1 Corinthians 9:19-21
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19 For (A)though I am free from all, (B)I have made myself a servant to all, that I might (C)win more of them. 20 (D)To the Jews I became as a Jew, in order to win Jews. To those under the law I became as one under the law (though not being myself under the law) that I might win those under the law. 21 To (E)those outside the law I became (F)as one outside the law (not being outside the law of God but (G)under the law of Christ) that I might win those outside the law.
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Galatians 6:12-15
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12 (A)It is those who want to make a good showing in the flesh (B)who would force you to be circumcised, and only (C)in order that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ. 13 For even those who are circumcised do not themselves keep the law, but they desire to have you circumcised that they may boast in your flesh. 14 But far be it from me to boast (D)except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which[a] the world (E)has been crucified to me, and I to the world. 15 For (F)neither circumcision counts for anything, nor uncircumcision, but (G)a new creation.
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- Galatians 6:14 Or through whom
Galatians 5:1-6
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Christ Has Set Us Free
5 For (A)freedom Christ has (B)set us free; (C)stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to (D)a yoke of (E)slavery.
2 Look: I, Paul, say to you that (F)if you accept circumcision, (G)Christ will be of no advantage to you. 3 I testify again to every man who accepts circumcision that (H)he is obligated to keep the whole law. 4 You are (I)severed from Christ, (J)you who would be justified[a] by the law; (K)you have fallen away from grace. 5 For through the Spirit, by faith, we ourselves eagerly (L)wait for the hope of righteousness. 6 For in Christ Jesus (M)neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but (N)only faith working through love.
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- Galatians 5:4 Or counted righteous
Acts 15:19-21
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19 Therefore (A)my judgment is that we should not trouble those of the Gentiles who (B)turn to God, 20 but should write to them (C)to abstain from (D)the things polluted by idols, and from (E)sexual immorality, and from (F)what has been strangled, and from (G)blood. 21 For from ancient generations Moses has had in every city those who proclaim him, (H)for he is read every Sabbath in the synagogues.”
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1 Corinthians 7:18-19
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18 Was anyone at the time of his call already circumcised? Let him not seek to remove the marks of circumcision. Was anyone at the time of his call uncircumcised? (A)Let him not seek circumcision. 19 (B)For neither circumcision counts for anything nor uncircumcision, but (C)keeping the commandments of God.
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Romans 14:1-6
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Do Not Pass Judgment on One Another
14 As for (A)the one who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not to quarrel over opinions. 2 (B)One person believes he may eat anything, while the weak person eats only vegetables. 3 Let not the one who eats despise the one who abstains, and (C)let not the one who abstains pass judgment on the one who eats, for God has welcomed him. 4 (D)Who are you to pass judgment on the servant of another? It is before his own master[a] that he stands or falls. And he will be upheld, for the Lord is able to make him stand.
5 (E)One person esteems one day as better than another, while another esteems all days alike. (F)Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind. 6 The one who observes the day, observes it in honor of the Lord. The one who eats, eats in honor of the Lord, since (G)he gives thanks to God, while the one who abstains, abstains in honor of the Lord and gives thanks to God.
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- Romans 14:4 Or lord
Acts 28:17
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Paul in Rome
17 After three days he called together the local leaders of the Jews, and when they had gathered, he said to them, “Brothers, (A)though I had done nothing against our people or (B)the customs of our fathers, yet I was delivered as a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.
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Acts 16:3
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3 Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him, and he (A)took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those places, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.
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Acts 6:13-14
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