Galatians 6:12

World English Bible (2000)

As many as desire to look good in the flesh, they compel you to be circumcised; only that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ.

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  • Gal 5:11 : 11 But I, brothers, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? Then the stumbling block of the cross has been removed.
  • Acts 15:1 : 1 Some men came down from Judea and taught the brothers, "Unless you are circumcised after the custom of Moses, you can't be saved."
  • 2 Cor 11:13 : 13 For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as Christ's apostles.
  • Gal 2:3 : 3 But not even Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised.
  • Col 2:23 : 23 Which things indeed appear like wisdom in self-imposed worship, and humility, and severity to the body; but aren't of any value against the indulgence of the flesh.
  • Gal 2:14 : 14 But when I saw that they didn't walk uprightly according to the truth of the Good News, I said to Peter before them all, "If you, being a Jew, live as the Gentiles do, and not as the Jews do, why do you compel the Gentiles to live as the Jews do?
  • Acts 15:5 : 5 But some of the sect of the Pharisees who believed rose up, saying, "It is necessary to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses."
  • 2 Cor 10:12 : 12 For we are not bold to number or compare ourselves with some of those who commend themselves. But they themselves, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, are without understanding.
  • Gal 6:13 : 13 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.
  • Phil 1:15 : 15 Some indeed preach Christ even out of envy and strife, and some also out of good will.
  • Phil 2:4 : 4 each of you not just looking to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.
  • Phil 3:18 : 18 For many walk, of whom I told you often, and now tell you even weeping, as the enemies of the cross of Christ,
  • Matt 6:2 : 2 Therefore when you do merciful deeds, don't sound a trumpet before yourself, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may get glory from men. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.
  • Matt 6:5 : 5 "When you pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites, for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Most certainly, I tell you, they have received their reward.
  • Matt 6:16 : 16 "Moreover when you fast, don't be like the hypocrites, with sad faces. For they disfigure their faces, that they may be seen by men to be fasting. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.
  • Matt 23:5 : 5 But all their works they do to be seen by men. They make their phylacteries broad, enlarge the fringes of their garments,
  • Matt 23:28 : 28 Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
  • Luke 16:15 : 15 He said to them, "You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts. For that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.
  • Luke 20:47 : 47 who devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers: these will receive greater condemnation."
  • John 7:18 : 18 He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory, but he who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.

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  • Gal 6:13-17
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    13For 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.

    14But far be it from me to 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 in Christ Jesus neither is circumcision anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation.

    16As many as walk by this rule, peace and mercy be on them, and on God's Israel.

    17From now on, let no one cause me any trouble, for I bear the marks of the Lord Jesus branded on my body.

  • Gal 5:10-13
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    10I have confidence toward you in the Lord that you will think no other way. But he who troubles you will bear his judgment, whoever he is.

    11But I, brothers, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? Then the stumbling block of the cross has been removed.

    12I wish that those who disturb you would cut themselves off.

    13For you, brothers, were called for freedom. Only don't use your freedom for gain to the flesh, but through love be servants to one another.

  • Gal 5:1-3
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    1Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don't be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.

    2Behold, I, Paul, tell you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will profit you nothing.

    3Yes, I testify again to every man who receives circumcision, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.

  • Phil 3:3-4
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    3For we are the circumcision, who worship God in the Spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh;

    4though I myself might have confidence even in the flesh. If any other man thinks that he has confidence in the flesh, I yet more:

  • Gal 6:11
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    11See with what large letters I write to you with my own hand.

  • Gal 5:24
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    24Those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and lusts.

  • Acts 16:3
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    3Paul wanted to have him go out with him, and he took and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those parts; for they all knew that his father was a Greek.

  • 2 Cor 11:12
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    12But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them that desire an occasion, that in which they boast, they may be found even as we.

  • Rom 2:24-28
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    24For "the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you," just as it is written.

    25For circumcision indeed profits, if you are a doer of the law, but if you are a transgressor of the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

    26If therefore the uncircumcised keep the ordinances of the law, won't his uncircumcision be accounted as circumcision?

    27Won't the uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfills the law, judge you, who with the letter and circumcision are a transgressor of the law?

    28For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh;

  • Phil 1:15-16
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    15Some indeed preach Christ even out of envy and strife, and some also out of good will.

    16The former insincerely preach Christ from selfish ambition, thinking that they add affliction to my chains;

  • Gal 2:3-4
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    3But not even Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised.

    4This was because of the false brothers secretly brought in, who stole in to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage;

  • Gal 4:17
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    17They zealously seek you in no good way. No, they desire to alienate you, that you may seek them.

  • Gal 6:2
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    2Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.

  • Gal 1:10
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    10For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? For if I were still pleasing men, I wouldn't be a servant of Christ.

  • Gal 5:6
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    6For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision amounts to anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love.

  • Rom 13:14
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    14But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, for its lusts.

  • Gal 3:1
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    1Foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you not to obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was openly set forth among you as crucified?

  • Col 2:11
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    11in whom you were also circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands, in the putting off of the body of the sins of the flesh, in the circumcision of Christ;

  • Gal 4:15
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    15What was the blessing you enjoyed? For I testify to you that, if possible, you would have plucked out your eyes and given them to me.

  • 1 Cor 7:18
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    18Was anyone called having been circumcised? Let him not become uncircumcised. Has anyone been called in uncircumcision? Let him not be circumcised.

  • Phil 3:18
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    18For many walk, of whom I told you often, and now tell you even weeping, as the enemies of the cross of Christ,

  • 2 Cor 12:6
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    6For if I would desire to boast, I will not be foolish; for I will speak the truth. But I refrain, so that no man may think more of me than that which he sees in me, or hears from me.

  • 2 Cor 10:2
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    2Yes, I beg you that I may not, when present, show courage with the confidence with which I intend to be bold against some, who consider us to be walking according to the flesh.

  • Gal 2:14
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    14But when I saw that they didn't walk uprightly according to the truth of the Good News, I said to Peter before them all, "If you, being a Jew, live as the Gentiles do, and not as the Jews do, why do you compel the Gentiles to live as the Jews do?

  • Gal 4:12
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    12I beg you, brothers, become as I am, for I also have become as you are. You did me no wrong,

  • 2 Cor 5:12
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    12For we are not commending ourselves to you again, but speak as giving you occasion of boasting on our behalf, that you may have something to answer those who boast in appearance, and not in heart.

  • Eph 2:11
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    11Therefore remember that once you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called "uncircumcision" by that which is called "circumcision," (in the flesh, made by hands);

  • Acts 15:1
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    1Some men came down from Judea and taught the brothers, "Unless you are circumcised after the custom of Moses, you can't be saved."

  • Acts 15:24
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    24Because we have heard that some who went out from us have troubled you with words, unsettling your souls, saying, 'You must be circumcised and keep the law,' to whom we gave no commandment;

  • 2 Cor 11:18
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    18Seeing that many boast after the flesh, I will also boast.

  • Gal 3:4
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    4Did you suffer so many things in vain, if it is indeed in vain?

  • Gal 2:10
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    10They only asked us to remember the poor--which very thing I was also zealous to do.

  • 1 Thess 2:14
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    14For you, brothers, became imitators of the assemblies of God which are in Judea in Christ Jesus; for you also suffered the same things from your own countrymen, even as they did from the Jews;

  • 1 Thess 2:6
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    6nor seeking glory from men (neither from you nor from others), when we might have claimed authority as apostles of Christ.