Acts 15:1

Then some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.”

² And after engaging these men in sharp debate, Paul and Barnabas were appointed, along with some other believers, to go up to Jerusalem to see the apostles and elders about this question.

³ Sent on their way by the church, they passed through Phoenicia and Samaria, recounting the conversion of the Gentiles and bringing great joy to all the brothers.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: Then some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.”
KJV: And certain men which came down from Judæa taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved.
WEB: Some men came down from Judea and taught the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised after the custom of Moses, you can’t be saved.”
ASV: And certain men came down from Judaea and taught the brethren, [saying], Except ye be circumcised after the custom of Moses, ye cannot be saved.
DARBY: And certain persons, having come down from Judaea, taught the brethren, If ye shall not have been circumcised according to the custom of Moses, ye cannot be saved.
BLB: But certain ones having come down from Judea were teaching the brothers, “Unless you⁺ are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you⁺ are not able to be saved.”

ÅB: Og det kom noen ned fra Judea og lærte brødrene: Dersom dere ikke blir omskåret etter Mose skikk, kan dere ikke bli frelst.
OTB: Noen personer kom ned fra Judea til Antiokia og begynte å instruere de troende: "Hvis dere ikke blir omskåret etter den skikken Moses lærte, kan dere ikke bli frelst."
B1930: Og det kom nogen ned fra Judea og lærte brødrene: Dersom I ikke blir omskåret efter Mose skikk, kan I ikke bli frelst.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Galatians 5:6
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. All that matters is faith, expressed through love.
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Acts 15:5
But some believers from the party of the Pharisees stood up and declared, “The Gentiles must be circumcised and required to obey the law of Moses.”
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Colossians 2:8
See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, which are based on human tradition and the spiritual forces of the world rather than on Christ.
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Galatians 2:11–14
When Cephas came to Antioch, however, I opposed him to his face, because he stood to be condemned.
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1 Corinthians 7:18–19
Was a man already circumcised when he was called? He should not become uncircumcised. Was a man still uncircumcised when called? He should not be circumcised.
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Leviticus 12:3
And on the eighth day the flesh of the boy’s foreskin is to be circumcised.
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Galatians 5:1–4
It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be encumbered once more by a yoke of slavery.
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Romans 4:8–12
Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord will never count against him.”
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