Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Bible References

Keep

Matthew 23:3
Therefore whatever they tell you to observe, observe and do. But do not do according to their works; for they say, and do not do.
Romans 2:17
Behold, you are called a Jew, and rest in the Law, and boast in God;
Romans 3:9
What then? Do we excel? No, in no way; for we have before charged both Jews and Greeks all with being under sin,
2 Peter 2:19
promising them liberty, they themselves are the slaves of corruption. For by whom anyone has been overcome, even to this one he has been enslaved.

That they may

1 Corinthians 3:21
Therefore let no one glory in men. For all things are yours,
1 Corinthians 5:6
Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump?
2 Corinthians 11:18
Since many glory according to the flesh, I also will boast.

General references

Matthew 23:4
For they bind heavy and hard-to-carry burdens and lay them on men's shoulders. But they will not move them with one of their fingers.
Luke 5:38
But new wine must be put into new wineskins, and both are preserved together.
1 Corinthians 1:31
so that, according as it is written, "He who glories, let him glory in the Lord."
2 Corinthians 10:17
But he who glories, let him glory in the Lord.