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Although all the people who came out had been circumcised, yet all the people born on the journey through the wilderness after they had come out of Egypt had not been circumcised.

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All the people that came out had been circumcised, but all the people born in the wilderness during the journey from Egypt had not.

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15 For[a] neither circumcision nor uncircumcision is anything, but a new creation is everything!(A)

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  1. 6.15 Other ancient authorities add in Christ Jesus

15 Neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything;(A) what counts is the new creation.(B)

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For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything; the only thing that counts is faith working[a] through love.(A)

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  1. 5.6 Or made effective

For in Christ Jesus(A) neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value.(B) The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.(C)

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19 Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but obeying the commandments of God is everything.(A)

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19 Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing.(A) Keeping God’s commands is what counts.

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26 So, if the uncircumcised keep the requirements of the law, will not their uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision?

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26 So then, if those who are not circumcised keep the law’s requirements,(A) will they not be regarded as though they were circumcised?(B)

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But if you had known what this means, ‘I desire mercy and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the guiltless.(A)

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If you had known what these words mean, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’[a](A) you would not have condemned the innocent.

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  1. Matthew 12:7 Hosea 6:6

For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice,
    the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.(A)

But at[a] Adam they transgressed the covenant;
    there they dealt faithlessly with me.

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  1. 6.7 Cn: Heb like

For I desire mercy, not sacrifice,(A)
    and acknowledgment(B) of God rather than burnt offerings.(C)
As at Adam,[a] they have broken the covenant;(D)
    they were unfaithful(E) to me there.

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  1. Hosea 6:7 Or Like Adam; or Like human beings

“You shall not act as we are acting here today, all of us according to our own desires, for you have not yet come into the rest and the possession that the Lord your God is giving you.

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You are not to do as we do here today, everyone doing as they see fit,(A) since you have not yet reached the resting place(B) and the inheritance(C) the Lord your God is giving you.

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