And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord and said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are who have believed, and they are all zealous of the law;

And that in spite of the false brethren, who entered secretly to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus that they might bring us into bondage;

The brethren

and they wrote letters by them after this manner: The apostles and elders and brethren send greeting unto the brethren who are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia;

Except

But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees who had believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them and to command them to keep the law of Moses.

Blessed is the man to whom the Lord does not impute sin.

Stand fast therefore in the liberty with which Christ has made us free and do not be entangled again with the yoke of slavery.

Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision.

Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the traditions of men, according to the elements of the world, and not after Christ.

After

This shall be my covenant, which ye shall keep between me and you and thy seed after thee: Every male among you shall be circumcised.

And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.

Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers), and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a man.

Ye

forasmuch as we have heard that certain ones who went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye must be circumcised and keep the law, to whom we gave no such commandment,

Is anyone called being circumcised? Let him not become uncircumcised. Is anyone called in uncircumcision? Let him not be circumcised.

Then fourteen years later I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas and took Titus with me also.

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision avails anything nor uncircumcision, but faith which works by charity.

For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law, but desire to have you circumcised that they may glory in your flesh.