Galatians 6:13
11 Ye see how large a letter I have written unto you with mine own hand.
12 As many as desire to make a fair shew in the flesh, they constrain you to be circumcised; only lest they should suffer persecution for the cross of Christ.
For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh.
14 But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.
15 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.
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
- For the circumcised do not even keep the law themselves, yet they want you to be circumcised that they may boast in your flesh.
- KJV
- For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh.
- WEB
- For even they who receive circumcision don’t keep the law themselves, but they desire to have you circumcised, so that they may boast in your flesh.
- ASV
- For not even they who receive circumcision do themselves keep the law; but they desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh.
- DARBY
- For neither do they that are circumcised themselves keep the law; but they wish you to be circumcised, that they may boast in your flesh.
- BLB
- For not even those being circumcised keep the law themselves, but they want you⁺ to be circumcised that they may boast in your⁺ flesh.
- ÅB
- For ikke engang de som lar seg omskjære, holder selv loven; men de vil at dere skal la dere omskjære, for at de kan rose seg av deres kjød.
- OTB
- For selv de som er omskåret, holder ikke loven selv, men de vil at dere skal bli omskåret, så de kan rose seg av deres kjød.
- B1930
- For ikke engang de som lar sig omskjære, holder selv loven; men de vil at I skal la eder omskjære, forat de kan rose sig av eders kjød.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Philippians 3:3
For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.
Read in context1 Corinthians 5:6
Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
Read in contextRomans 2:17–25
Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,
Read in context2 Peter 2:19
While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.
Read in contextMatthew 23:3
All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.
Read in context2 Corinthians 11:18
Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also.
Read in contextMatthew 23:15
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.
Read in context1 Corinthians 3:21
Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours;
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