Thematic Bible


Thematic Bible



Some people came down from Judea and began to teach the brothers that unless they were circumcised as Moses prescribed, they could not be saved. Verse ConceptsCouncil of JerusalemAbraham, Family And DescendantsExclusivenessBarnabasHeresiesDenominationsMisteachingNecessity Of CircumcisionSalvation By Other Things




Paul wished to take this man on with him, and so on account of the Jews in that district he had him circumcised, for they all knew that his father was a Greek. Verse ConceptsCircumcision, physicalMissionary Work, Examples OfGoing TogetherIsrael HardenedJews

If a man was circumcised when he was called, he must not try to alter it. If a man was uncircumcised when he was called, he must not have himself circumcised. Verse ConceptsConsider Your Call To SalvationNecessity Of Circumcision

But they did not insist that even my companion Titus, although he was a Greek, should be circumcised, Verse ConceptsCircumcision, physicalGreeksNecessity Of CircumcisionNo Compulsion

Why, I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ can do nothing for you. Verse ConceptsAbolitionSalvation Not By WorksValue

These men who are trying to force you to let yourselves be circumcised want to present a good appearance externally, to save themselves from having to stand persecution for the cross of Jesus the Christ. Verse ConceptsExclusivenessOutward AppearanceLiving For The MaterialNecessity Of CircumcisionOutward CompulsionSignificance Of Christ's CrucifixionPersecutionThe Crosstrying