Galatians 6:12

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

As many as desire to make a fair shew in the flesh, they constrain you to be circumcised; only lest they should suffer persecution for the cross of Christ.

As desire

They constrain

Galatians 2:3

Acts 15:1

Lest

Galatians 5:11

Philippians 3:18

Bible References

As desire

Because even those who undergo circumcision do not themselves keep the law; but they would have you undergo circumcision, so that they may have glory in your flesh.

When then you give money to the poor, do not make a noise about it, as the false-hearted men do in the Synagogues and in the streets, so that they may have glory from men. Truly, I say to you, They have their reward.

But all their works they do so as to be seen by men: for they make wide their phylacteries, and the edges of their robes,

And he said, You take care to seem right in the eyes of men, but God sees your hearts: and those things which are important in the opinion of men, are evil in the eyes of God.

Who take the property of widows and before the eyes of men make long prayers; they will get a greater punishment.

The man whose words come from himself is looking for glory for himself, but he who is looking for the glory of him who sent him--that man is true and there is no evil in him.

For we will not make comparison of ourselves with some of those who say good things about themselves: but these, measuring themselves by themselves, and making comparison of themselves with themselves, are not wise.

For such men are false Apostles, workers of deceit, making themselves seem like Apostles of Christ.

Though some are preaching Christ out of envy and competition, others do it out of a good heart:

Not looking everyone to his private good, but keeping in mind the things of others.

These things seem to have a sort of wisdom in self-ordered worship and making little of oneself, and being cruel to the body, not honouring it by giving it its natural use.

They constrain

But not even Titus who was with me, being a Greek, was made to undergo circumcision:

Now certain men came down from Judaea, teaching the brothers and saying that without circumcision, after the rule of Moses, there is no salvation.

Lest

But I, brothers, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still attacked? then has the shame of the cross been taken away.

For there are those, of whom I have given you word before, and do so now with sorrow, who are haters of the cross of Christ;