Paul say unto you, that, if ye receive circumcision, Christ will profit you nothing.

    3Yea, I testify again to every man that receiveth circumcision, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.

  • Phil 3:3-4
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    3for we are the circumcision, who worship by the Spirit of God, and glory in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh:

    4though I myself might have confidence even in the flesh: if any other man thinketh to have confidence in the flesh, I yet more:

  • Gal 6:11
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    11See with how large letters I write unto you with mine own hand.

  • Gal 5:24
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    24And they that are of Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with the passions and the lusts thereof.

  • Acts 16:3
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    3Him would Paul have to go forth with him; and he took and circumcised him because of the Jews that were in those parts: for they all knew that his father was a Greek.

  • 2 Cor 11:12
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    12But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them that desire an occasion; that wherein they glory, they may be found even as we.

  • Rom 2:24-28
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    24For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you, even as it is written.

    25For 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.

    26If therefore the uncircumcision keep the ordinances of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be reckoned for circumcision?

    27and shall not the uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who with the letter and circumcision art a transgressor of the law?

    28For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh:

  • Phil 1:15-16
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    15Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some also of good will:

    16the one [do it] of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel;

  • Gal 2:3-4
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    3But not even Titus who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised:

    4and that because of the false brethren privily brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:

  • Gal 4:17
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    17They zealously seek you in no good way; nay, they desire to shut you out, that ye may seek them.

  • Gal 6:2
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    2Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.

  • Gal 1:10
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    10For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? or am I striving to please men? if I were still pleasing men, I should not be a servant of Christ.

  • Gal 5:6
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    6For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision; but faith working through love.

  • Rom 13:14
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    14But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to [fulfil] the lusts [thereof] .

  • Gal 3:1
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    1O foolish Galatians, who did bewitch you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was openly set forth crucified?

  • Col 2:11
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    11in whom ye were also circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands, in the putting off of the body of the flesh, in the circumcision of Christ;

  • Gal 4:15
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    15Where then is that gratulation of yourselves? for I bear you witness, that, if possible, ye would have plucked out your eyes and given them to me.

  • 1 Cor 7:18
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    18Was any man called being circumcised? Let him not become uncircumcised. Hath any been called in uncircumcision? Let him not be circumcised.

  • Phil 3:18
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    18For many walk, of whom I told you often, and now tell you even weeping, [that they are] the enemies of the cross of Christ:

  • 2 Cor 12:6
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    6For if I should desire to glory, I shall not be foolish; for I shall speak the truth: but I forbear, lest any man should account of me above that which he seeth me [to be], or heareth from me.

  • 2 Cor 10:2
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    2yea, I beseech you, that I may not when present show courage with the confidence wherewith I count to be bold against some, who count of us as if we walked according to the flesh.

  • Gal 2:14
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    14But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Cephas before [them] all, If thou, being a Jew, livest as do the Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, how compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?

  • Gal 4:12
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    12I beseech you, brethren, become as I [am], for I also [am become] as ye [are] . Ye did me no wrong:

  • 2 Cor 5:12
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    12We are not again commending ourselves unto you, but [speak] as giving you occasion of glorying on our behalf, that ye may have wherewith to answer them that glory in appearance, and not in heart.

  • Eph 2:11
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    11Wherefore remember, that once ye, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called Circumcision, in the flesh, made by hands;

  • Acts 15:1
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    1And certain men came down from Judaea and taught the brethren, [saying], Except ye be circumcised after the custom of Moses, ye cannot be saved.

  • Acts 15:24
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    24Forasmuch as we have heard that certain who went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls; to whom we gave no commandment;

  • 2 Cor 11:18
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    18Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also.

  • Gal 3:4
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    4Did ye suffer so many things in vain? if it be indeed in vain.

  • Gal 2:10
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    10only [they would] that we should remember the poor; which very thing I was also zealous to do.

  • 1 Thess 2:14
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    14For ye, brethren, became imitators of the churches of God which are in Judaea in Christ Jesus: for ye also suffered the same things of your own countrymen, even as they did of the Jews;

  • 1 Thess 2:6
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    6nor seeking glory of men, neither from you nor from others, when we might have claimed authority as apostles of Christ.