Bible verses about "circumcision" | Bishops

¹⁰ This is my couenaunt which ye shall kepe betweene me & you, and thy seede after thee: euery man chylde among you shalbe circumcised ¹¹ Ye shal circumcise the fleshe of your foreskyn, and it shalbe a token of the couenaunt betwixt me and you ¹² And euery man chylde of eyght dayes olde shalbe circumcised amongst you in your generations, both he that is borne in thy house, as he that is bought with money of any straunger, whiche is not of thy seede ¹³ He that is borne in thy house, and he also that is bought with money, must needes be circumcised: & my couenaut shalbe in your fleshe for an euerlastyng couenaunt ¹⁴ And the vncircumcised manchylde, in whose fleshe the foreskyn is not circumcised, that soule shalbe cut of from his people, because he hath broken my couenaunt

¹² And euery man chylde of eyght dayes olde shalbe circumcised amongst you in your generations, both he that is borne in thy house, as he that is bought with money of any straunger, whiche is not of thy seede

¹⁶ Circumcise therefore the foreskinne of your heart, and be no more stifnecked

²¹ And when the eygth day was come, that the chylde shoulde be circumcised, his name was called Iesus, whiche was so named of the Angel, before he was conceaued in the wombe

¹ And certayne men whiche came downe fro Iurie, taught the brethren, except ye be circumcised after the maner of Moyses, ye can not be saued ² So, when there was rysen discention and disputyng, not a litle vnto Paul and Barnabas, agaynst them: they determyned that Paul and Barnabas, and certayne other of them, shoulde go vp to Hierusalem, vnto the Apostles and elders, about this question ³ And after they were brought on their way by ye Churche, they passed through Phenices and Samaria, declaryng the conuersation of the gentiles, and they brought great ioy vnto all the brethen ⁴ And when they were come to Hierusalem, they were receaued of ye Church, and of the Apostles and elders: And they declared all thynges that God had done with them ⁵ Then rose vp certayne of the sect of the pharisees, which dyd beleue, saying that it was needefull to circumcise the, and to commaunde to kepe the lawe of Moyses ⁶ And the Apostles and elders came together, for to consider of this matter ⁷ And when there had ben much disputyng, Peter rose vp, and sayde vnto the: Ye men & brethren, ye knowe how that a good while ago, God did chose among vs, that the gentiles by my mouth, shoulde heare the worde of the Gospel, and beleue ⁸ And God whiche knoweth the heartes, bare them witnesse, and gaue vnto them the holy ghost, euen as he dyd vnto vs ⁹ And put no difference betwene vs and them, purifiyng their heartes by fayth ¹⁰ Nowe therfore, why tempt ye God, to put on the disciples neckes, the yoke which neither our fathers nor we were able to beare ¹¹ But we beleue, that through the grace of the Lorde Iesu Christe, we shalbe saued, euen as they ¹² Then all the multitude was scilent, and gaue audience to Barnabas and Paul, which tolde what signes and wonders, God had shewed among the gentiles by them ¹³ And when they helde their peace, Iames aunswered, saying: Men and brethren, hearken vnto me ¹⁴ Simeon tolde, howe God at the begynnyng dyd visite, to receaue of the gentiles, a people in his name ¹⁵ And to this agree the wordes of the prophetes, as it is written ¹⁶ After this I wyll returne, and wyll buylde agayne the tabernacle of Dauid, which is fallen downe: and that which is fallen in decay of it, wyll I buylde agayne, and I wyll set it vp ¹⁷ That the residue of men myght seke after the Lorde, and all the gentiles vpon whom my name is called, sayth the Lorde, which doth all these thynges ¹⁸ Knowen vnto God are all his workes from the begynnyng of the worlde ¹⁹ Wherfore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the gentiles, are turned to God ²⁰ But that we write vnto them, that they absteyne themselues from fylthynesse of idols, and fro fornication, and from strangled, and from blood ²¹ For Moyses of olde tyme, hath in euery citie, them that preache hym in the synagogues, when he is read euery Sabboth day ²² Then pleased it the Apostles & elders, with the whole Church, to sende chosen me of their owne companie to Antioch, with Paul and Barnabas: [That is] Iudas, whose sirname was Barsabas, and Silas, which were chiefe men among the brethren ²³ And wrote letters by them, after this maner ²⁴ The Apostles, and elders, & brethren, sende greetinges vnto ye brethren, which are of the gentiles in Antiochia, Syria, & Cilicia. Forasmuch as we haue heard, that certayne which departed from vs, haue troubled you with wordes, & cumbred your myndes, saying ye must be circumcised and kepe the lawe, to who we gaue no such commaundent ²⁵ It seemed therfore to vs a good thing, when we were come together with one accorde, to sende chosen men vnto you, with our beloued Barnabas and Paul ²⁶ Men that haue ieoparded their lyues, for ye name of our Lorde Iesus Christe ²⁷ We haue sent therefore Iudas and Silas, which shall also tell you ye same thynges by mouth ²⁸ For it seemed good to the holy ghost, and to vs, to charge you with no more then these necessarie thynges [That is to say

¹⁵ For in Christe Iesu, neither circumcision auayleth any thing, nor vncircumcision, but a newe creature

¹¹ And he receaued the signe of circumcision, as the seale of the ryghteousnesse of fayth, whiche he had yet beyng vncircumcised, that he shoulde be the father of al them that beleue, though they be not circumcised, that ryghteousnes myght be imputed vnto them also

³ But neither Titus which was with me, beyng a Greke, was compelled to be circumcised

²⁹ That ye abstayne from thynges offered to idols, and from blood, and from strangled, and from fornication: From which yf ye kepe your selues, ye shall do well. So fare ye well ³⁰ Nowe therfore, when they were departed, they came to Antioche, and gathered the multitude together, and delyuered the epistle ³¹ Which when they had read, they reioyced of the consolation ³² And Iudas, and Silas, beyng prophetes, exhorted ye brethren with many wordes, and strengthed them ³³ And after they had taryed there a space, they were let go in peace of the brethren, vnto the Apostles ³⁴ Notwithstandyng, it pleased Silas to abyde there styll ³⁵ Paul also and Barnabas continued in Antioche, teachyng and preachyng the worde of the Lorde, with other many ³⁶ But after a certayne space, Paul sayde vnto Barnabas: Let vs go agayne, and visite our brethren, in euery citie where we haue shewed ye worde of the Lorde, [and see] howe they do ³⁷ And Barnabas gaue counsell to take with them Iohn, whose sirname was Marke ³⁸ But Paul woulde not take hym vnto their companie, which departed from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the worke ³⁹ And the contention was so sharpe betwene the, that they departed a sunder, one from the other, and so Barnabas toke Marke, & sayled vnto Cypers ⁴⁰ And Paul chose Silas, and departed, beyng committed of the brethren vnto the grace of God ⁴¹ And he went through Cyria & Cilicia, stablisshyng the Churches

²⁸ For he is not a Iewe, whiche is a Iewe outwarde. Neither is that circucision which is outwarde in the fleshe

³ For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirite, and reioyce in Christ Iesus, and haue no confidence in the fleshe

⁴ And Abraham circumcised his sonne Isahac, when he was eyght dayes olde, as God commaunded him

⁴ Be circumcised in the Lorde, and cut away the foreskynne of your heartes all ye of Iuda, and all the indwellers of Hierusalem: that myne indignation breake not out lyke fire, and kindle, so that no man may quenche it, because of the wickednesse of your imaginations

²⁵ For circumcision veryly auayleth, yf thou kepe the lawe: But yf thou be a breaker of the lawe, thy circumcision is made vncircumcision ²⁶ Therefore if the vncircumcisio kepe the ordinaunces of the law, shall not his vncircumcisio be counted for circumcisio ²⁷ And shall not vncircumcision which is by nature, if it kepe the law, iudge thee, which beyng vnder the letter & circumcision, doest transgresse the lawe ²⁸ For he is not a Iewe, whiche is a Iewe outwarde. Neither is that circucision which is outwarde in the fleshe ²⁹ But he is a Iewe whiche is one inwardly, and the circumcisio of ye heart, which consisteth in the spirite, and not in the letter [is circumcision] whose prayse is not of men, but of God

² Beholde I Paul saye vnto you, that yf ye be, circumcised Christe shall profite you nothyng ³ For I testifie agayne to euery man which is circumcised, that he is a detter to do the whole lawe ⁴ Christe is become but vayne to you, as many of you as are iustified by the lawe, are fallen from grace ⁵ For we through the spirite, wayte for the hope of ryghteousnes by fayth ⁶ For in Iesus Christe, neither is circumcision any thing woorth, neither yet vncircumcision: but fayth, which worketh by loue ⁷ Ye dyd runne well, who was a let vnto you, that ye should not obey ye trueth ⁸ Not the perfection of hym that called you ⁹ A litle leauen, doth leauen the whole lumpe of dowe ¹⁰ I haue truste towarde you in the Lorde, that ye wyll be none otherwyse mynded: But he that troubleth you, shall beare iudgement, whatsoeuer he be ¹¹ And brethren, if I yet preache circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? Then is the slaunder of the crosse ceassed

¹⁹ Circumcision is nothing, and vncircumcision is nothing, but the keping of the commaundementes of God