Thematic Bible


Thematic Bible



I hold that Christ has become an agent of circumcision to show God's truthfulness in carrying out the promises made to our forefathers, Verse ConceptsCertaintyPatriarchsGod's Promise To AbrahamSalvation For Israelvindication



Through your relation to him you have received not a physical circumcision, but a circumcision effected by Christ, in stripping you of your material nature, Verse ConceptsBeing Born AgainParticipation, In ChristRitualTypesNew Birth, Described AsForsaking SinGod Stripping PeopleLiving Not For The MaterialTrue CircumcisionRemoving People From Your Lifeefficiency






For the real Jew is not the man who is one outwardly, and the real circumcision is not something physical and external. The real Jew is the man who is one inwardly, and real circumcision is a matter of the heart, a spiritual, not a literal, thing. Such a man receives his praise not from men, but from God.

For the real Jew is not the man who is one outwardly, and the real circumcision is not something physical and external. The real Jew is the man who is one inwardly, and real circumcision is a matter of the heart, a spiritual, not a literal, thing. Such a man receives his praise not from men, but from God.


Circumcision will help you only if you observe the Law; but if you are a lawbreaker, you might as well be uncircumcised. Verse ConceptsRitualIf You Do Not Keep CommandsIf You Keep The Commandments

For the real Jew is not the man who is one outwardly, and the real circumcision is not something physical and external. Verse ConceptsLimitednessCommendationExternalsLiving Not For The MaterialTrue CircumcisionJews

Why, even those who let themselves be circumcised do not observe the Law themselves! But they want you to let yourselves be circumcised so that they can boast of that physical fact about you! Verse ConceptsStrength, HumanNecessity Of CircumcisionThey Do Not Keep CommandsBoasting

and he was afterward given the mark of circumcision as the stamp of God's acknowledgment of the uprightness based on faith that was his before he was circumcised, so that he should be the forefather of all who, without being circumcised, have faith and so are credited with uprightness, Verse ConceptsCircumcision, spiritualPraiseSealsAbraham, God's Covenant WithAbraham, New Testament ReferencesReckoningRighteous By FaithRighteousness imputed

Circumcision will help you only if you observe the Law; but if you are a lawbreaker, you might as well be uncircumcised. So if people who are uncircumcised observe the requirements of the Law, will they not be treated as though they were circumcised? And if, although they are physically uncircumcised, they obey the Law, they will condemn you, who break the Law, although you have it in writing, and are circumcised. read more.
For the real Jew is not the man who is one outwardly, and the real circumcision is not something physical and external. The real Jew is the man who is one inwardly, and real circumcision is a matter of the heart, a spiritual, not a literal, thing. Such a man receives his praise not from men, but from God.

For the real Jew is not the man who is one outwardly, and the real circumcision is not something physical and external. Verse ConceptsLimitednessCommendationExternalsLiving Not For The MaterialTrue CircumcisionJews

For the real Jew is not the man who is one outwardly, and the real circumcision is not something physical and external. Verse ConceptsLimitednessCommendationExternalsLiving Not For The MaterialTrue CircumcisionJews