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Galatians 6:15
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KJ21
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.
ASV
For neither is circumcision anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.
AMP
For neither is circumcision anything [of any importance], nor uncircumcision, but [only] a new creation [which is the result of a new birth—a spiritual transformation—a new nature in Christ Jesus].
AMPC
For neither is circumcision [now] of any importance, nor uncircumcision, but [only] a new creation [the result of a new birth and a new nature in Christ Jesus, the Messiah].
BRG
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.
CSB
For both circumcision and uncircumcision mean nothing; what matters instead is a new creation.
CSBA
For both circumcision and uncircumcision mean nothing; what matters instead is a new creation.
CEB
Being circumcised or not being circumcised doesn’t mean anything. What matters is a new creation.
CJB
For neither being circumcised nor being uncircumcised matters; what matters is being a new creation.
CEV
It doesn't matter if you are circumcised or not. All that matters is that you are a new person.
DARBY
For [in Christ Jesus] neither is circumcision anything, nor uncircumcision; but new creation.
DLNT
For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision is anything, but a new creation.
DRA
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.
ERV
It doesn’t matter if anyone is circumcised or not. The only thing that matters is this new life we have from God.
EASY
It does not matter whether anyone has circumcised you or not. What matters is that God has made you a new person.
EHV
In fact, in Christ Jesus circumcision or uncircumcision does not matter. What matters is being a new creation.
ESV
For neither circumcision counts for anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation.
ESVUK
For neither circumcision counts for anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation.
EXB
It ·is not important [makes no difference; is nothing] if a man is circumcised or uncircumcised. The important thing is ·being the new people God has made [L a new creation; 2 Cor. 5:17].
GNV
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.
GW
Certainly, it doesn’t matter whether a person is circumcised or not. Rather, what matters is being a new creation.
GNT
It does not matter at all whether or not one is circumcised; what does matter is being a new creature.
HCSB
For both circumcision and uncircumcision mean nothing; what matters instead is a new creation.
ICB
It is not important if a man is circumcised or not circumcised. The important thing is being the new people God has made.
ISV
For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision matters. Rather, what matters is being a new creation.
PHILLIPS
Yet God forbid that I should boast about anything or anybody except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, which means that the world is a dead thing to me and I am a dead man to the world. But in Christ it is not circumcision or uncircumcision that counts but the power of new birth. To all who live by this principle, to the true Israel of God, may there be peace and mercy!
JUB
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision avails any thing nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.
KJV
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.
AKJV
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.
LSB
For neither is circumcision anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation.
LEB
For neither is circumcision anything nor uncircumcision, but a new creation.
TLB
It doesn’t make any difference now whether we have been circumcised or not; what counts is whether we really have been changed into new and different people.
MSG
For my part, I am going to boast about nothing but the Cross of our Master, Jesus Christ. Because of that Cross, I have been crucified in relation to the world, set free from the stifling atmosphere of pleasing others and fitting into the little patterns that they dictate. Can’t you see the central issue in all this? It is not what you and I do—submit to circumcision, reject circumcision. It is what God is doing, and he is creating something totally new, a free life! All who walk by this standard are the true Israel of God—his chosen people. Peace and mercy on them!
MEV
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything, but a new creation.
MOUNCE
For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision is anything, but a new creation.
NOG
Certainly, it doesn’t matter whether a person is circumcised or not. Rather, what matters is being a new creation.
NABRE
For neither does circumcision mean anything, nor does uncircumcision, but only a new creation.
NASB
For neither is circumcision anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation.
NASB1995
For neither is circumcision anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation.
NCB
Neither circumcision nor uncircumcision is important, but only a new creation.
NCV
It is not important if a man is circumcised or uncircumcised. The important thing is being the new people God has made.
NET
For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything; the only thing that matters is a new creation!
NIRV
Circumcision and uncircumcision don’t mean anything. What really counts is that the new creation has come.
NIV
Neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything; what counts is the new creation.
NIVUK
Neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything; what counts is the new creation.
NKJV
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but a new creation.
NLV
If a person does or does not go through the religious act of becoming a Jew, it is worth nothing. The important thing is to become a new person.
NLT
It doesn’t matter whether we have been circumcised or not. What counts is whether we have been transformed into a new creation.
NMB
For in Christ Jesus neither does circumcision avail anything at all, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.
NRSVA
For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision is anything; but a new creation is everything!
NRSVACE
For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision is anything; but a new creation is everything!
NRSVCE
For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision is anything; but a new creation is everything!
NRSVUE
For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision is anything, but a new creation is everything!
NTFE
Circumcision, you see, is nothing; neither is uncircumcision! What matters is new creation.
OJB
For neither bris milah is anything, nor fehlt (the lacking) of bris milah, but a Bri’a Chadasha (New Creation).
RGT
For in Christ Jesus, neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but a new creature.
RSV
For neither circumcision counts for anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation.
RSVCE
For neither circumcision counts for anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation.
TLV
For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything—but only a new creation.
VOICE
Let me be clear: circumcision won’t save you—uncircumcision won’t either for that matter—for both amount to nothing. God’s new creation is what counts, and it counts for everything.
WEB
For in Christ Jesus neither is circumcision anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation.
WE
It does not matter if a person is circumcised or not, but he must become a new person.
WYC
For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision is any thing worth, nor prepuce, but a new creature.
YLT
for in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation;
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