Galatians 6:12 Cross References - Lamsa

¹² Those who desire to boast in the things of the flesh, are the ones who compel you to be circumcised only lest they should suffer persecution for the cross of Christ.

² Therefore when you give alms, do not blow a trumpet before you, just as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the market places, so that they may be glorified by men. Truly I say to you, that they have already received their reward.

⁵ And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, who like to pray, standing in the synagogues and at the street corners, so that they may be seen by men. Truly I say to you, that they have already received their reward.

¹⁶ When you fast, do not look sad like the hypocrites; for they disfigure their faces, so that they may appear to men that they are fasting. Truly I say to you, that they have already received their reward.

⁵ And all their works they do, just to be seen by men; for they widen the fringes of their garments, and they lengthen the ends of their robes,

²⁸ Even so, from the outside you appear to men to be righteous, but from within you are full of iniquity and hypocrisy.

¹⁵ But Jesus said to them, You are the ones who make yourselves righteous before men; but God knows your hearts. For what is highly esteemed among men is disgusting in the presence of God.

⁴⁷ Those who embezzle the property of widows with the pretence that they make long prayers; they will receive a greater judgment.

¹⁸ He who speaks of his own accord seeks glory for himself; but he who seeks the glory of him who sent him, he is true, and there is no deception in his heart.

¹ AND certain men who had come down from JudµÆa taught the brethren, Unless you be circumcised in accordance with the custom of the law you cannot be saved.

⁵ But some of the men who had been converted from the sect of the PharÆi-sees rose up and said, You must circumcise them and command them to keep the law of Moses.

¹² For we dare not count or compare ourselves with those who are proud of themselves; for it is because they measure themselves by themselves that they do not understand.

¹³ For they are false apostles, and deceitful workers, posing as apostles of Christ.

³ And Titus, also, who was with me, being Syrian, was not compelled to be circumcised,

¹⁴ But when I saw that they were not following uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter, in the presence of them all, If you being a Jew live after the manner of Gentiles and not as do the Jews, why do you compel the Gentile converts to live as do the Jews?

¹¹ And I, my brethren, if I still preach circumcision, why should I be persecuted? Why? Has the cross ceased to be a stumblingblock?

¹³ For not even they who are circumcised obey the law; but they want you to be circumcised so that they may boast over your flesh.

¹⁵ While some of them preach only because of envy and strife; others preach Christ in good will and love:

⁴ Let no one be mindful only of his own things, but let every one be mindful of the things of his neighbor also.

¹⁸ For there are many who live otherwise, of whom I have often told you, and now I tell you with tears that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ;

²³ And it appears there is some word of wisdom in these things when presented by the humble person in fear of God; provided they disregard the things of the flesh, not those things which are honourable but only those things which satisfy the pleasure of the flesh.