Romans 2:25
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25 (A)Circumcision, to be sure, has value if you observe the law; but if you break the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.(B)
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Romans 2:29
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29 Rather, one is a Jew inwardly, and circumcision is of the heart, in the spirit, not the letter; his praise is not from human beings but from God.(A)
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Galatians 5:6
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6 (A)For in Christ Jesus, neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but only faith working through love.[a]
Be Not Misled.[b]
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- 5:6 Cf. Rom 2:25–26; 1 Cor 7:19; Gal 6:15. The Greek for faith working through love or “faith expressing itself through love” can also be rendered as “faith energized by (God’s) love.”
- 5:7–12 Paul addresses the Galatians directly: with questions (Gal 5:7, 11), a proverb (Gal 5:9), a statement (Gal 5:8), and biting sarcasm (Gal 5:12), seeking to persuade the Galatians to break with those trying to add law and circumcision to Christ as a basis for salvation.
Galatians 6:15
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15 For neither does circumcision mean anything, nor does uncircumcision,(A) but only a new creation.[a]
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- 6:15 New creation: or “new creature”; cf. 2 Cor 5:17.
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