Acts 16:3

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Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him, so he had him circumcised because of the Jews who lived in those areas, as they all knew his father was a Greek.

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  • Gal 2:3 : 3 Yet not even Titus, who was with me, though he was Greek, was forced to be circumcised.
  • Gal 5:6 : 6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision carries any weight, but faith working through love does.
  • Gal 2:8 : 8 (For He who worked through Peter for his apostleship to the circumcised also worked through me for mine to the Gentiles)—
  • 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.
  • Acts 15:20 : 20 Instead, we should write to them to abstain from things polluted by idols, sexual immorality, meat that has been strangled, and blood.
  • Acts 15:37 : 37 Barnabas wanted to take John, called Mark, along with them,
  • Acts 15:40 : 40 But Paul chose Silas and departed, after being commended by the brothers to the grace of the Lord.
  • 1 Cor 7:19 : 19 Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing. Keeping God’s commandments is what matters.
  • 1 Cor 9:20 : 20 To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law, I became like one under the law, even though I myself am not under the law, to win those under the law.

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  • Gal 2:3-4
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    3Yet not even Titus, who was with me, though he was Greek, was forced to be circumcised.

    4This arose because of false brothers who were secretly brought in, who slipped in to spy on the freedom we have in Christ Jesus, so they might bring us into bondage.

  • Acts 16:1-2
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    1Paul arrived in Derbe and then went on to Lystra. There he found a disciple named Timothy, the son of a believing Jewish woman and a Greek father.

    2Timothy was well spoken of by the believers in Lystra and Iconium.

  • Gal 6:12-13
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    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.

  • Acts 16:4
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    4As they traveled from city to city, they shared the decisions that had been made by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem, instructing the believers to follow them.

  • Acts 21:21
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    21'They have been informed that you teach all the Jews living among the Gentiles to turn away from Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children or follow our customs.'

  • Acts 9:30
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    30When the brothers learned of this, they took him down to Caesarea and sent him off to Tarsus.

  • Acts 15:1-2
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    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."

    2So 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.

  • Acts 11:2-3
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    2So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, those who were of the circumcision group began to argue with him,

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

  • Gal 2:12
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    12For before certain men came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles. But when they came, he began to draw back and separate himself, fearing those of the circumcision group.

  • Gal 2:7-10
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    7On the contrary, when they saw that I had been entrusted with the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter was to the circumcised—

    8(For He who worked through Peter for his apostleship to the circumcised also worked through me for mine to the Gentiles)—

    9And recognizing the grace given to me, James, Cephas, and John, who were esteemed as pillars, gave the right hand of fellowship to me and Barnabas, so that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.

    10They asked only that we remember the poor, the very thing I was eager to do.

  • Acts 21:29
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    29They had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian with Paul in the city and assumed that Paul had brought him into the temple.

  • Acts 18:18-19
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    18Paul stayed on in Corinth for some time. Then he said goodbye to the brothers and sisters and set sail for Syria, accompanied by Priscilla and Aquila. Before he sailed, he had his hair cut off at Cenchrea because of a vow he had taken.

    19They arrived at Ephesus, where Paul left Priscilla and Aquila. He himself went into the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews.

  • Acts 15:5
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    5But 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 18:3-5
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    3Since they were of the same trade, he stayed with them and worked with them, for they were tentmakers by trade.

    4Every Sabbath, he reasoned in the synagogue, trying to persuade both Jews and Greeks.

    5When Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was occupied with preaching, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Messiah.

  • Acts 18:27
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    27When Apollos wanted to go to Achaia, the brothers and sisters encouraged him and wrote to the disciples there to welcome him. When he arrived, he greatly helped those who through grace had believed.

  • Gal 1:15-16
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    15But when God, who set me apart from my mother's womb and called me by His grace, was pleased

    16to reveal His Son in me, so that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with flesh and blood,

  • Acts 28:17
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    17After three days, Paul called together the leaders of the Jews. When they had gathered, he said to them, 'Brothers, though I have done nothing against our people or the customs of our ancestors, I was handed over as a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.'

  • 2 Cor 1:16
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    16I planned to pass through your area on my way to Macedonia, and then come back to you from Macedonia, so you could assist me on my journey to Judea.

  • Acts 15:24
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    24Since 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,

  • 3 John 1:7
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    7For they went out for the sake of the Name, accepting nothing from the Gentiles.

  • Rom 2:28-29
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    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 5:3
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    3Again I declare to every man who allows himself to be circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law.

  • Acts 14:6
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    6Paul and Barnabas became aware of it and fled to the cities of Lycaonia—Lystra and Derbe—and the surrounding region.

  • Phil 3:5
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    5Circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee;

  • Acts 17:1
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    1After passing through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews.

  • Acts 21:12
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    12When we heard this, we and the local believers pleaded with Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.

  • Acts 20:2
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    2After traveling through those regions and encouraging the people with many words, he came to Greece.

  • Acts 14:1
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    1At Iconium, Paul and Barnabas went together into the Jewish synagogue and spoke in such a way that a large number of both Jews and Greeks believed.

  • Phil 3:3
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    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.

  • Eph 3:1
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    1For this reason, I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles,

  • Acts 15:19
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    19Therefore, my judgment is that we should not trouble those of the Gentiles who are turning to God.

  • Acts 22:19
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    19But I said, 'Lord, they themselves know that I used to imprison and beat those who believed in You in the synagogues.

  • Phlm 1:13
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    13I wanted to keep him with me so that he might minister to me in my chains for the gospel on your behalf.

  • Rom 15:8
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    8For I tell you that Christ became a servant to the Jews on behalf of God's truth, to confirm the promises given to the patriarchs.

  • Gal 2:14
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    14But when I saw that they were not acting in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter in front of them all, 'If you, being a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?'

  • Phil 2:22
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    22But you know his proven character, that as a son with his father, he has served with me in the work of the gospel.

  • Acts 16:10
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    10After Paul saw the vision, we immediately prepared to leave for Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.