14 Bible Verses about Circumcision, physical

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Acts 7:8

Then God made with Abraham the Covenant of Circumcision; and under it Abraham became the father of Isaac, and circumcised him when he was eight days old; and Isaac became the father of Jacob; and Jacob of the Twelve Patriarchs.

John 7:22

But that is why Moses has instituted circumcision among you- -not, indeed, that it began with him, but with our ancestors--and that is why you circumcise even on a Sabbath.

Luke 1:59

A week later they met to circumcise the child, and were about to call him 'Zechariah' after his father,

Luke 2:21

Eight days after the birth of the child, when it was time to circumcise him, he received the name Jesus--the name given him by the angel before his conception.

John 7:23

When a man receives circumcision on a Sabbath to prevent the Law of Moses from being broken, how can you be angry with me for making a man sound and well on a Sabbath?

Philippians 3:5

I was circumcised when eight days old; I am an Israelite by race, and of the tribe of Benjamin; I am a Hebrew, and the child of Hebrews. As to the Law, I was a Pharisee;

Acts 16:3

Wishing to take this man with him on his journey, Paul caused him to be circumcised on account of the Jews in that neighborhood, for they all knew that his father had been a Greek.

Acts 10:45

Those converts from Judaism, who had come with Peter, were amazed that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been bestowed even upon the Gentiles;

Acts 11:2

But, when Peter went up to Jerusalem, those who were converts from Judaism began to attack him,

Acts 15:5

Some of the Pharisees' party, however, who had become believers in Christ, came forward and declared that they were bound to circumcise converts and to direct them to observe the Law of Moses.

Galatians 2:3

Yet even my companion, Titus, though a Greek, was not compelled to be circumcised.

Ephesians 2:11

Remember, therefore, that you were once Gentiles yourselves, as your bodies showed; you were called 'The Uncircumcised' by those who were called 'The Circumcised'--circumcised only by the hand of man!

Titus 1:10

There are, indeed, many unruly persons--great talkers who deceive themselves, principally converts from Judaism,

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