Bible verses about "circumcision" | Thomson

¹⁰ And this is the covenant which thou shalt keep between me and you, even thy seed after thee throughout their generations, Every male of you shall be circumcised. ¹¹ Ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be for a sign of the covenant between me and you. ¹² And the child of eight days old shall be circumcised among you. Every male throughout your generations, including the home born servant, and him who is bought with money from any stranger, not of thy seed. ¹³ Thy home born servant and he who is bought shall surely be circumcised. And this my covenant shall be on your flesh for an everlasting covenant. ¹⁴ And with regard to the uncircumcised male, the flesh of whose foreskin shall not be circumcised on the eighth day, that soul shall be cut off from its family, because it hath broken my covenant."

¹² And the child of eight days old shall be circumcised among you. Every male throughout your generations, including the home born servant, and him who is bought with money from any stranger, not of thy seed.

¹⁶ Circumcise therefore the stubbornness of your hearts, and be no more stiffnecked.

²¹ Now when eight days were accomplished, at circumcising the child, he was named Jesus, the name which the angel had given him before he was conceived.

¹ there came down from Judea some persons who taught the brethren, "Unless you be circumcised after the manner of Moses, you cannot be saved." ² Whereupon, as there arose a dissention, and Paul and Barnabas had no small debate with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and some from among themselves, should go up to the apostles and elders at Jerusalem, about this question. ³ They therefore, being forwarded on their journey by the congregation, passed through Phoenicia and Samaria; and by declaring fully the conversion of the Gentiles, they gave great joy to all the brethren. ⁴ And when they arrived at Jerusalem they were well received by the congregation, particularly by the apostles and elders, and they gave an account of all that God had done by them. ⁵ Thereupon some of the sect of the Pharisees who believed, rose up and said, that it was necessary to circumcise those, and order them to keep the law of Moses. ⁶ And the apostles and elders were convened to deliberate on this matter. ⁷ And after much debate, Peter arose, and said to them, Men, brethren, you know that a good while ago, God made choice among us that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear the word of these glad tidings and believe. ⁸ And God who knoweth the heart, bare witness for them, giving them the holy spirit in the same manner as he did to us; ⁹ and made no distinction between us and them, purifying their hearts by belief. ¹⁰ Now therefore why do ye try God, to put upon the neck of the disciples, a yoke which neither our fathers nor we are able to bear? ¹¹ but we trust that we shall be saved by the favour of the Lord Jesus Christ, in the same manner as they do. ¹² Upon this the multitude were silent and heard Barnabas and Paul, relating all the signs and wonders which God hath done among the Gentiles by them. ¹³ And when they had done speaking, James answered and said, Men, brethren, hearken to me, ¹⁴ Simeon hath related how God first looked down on the Gentiles, to take from among them a people for his name. ¹⁵ And with this the words of the prophets agree, as it is written. ¹⁶ "After this I will return and rebuild the tabernacle of David which hath fallen. I will rebuild those parts of it which have fallen to decay, and those parts of it which have been demolished, and raise it up again, ¹⁷ that the rest of mankind may seek the Lord; even all the nations who are called by my name, saith the Lord who doth all these things." ¹⁸ To God all his works are known from eternity; ¹⁹ therefore it is my judgement not to disquiet those of the Gentiles who turn to God; ²⁰ but to enjoin them to abstain from the pollutions of idols, and fornication, and what is strangled, and blood, ²¹ because from generations of old Moses hath in every city them who preach him, being read in the synagogue every sabbath. ²² It was then determined by the apostles and elders, when they with the whole congregation had chosen chief men from among them, to send with Paul and Barnabas to Antioch, Judas, who is surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, leading men among the brethren, ²³ by whom they wrote the following letter. "The apostles and the elders and the brethren, to the brethren from among the Gentiles in Antioch, and Syria and Cilicia, ²⁴ greeting. As we have heard that some who went out from among us have troubled you with discourses, unsettling your minds, saying, You must be circumcised and keep the law, though we gave them no such injunction, ²⁵ we being all of one mind determined that after making a choice, we would send men to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul, ²⁶ men who have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ: ²⁷ we have therefore sent Judas and Silas, who by word of mouth will tell you the same things. ²⁸ For it hath seemed good to the holy spirit and to us to lay upon you, over and above the things absolutely necessary, no more burden than these. ²⁹ To abstain from things offered to idols, and blood, and what is strangled, and fornication, from which you will do well to keep yourselves. Farewell." ³⁰ So they being despatched came to Antioch and assembling the multitude, delivered the letter, ³¹ and when they had read it, they rejoiced for the consolation. ³² And as Judas and Silas were themselves also teachers, they with many discourses exhorted the brethren, and established them. ³³ And having tarried some time they had leave to depart with peace from the brethren to the apostles. ³⁴ But Silas thought proper to continue there. ³⁵ Paul also, and Barnabas, continued at Antioch, teaching and publishing with many others the glad tidings of the word of the Lord. ³⁶ And after some days Paul said to Barnabas, Let us, I pray thee, return and visit our brethren in every city where we have published the word of the Lord, to see how they do. ³⁷ And Barnabas advised to take along with them, John surnamed Mark. ³⁸ But Paul did not think it proper to take along with them one who had quitted them in Pamphylia, and had not gone with them to the work. ³⁹ There was therefore a sharp dispute, so that they separated one from the other. And Barnabas took Mark and sailed to Cyprus. ⁴⁰ As for Paul, having chosen Silas and being commended by the brethren to the favour of God, ⁴¹ he set out and passed through Syria and Cilicia, establishing the congregations

¹⁵ For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision availeth any thing; but a new creation.

¹¹ and he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness of that belief, which he had in uncircumcision, that he might be a father of all who believe when in a state of uncircumcision, in order that this righteousness may be reckoned to them also

³ But neither Titus who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised,

²⁸ For he is not a Jew, who is one outwardly; nor is that circumcision, which is barely in the flesh:

³ for we are the circumcision, who serve God in spirit, and glory in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in flesh.

⁴ And Abraham circumcised Isaak on the eighth day, as God had commanded him.

⁴ be circumcised for your God and circumcise the stubbornness of your hearts, O men of Juda and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; lest my wrath break out like a fire and burn; and there be none to quench it, because of the wickedness of your devices.

²⁵ For circumcision is indeed profitable if thou performest the law. But if thou art a transgressor of the law thy circumcision is become uncircumcision. ²⁶ If then the uncircumcision keep the moral precepts of the law, shall not such a one's uncircumcision be accounted circumcision? ²⁷ And may not the uncircumcision which in a state of nature performeth the law, judge thee who being under a written law and circumcision art a transgressor of law? ²⁸ For he is not a Jew, who is one outwardly; nor is that circumcision, which is barely in the flesh: ²⁹ but he, who is a Jew inwardly, whose circumcision is that of the heart"spiritually not literally, whose praise is not from men, but from God.

² Behold I Paul say to you, that if you be circumcised, Christ will avail .you nothing. ³ And I testify again to every man who is circumcised, that he is under an obligation to perform the whole law. ⁴ You who are justified by law, have done with the Christ"you have fallen from that favour. ⁵ As for us then, we by the spirit entertain a hope of justification for faith. ⁶ For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision availeth any thing, but a belief made operative by love. ⁷ You were running well. Who hath stopped you from obeying the truth? ⁸ This persuasion cometh not from him who called you. ⁹ A little leaven leaveneth the whole mass. ¹⁰ I have a confidence in the Lord with respect to you, that you will keep your minds bent on nothing else, and that he who troubleth you, whoever he may be, will bear the blame ¹¹ As for me, brethren, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? In that case the offence of the cross is done away.

¹⁹ The circumcision is nothing, and the uncircumcision is nothing, in comparison with keeping the commandments of God.