Galatians 6:13

KJV1611 – Modern English

For neither do they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, so that they may boast in your flesh.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Οὐδὲ γὰρ οἱ περιτεμνόμενοι αὐτοὶ νόμον φυλάσσουσιν· ἀλλὰ θέλουσιν ὑμᾶς περιτέμνεσθαι, ἵνα ἐν τῇ ὑμετέρᾳ σαρκὶ καυχήσωνται.

Transliteration

For neither the ones peritemnomenoi themselves nomon phylassousin; but thelousin you peritemnesthai, that in the hymetera sarki kauchēsōntai.

Grammar Details

• *peritemnomenoi*: present, passive, participle, nominative, masculine, plural - being circumcised
• *nomon*: accusative, masculine, singular - law
• *phylassousin*: present, active, indicative, 3rd plural - they keep
• *thelousin*: present, active, indicative, 3rd plural - they wish
• *peritemnesthai*: present, passive, infinitive - to be circumcised
• *hymetera*: dative, feminine, singular - your
• *sarki*: dative, feminine, singular - flesh
• *kauchēsōntai*: aorist, middle, subjunctive, 3rd plural - they might boast

Word Meanings

• *peritemnomenoi*: being circumcised/those who receive circumcision
• *nomon*: law/commandment/rule
• *phylassousin*: they keep/observe/guard
• *thelousin*: they wish/want/desire
• *peritemnesthai*: to be circumcised
• *hymetera*: your/yours
• *sarki*: flesh/body/physical condition
• *kauchēsōntai*: they might boast/glory/take pride

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  For 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.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  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.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  For they them selves which are circumcised kepe not the lawe: but desyre to have you circumcised that they myght reioyce in youre flesshe.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For eue they them selues which are circumcysed, kepe not the lawe, but wolde haue you circucysed, that they mighte reioyse in youre flesh.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For they themselues which are circumcised keepe not the law, but desire to haue you circumcised, that they might reioyce in your flesh.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For they the selues which are circumcised, kepe not the lawe: but desire to haue you circumcised, that they myght reioyce in your flesshe.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For even they who receive circumcision don't keep the law themselves, but they desire to have you circumcised, that they may boast in your flesh.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  for neither do those circumcised themselves keep the law, but they wish you to be circumcised, that in your flesh they may glory.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Because even those who undergo circumcision do not themselves keep the law; but they would have you undergo circumcision, so that they may have glory in your flesh.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For even they who receive circumcision don't keep the law themselves, but they desire to have you circumcised, that they may boast in your flesh.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

Referenced Verses

• Matt 23:3 : 3 Therefore, whatever they ask you to observe, that observe and do; but do not do according to their works: for they say and do not.
• Matt 23:15 : 15 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you travel land and sea to make one proselyte, and when he is made, you make him twice as much a child of hell as yourselves.
• Matt 23:23 : 23 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you pay tithe of mint and anise and cumin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, justice, mercy, and faith: these you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone.
• Rom 2:17-25 : 17 Behold, you are called a Jew, and rest in the law, and make your boast of God, 18 And know His will, and approve the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law; 19 And are confident that you yourself are a guide of the blind, a light to those who are in darkness, 20 An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of infants, who have the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law. 21 You therefore who teach another, do you not teach yourself? You who preach that a man should not steal, do you steal? 22 You who say a man should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you commit sacrilege? 23 You who make your boast of the law, through breaking the law do you dishonor God? 24 For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you, as it is written. 25 For circumcision truly profits if you keep the law: but if you are a breaker of the law, your circumcision is made uncircumcision.
• Rom 3:9-9 : 9 What then? Are we better than they? Not at all: for we have already charged both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin; 10 As it is written, 'There is none righteous, no, not one:' 11 'There is none who understands, there is none who seeks after God.' 12 'They have all turned aside; they have together become unprofitable; there is none who does good, no, not one.' 13 'Their throat is an open grave; with their tongues they have practiced deceit; the poison of vipers is under their lips.' 14 'Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.' 15 'Their feet are swift to shed blood:' 16 'Destruction and misery are in their ways:' 17 'And the way of peace they have not known:' 18 'There is no fear of God before their eyes.' 19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
• 1 Cor 3:21 : 21 Therefore let no one boast in men. For all things are yours;
• 1 Cor 5:6 : 6 Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump?
• 2 Cor 11:18 : 18 Since many boast according to the flesh, I will also boast.
• Phil 3:3 : 3 For we are the circumcision, who worship God in the Spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.
• 2 Pet 2:19 : 19 While they promise them liberty, they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by whom a man is overcome, by him also he is brought into bondage.