1 Corinthians 7:18

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Was anyone called after being circumcised? Let him not undo his circumcision. Was anyone called while uncircumcised? Let him not be circumcised.

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  • Acts 15:5 : 5 But some believers from the sect of the Pharisees stood up and declared, "It is necessary to circumcise them and to order them to keep the law of Moses."
  • Acts 15:19 : 19 Therefore, my judgment is that we should not trouble those of the Gentiles who are turning to God.
  • Acts 15:24 : 24 Since we have heard that some have gone out from us and troubled you with teachings, unsettling your minds, although we gave them no such instructions,
  • Acts 15:28 : 28 For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us not to place any greater burden on you except these necessary things:
  • Gal 5:1-3 : 1 For freedom, Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. 2 Listen! I, Paul, say to you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no benefit to you. 3 Again I declare to every man who allows himself to be circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law.
  • Col 3:11 : 11 Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free, but Christ is all and in all.
  • Acts 15:1-2 : 1 Some men came down from Judea and began teaching the brothers, "Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved." 2 So after much dissension and debate with Paul and Barnabas, the brothers decided that Paul, Barnabas, and some others should go up to Jerusalem to consult the apostles and elders about this question.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Cor 7:19-22
    4 verses
    85%

    19Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing. Keeping God’s commandments is what matters.

    20Each person should remain in the condition in which they were called.

    21Were you called while a slave? Do not let it trouble you. But if you can gain your freedom, do so.

    22For the one who was called as a slave in the Lord is the Lord’s freed person; in the same way, the one who was called while free is Christ’s slave.

  • 1 Cor 7:17
    80%

    17Nevertheless, each person should live as the Lord has assigned them, just as God has called them. This is the rule I lay down in all the churches.

  • Rom 2:25-29
    5 verses
    79%

    25Circumcision indeed has value if you obey the law, but if you are a lawbreaker, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

    26So, if those who are uncircumcised keep the righteous requirements of the law, will their uncircumcision not be regarded as circumcision?

    27The one who is not physically circumcised but keeps the law will condemn you who, even though you have the written code and circumcision, are a lawbreaker.

    28For a person is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision merely outward and physical.

    29But 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.

  • Gal 6:12-15
    4 verses
    76%

    12Those who want to make a good impression in the flesh are the ones compelling you to be circumcised—only so that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ.

    13For even those who are circumcised do not keep the law themselves, but they want you to be circumcised so they can boast about your flesh.

    14But as for me, may I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

    15For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything, but what matters is a new creation.

  • 1 Cor 7:24
    75%

    24Brothers and sisters, each one should remain with God in the condition they were in when called.

  • Gen 17:10-14
    5 verses
    74%

    10This is My covenant, which you shall keep, between Me and you and your descendants after you: Every male among you shall be circumcised.

    11You are to circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and it will be the sign of the covenant between Me and you.

    12Every male among you who is eight days old must be circumcised, both those born in your household and those bought with money from any foreigner who is not your descendant.

    13Every male born in your household or bought with your money must be circumcised. Thus, My covenant will be in your flesh as an everlasting covenant.

    14But any uncircumcised male who has not been circumcised in the flesh will be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant.

  • Rom 4:9-12
    4 verses
    73%

    9Is this blessedness then only for the circumcised, or also for the uncircumcised? For we say that faith was credited to Abraham as righteousness.

    10How then was it credited? Was it while he was circumcised or uncircumcised? It was not while he was circumcised, but while he was uncircumcised.

    11And 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,

    12and 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.

  • Eph 2:11
    73%

    11Therefore, 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—

  • John 7:22-23
    2 verses
    73%

    22Because of this, Moses gave you circumcision (not that it comes from Moses, but from the fathers), and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath.

    23If a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses is not broken, why are you angry at Me because I made a man entirely well on the Sabbath?

  • Rom 3:30
    72%

    30Since there is only one God, who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through the same faith.

  • Gal 2:7
    72%

    7On the contrary, when they saw that I had been entrusted with the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter was to the circumcised—

  • Gal 5:6
    72%

    6For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision carries any weight, but faith working through love does.

  • Gal 5:1-3
    3 verses
    71%

    1For freedom, Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.

    2Listen! I, Paul, say to you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no benefit to you.

    3Again I declare to every man who allows himself to be circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law.

  • Gal 2:3
    71%

    3Yet not even Titus, who was with me, though he was Greek, was forced to be circumcised.

  • Lev 12:3
    70%

    3On the eighth day, the flesh of the boy’s foreskin shall be circumcised.

  • Gal 5:11
    70%

    11Brothers, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? If that were the case, the offense of the cross would be eliminated.

  • Col 2:11
    70%

    11In him you were also circumcised with a circumcision not done by hands, by putting off the body of the flesh, through the circumcision of Christ.

  • Col 3:11
    69%

    11Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free, but Christ is all and in all.

  • Acts 15:1
    69%

    1Some men came down from Judea and began teaching the brothers, "Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved."

  • Acts 11:3
    69%

    3saying, 'You went to uncircumcised men and ate with them.'

  • Deut 10:16
    69%

    16Therefore, circumcise the foreskin of your hearts and do not be stiff-necked any longer.

  • 1 Thess 4:7
    68%

    7For God has not called us to impurity but to live in holiness.

  • 1 Cor 7:27
    68%

    27Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be free. Are you free from a wife? Do not seek a wife.

  • Gen 17:23
    68%

    23On that very day, Abraham took his son Ishmael and all those born in his household or bought with his money—every male among the members of Abraham’s household—and circumcised them, as God had told him.

  • Exod 12:48
    68%

    48If an alien resides among you and wants to observe the LORD's Passover, every male in his household must be circumcised, and then he may come near to observe it, and he shall be like a native of the land. But no uncircumcised person may eat it.

  • Gen 34:22
    68%

    22Only on this condition will the men agree to live with us and become one people: every male among us must be circumcised, just as they are.

  • Phil 3:3
    68%

    3For we are the circumcision, the ones who worship by the Spirit of God, glory in Christ Jesus, and do not put confidence in the flesh.

  • Rom 3:1
    68%

    1What advantage is there, then, in being a Jew? Or what benefit is there in circumcision?

  • Jer 9:25
    68%

    25Egypt, 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.