7 occurrences

'Circumcision' in the Bible

For circumcision benefits you if you observe the law, but if you are a lawbreaker, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

Verse ConceptsRitualIf You Do Not Keep CommandsIf You Keep The Commandments

Therefore if an uncircumcised man keeps the law’s requirements, will his uncircumcision not be counted as circumcision?

Verse ConceptsReckoningIf You Keep The CommandmentsTrue Circumcision

A man who is physically uncircumcised, but who fulfills the law, will judge you who are a lawbreaker in spite of having the letter of the law and circumcision.

Verse ConceptsBook of the LawNecessity Of CircumcisionThey Do Not Keep Commands

For a person is not a Jew who is one outwardly, and true circumcision is not something visible in the flesh.

Verse ConceptsLimitednessCommendationExternalsLiving Not For The MaterialTrue CircumcisionJews

On the contrary, a person is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is of the heart—by the Spirit, not the letter. That man’s praise is not from men but from God.

Verse ConceptsChanged HeartHeart, Fallen And RedeemedPaul, Teaching OfTypesWorthinessRenewed HeartNew Birth, Described AsThe Holy Spirit, And RegenerationThe Holy Spirit, And ScriptureThe Inward BeingPeople Commended By GodJews

So what advantage does the Jew have? Or what is the benefit of circumcision?

Verse ConceptsAdvantagesNecessity Of CircumcisionJews

And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while still uncircumcised. This was to make him the father of all who believe but are not circumcised, so that righteousness may be credited to them also.

Verse ConceptsCircumcision, spiritualPraiseSealsAbraham, God's Covenant WithAbraham, New Testament ReferencesReckoningRighteous By FaithRighteousness imputed

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