Galatians 6:12
These people who want to impress others by their external appearance are trying to force you to be circumcised, simply to avoid being persecuted for the cross of the Messiah.
Galatians 5:11
As for me, brothers, if I am still preaching the necessity of circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been removed.
Acts 15:1
Then some men came down from Judea and started to teach the brothers, "Unless you are circumcised according to the Law of Moses, you can't be saved."
2 Corinthians 11:13
Such people are false apostles, dishonest workers who are masquerading as apostles of the Messiah.
Galatians 2:3
But not even Titus, who was with me, was forced to be circumcised, even though he was a Greek.
Matthew 6:2
So whenever you give to the poor, don't blow a trumpet before you like the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets so that they will be praised by people. I tell all of you with certainty, they have their full reward!
Matthew 6:5
"And whenever you pray, don't be like the hypocrites who love to stand in the synagogues and on the street corners so that they will be seen by people. I tell all of you with certainty, they have their full reward!
Matthew 6:16
"Whenever you fast, don't be gloomy like the hypocrites, because they put on sad faces to show others they are fasting. I tell all of you with certainty, they have their full reward!
Matthew 23:5
"They do everything to be seen by people. They increase the size of their phylacteries and lengthen the tassels of their garments.
Matthew 23:28
In the same way, on the outside you look righteous to people, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
Luke 16:15
So he told them, "You try to justify yourselves in front of people, but God knows your hearts, because what is highly valued by people is detestable to God.
Luke 20:47
They devour widows' houses and say long prayers to cover it up. They will receive greater condemnation!"
John 7:18
The one who speaks on his own seeks his own praise. But the one who seeks the praise of him who sent him is genuine, and there's nothing false in him.
Acts 15:5
But some believers from the party of the Pharisees stood up and said, "The gentiles must be circumcised and ordered to keep the Law of Moses."
2 Corinthians 10:12
We would not dare put ourselves in the same class with, or compare ourselves to, those who recommend themselves. Whenever they measure themselves by their own standards or compare themselves among themselves, they show how foolish they are.
Galatians 2:14
But when I saw that they were not acting consistently with the truth of the gospel, I told Cephas in front of everyone, "Though you are a Jew, you have been living like a gentile and not like a Jew. So how can you insist that the gentiles must live like Jews?"
Galatians 6:13
Why, not even those who are circumcised obey the Law! They simply want you to be circumcised so that they can boast about your external appearance.
Philippians 1:15
Some are preaching the Messiah because of jealousy and dissension, while others do so because of their good will.
Philippians 2:4
Do not be concerned about your own interests, but also be concerned about the interests of others.
Philippians 3:18
For I have often told you, and now tell you even with tears, that many live as enemies of the cross of the Messiah.
Colossians 2:23
These things have the appearance of wisdom in promoting self-made religion, humility, and harsh treatment of the body, but they have no value against self-indulgence.