Acts 16:3
3Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him, and he atook him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those places, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.Romans 2:25-29
25For circumcision indeed is of value bif you obey the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision becomes uncircumcision. 26So, if ca man who is uncircumcised keeps dthe precepts of the law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded ▼▼Or counted
as circumcision? 27Then he who is physically ▼▼Or is by nature
uncircumcised but keeps the law gwill condemn you who have hthe written code ▼▼Or the letter
and circumcision but break the law. 28For jno one is a Jew kwho is merely one outwardly, nor is circumcision outward and physical. 29But a Jew is one linwardly, and mcircumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter. nHis praise is not from man but from God. Romans 4:9-12
9Is this blessing then only for othe circumcised, or also for the uncircumcised? pFor we say that faith was counted to Abraham as righteousness. 10How then was it counted to him? Was it before or after he had been circumcised? It was not after, but before he was circumcised. 11 qHe received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. The purpose was rto make him the father of all who believe without being circumcised, so that righteousness would be counted to them as well, 12and to make him the father of the circumcised who are not merely circumcised but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.1 Corinthians 7:18-19
18Was 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? sLet him not seek circumcision. 19 tFor neither circumcision counts for anything nor uncircumcision, but ukeeping the commandments of God.Galatians 5:6
6For in Christ Jesus vneither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but wonly faith working through love.Galatians 6:15
15For xneither circumcision counts for anything, nor uncircumcision, but ya new creation.
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