Galatians 6:13
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For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh.For the circumcised do not even keep the law themselves, yet they want you to be circumcised that they may boast in your flesh.
In other translations
For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh.For the circumcised do not even keep the law themselves, yet they want you to be circumcised that they may boast in your flesh.
Greek words
οὐδὲoudeNot evenG3761γὰρgarforG1063οἱhoithoseG3588περιτεμνόμενοιperitemnomenoibeing circumcisedG4059αὐτοὶautoithemselvesG846νόμονnomon[the] LawG3551φυλάσσουσιν,phulassousinkeep,G5442ἀλλὰallabutG235θέλουσινthelousinthey desireG2309ὑμᾶςhumasyouG4771περιτέμνεσθαι,peritemnesthaito be circumcised,G4059ἵναinaso thatG2443ἐνeninG1722τῇtēa<the>G3588ὑμετέρᾳhumeterayourG4771σαρκὶsarkifleshG4561καυχήσωνται.kauchēsōntaithey may boast.G2744
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Related verses
- Philippians 3:3For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.For it is we who are the circumcision, we who worship by the Spirit of God, who glory in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh—
- 1 Corinthians 5:6Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven works through the whole batch of dough?
- 2 Peter 2:19While 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.They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves to depravity. For a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him.
- Romans 2:17-2517 Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God, 18 And knowest his will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law; 19 And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness, 20 An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law.17 Now you, if you call yourself a Jew; if you rely on the law and boast in God; 18 if you know His will and approve of what is superior because you are instructed by the law; 19 if you are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light for those in darkness, 20 an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of infants, because you have in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth—
- 2 Corinthians 11:18Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also.Since many are boasting according to the flesh, I too will boast.
- Matthew 23:15Woe 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.Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You traverse land and sea to win a single convert, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as you are.
- Matthew 23:3All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.So practice and observe everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach.
- Romans 3:9-199 What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin; 10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: 11 There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. 12 They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.9 What then? Are we any better? Not at all. For we have already made the charge that Jews and Greeks alike are all under sin. 10 As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one. 11 There is no one who understands, no one who seeks God. 12 All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one.”
- 1 Corinthians 3:21Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours;Therefore, stop boasting in men. All things are yours,
- Matthew 23:23Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay tithes of mint, dill, and cumin. But you have disregarded the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former.
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