1 Corinthians 7:18

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Was anyone called after he had been circumcised? He should not try to undo his circumcision. Was anyone called who is uncircumcised? He should not get circumcised.

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  • Acts 15:5 : 5 But some from the religious party of the Pharisees who had believed stood up and said,“It is necessary to circumcise the Gentiles and to order them to observe the law of Moses.”
  • Acts 15:19 : 19 “Therefore I conclude that we should not cause extra difficulty for those among the Gentiles who are turning to God,
  • Acts 15:24 : 24 Since we have heard that some have gone out from among us with no orders from us and have confused you, upsetting your minds by what they said,
  • Acts 15:28 : 28 For it seemed best to the Holy Spirit and to us not to place any greater burden on you than these necessary rules:
  • Gal 5:1-3 : 1 Freedom of the Believer For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be subject again to the yoke of slavery. 2 Listen! I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no benefit to you at all! 3 And I testify again to every man who lets himself be circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law.
  • Col 3:11 : 11 Here there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave or free, but Christ is all and in all.
  • Acts 15:1-2 : 1 The Jerusalem Council Now some men came down from Judea and began to teach the brothers,“Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.” 2 When Paul and Barnabas had a major argument and debate with them, the church appointed Paul and Barnabas and some others from among them to go up to meet with the apostles and elders in Jerusalem about this point of disagreement.

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

    19Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing. Instead, keeping God’s commandments is what counts.

    20Let each one remain in that situation in life in which he was called.

    21Were you called as a slave? Do not worry about it. But if indeed you are able to be free, make the most of the opportunity.

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

  • 1 Cor 7:17
    80%

    17The Circumstances of Your Calling Nevertheless, as the Lord has assigned to each one, as God has called each person, so must he live. I give this sort of direction in all the churches.

  • Rom 2:25-29
    5 verses
    79%

    25For circumcision has its value if you practice the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

    26Therefore if the uncircumcised man obeys the righteous requirements of the law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision?

    27The physically uncircumcised man, by keeping the law, will judge you to be the transgressor of the law, even though you have the letter and circumcision!

    28For a person is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision something that is outward in the flesh,

    29but someone is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is of the heart by the Spirit and not by the letter. This person’s praise is not from people but from God.

  • Gal 6:12-15
    4 verses
    76%

    12Those who want to make a good showing in external matters are trying to force you to be circumcised. They do so only to avoid being persecuted for the cross of Christ.

    13For 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.

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

    15For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything; the only thing that matters is a new creation!

  • 1 Cor 7:24
    75%

    24In whatever situation someone was called, brothers and sisters, let him remain in it with God.

  • Gen 17:10-14
    5 verses
    74%

    10This is my requirement that you and your descendants after you must keep: Every male among you must be circumcised.

    11You must circumcise the flesh of your foreskins. This will be a reminder of the covenant between me and you.

    12Throughout your generations every male among you who is eight days old must be circumcised, whether born in your house or bought with money from any foreigner who is not one of your descendants.

    13They must indeed be circumcised, whether born in your house or bought with money. The sign of my covenant will be visible in your flesh as a permanent reminder.

    14Any uncircumcised male who has not been circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin will be cut off from his people– he has failed to carry out my requirement.”

  • Rom 4:9-12
    4 verses
    73%

    9Is this blessedness then for the circumcision or also for the uncircumcision? For we say,“faith was credited to Abraham as righteousness.”

    10How then was it credited to him? Was he circumcised at the time, or not? No, he was not circumcised but 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 would become the father of all those who believe but have never been circumcised, that they too could have righteousness credited to them.

    12And he is also the father of the circumcised, who are not only circumcised, but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham possessed when he was still uncircumcised.

  • Eph 2:11
    73%

    11New Life Corporately Therefore remember that formerly you, the Gentiles in the flesh– who are called“uncircumcision” by the so-called“circumcision” that is performed on the body by human hands–

  • John 7:22-23
    2 verses
    73%

    22However, because Moses gave you the practice of circumcision(not that it came from Moses, but from the forefathers), you circumcise a male child on the Sabbath.

    23But if a male child is circumcised on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses is not broken, why are you angry with me because I made a man completely well on the Sabbath?

  • Rom 3:30
    72%

    30Since God is one, he will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith.

  • Gal 2:7
    72%

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

  • Gal 5:6
    72%

    6For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision carries any weight– the only thing that matters is faith working through love.

  • Gal 5:1-3
    3 verses
    71%

    1Freedom of the Believer For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be subject again to the yoke of slavery.

    2Listen! I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no benefit to you at all!

    3And I testify again to every man who lets himself be circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law.

  • Gal 2:3
    71%

    3Yet not even Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, although he was a Greek.

  • Lev 12:3
    70%

    3On the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin must be circumcised.

  • Gal 5:11
    70%

    11Now, brothers and sisters, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been removed.

  • Col 2:11
    70%

    11In him you also were circumcised– not, however, with a circumcision performed by human hands, but by the removal of the fleshly body, that is, through the circumcision done by Christ.

  • Col 3:11
    69%

    11Here there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave or free, but Christ is all and in all.

  • Acts 15:1
    69%

    1The Jerusalem Council Now some men came down from Judea and began to teach 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 shared a meal with them.”

  • Deut 10:16
    69%

    16Therefore, cleanse your heart and stop being so stubborn!

  • 1 Thess 4:7
    68%

    7For God did not call us to impurity but in holiness.

  • 1 Cor 7:27
    68%

    27The one bound to a wife should not seek divorce. The one released from a wife should not seek marriage.

  • Gen 17:23
    68%

    23Abraham took his son Ishmael and every male in his household(whether born in his house or bought with money) and circumcised them on that very same day, just as God had told him to do.

  • Exod 12:48
    68%

    48“When a resident foreigner lives with you and wants to observe the Passover to the LORD, all his males must be circumcised, and then he may approach and observe it, and he will be like one who is born in the land– but no uncircumcised person may eat of it.

  • Gen 34:22
    68%

    22Only on this one condition will these men consent to live with us and become one people: They demand that every male among us be circumcised just as they are circumcised.

  • Phil 3:3
    68%

    3For we are the circumcision, the ones who worship by the Spirit of God, exult in Christ Jesus, and do not rely on human credentials

  • Rom 3:1
    68%

    1Therefore what advantage does the Jew have, or what is the value of circumcision?

  • Jer 9:25
    68%

    25The LORD says,“Watch out! The time is soon coming when I will punish all those who are circumcised only in the flesh.