Galatians 5:3

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

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  • Gal 3:10 : 10 For all who rely on doing the works of the law are under a curse, because it is written,“Cursed is everyone who does not keep on doing everything written in the book of the law.”
  • Eph 4:17 : 17 Live in Holiness So I say this, and insist in the Lord, that you no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.
  • Jas 2:10-11 : 10 For the one who obeys the whole law but fails in one point has become guilty of all of it. 11 For he who said,“Do not commit adultery,” also said,“Do not murder.” Now if you do not commit adultery but do commit murder, you have become a violator of the law.
  • Rom 2:25 : 25 For circumcision has its value if you practice the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.
  • Luke 16:28 : 28 (for I have five brothers) to warn them so that they don’t come into this place of torment.’
  • Deut 8:19 : 19 Now if you forget the LORD your God at all and follow other gods, worshiping and prostrating yourselves before them, I testify to you today that you will surely be annihilated.
  • Deut 27:26 : 26 ‘Cursed is the one who refuses to keep the words of this law.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’
  • Deut 31:21 : 21 Then when many disasters and distresses overcome them this song will testify against them, for their descendants will not forget it. I know the intentions they have in mind today, even before I bring them to the land I have promised.”
  • Neh 9:29-30 : 29 And you solemnly admonished them in order to return them to your law, but they behaved presumptuously and did not obey your commandments. They sinned against your ordinances– those by which an individual, if he obeys them, will live. They boldly turned from you; they rebelled and did not obey. 30 You prolonged your kindness with them for many years, and you solemnly admonished them by your Spirit through your prophets. Still they paid no attention, so you delivered them into the hands of the neighboring peoples.
  • Neh 9:34 : 34 Our kings, our leaders, our priests, and our ancestors have not kept your law. They have not paid attention to your commandments or your testimonies by which you have solemnly admonished them.
  • Matt 23:16 : 16 “Woe to you, blind guides, who say,‘Whoever swears by the temple is bound by nothing. But whoever swears by the gold of the temple is bound by the oath.’
  • Matt 23:18 : 18 And,‘Whoever swears by the altar is bound by nothing. But if anyone swears by the gift on it he is bound by the oath.’
  • Acts 2:40 : 40 With many other words he testified and exhorted them saying,“Save yourselves from this perverse generation!”
  • Acts 20:21 : 21 testifying to both Jews and Greeks about repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus.
  • 1 Thess 4:6 : 6 In this matter no one should violate the rights of his brother or take advantage of him, because the Lord is the avenger in all these cases, as we also told you earlier and warned you solemnly.
  • 1 John 4:14 : 14 And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son to be the Savior of the world.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gal 5:1-2
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    82%

    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!

  • Rom 2:25-29
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    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 5:4
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    4You who are trying to be declared righteous by the law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace!

  • Gal 6:12-15
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    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!

  • Gal 3:10-13
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    10For all who rely on doing the works of the law are under a curse, because it is written,“Cursed is everyone who does not keep on doing everything written in the book of the law.”

    11Now it is clear no one is justified before God by the law, because the righteous one will live by faith.

    12But the law is not based on faith, but the one who does the works of the law will live by them.

    13Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us(because it is written,“Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”)

  • Gal 5:10-11
    2 verses
    74%

    10I am confident in the Lord that you will accept no other view. But the one who is confusing you will pay the penalty, whoever he may be.

    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.

  • Jas 2:10
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    10For the one who obeys the whole law but fails in one point has become guilty of all of it.

  • Gal 2:18-19
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    18But if I build up again those things I once destroyed, I demonstrate that I am one who breaks God’s law.

    19For through the law I died to the law so that I may live to God.

  • 1 Cor 7:18-19
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    18Was 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.

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

  • Rom 10:4-5
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    4For Christ is the end of the law, with the result that there is righteousness for everyone who believes.

    5For Moses writes about the righteousness that is by the law:“The one who does these things will live by them.”

  • Phil 3:3-5
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    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

    4– though mine too are significant. If someone thinks he has good reasons to put confidence in human credentials, I have more:

    5I was circumcised on the eighth day, from the people of Israel and the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews. I lived according to the law as a Pharisee.

  • Rom 3:30
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    30Since God is one, he will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith.

  • Gal 5:6
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    6For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision carries any weight– the only thing that matters is faith working through love.

  • Rom 3:20
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    20For no one is declared righteous before him by the works of the law, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

  • Gal 2:3
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    3Yet not even Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, although he was a Greek.

  • Acts 16:3
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    3Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him, and he took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those places, for they all knew that his father was Greek.

  • Acts 15:5
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    5But 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.”

  • Gal 6:2
    69%

    2Carry one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.

  • Acts 13:39
    69%

    39and by this one everyone who believes is justified from everything from which the law of Moses could not justify you.

  • 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.”

  • 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.

  • Gal 2:16
    68%

    16yet we know that no one is justified by the works of the law but by the faithfulness of Jesus Christ. And we have come to believe in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by the faithfulness of Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no one will be justified.

  • Rom 13:8
    68%

    8Exhortation to Love Neighbors Owe no one anything, except to love one another, for the one who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.

  • Rom 2:13
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    13For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous before God, but those who do the law will be declared righteous.

  • Rom 3:9
    68%

    9The Condemnation of the World What then? Are we better off? Certainly not, for we have already charged that Jews and Greeks alike are all under sin,

  • Gal 3:15
    68%

    15Inheritance Comes from Promises and not Law Brothers and sisters, I offer an example from everyday life: When a covenant has been ratified, even though it is only a human contract, no one can set it aside or add anything to it.

  • Gal 5:14
    68%

    14For the whole law can be summed up in a single commandment, namely,“You must love your neighbor as yourself.”

  • Gal 4:21
    68%

    21An Appeal from Allegory Tell me, you who want to be under the law, do you not understand the law?

  • Gal 2:21
    68%

    21I do not set aside God’s grace, because if righteousness could come through the law, then Christ died for nothing!

  • Rom 15:8
    68%

    8For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the circumcised on behalf of God’s truth to confirm the promises made to the fathers,

  • Col 2:11
    67%

    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.

  • Gal 3:22
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    22But the scripture imprisoned everything under sin so that the promise could be given– because of the faithfulness of Jesus Christ– to those who believe.

  • Gal 1:9
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    9As we have said before, and now I say again, if any one is preaching to you a gospel contrary to what you received, let him be condemned to hell!