8 occurrences

'Circumcision' in the Bible

For circumcision has its value if you practice the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

Verse ConceptsRitualIf You Do Not Keep CommandsIf You Keep The Commandments

Therefore if the uncircumcised man obeys the righteous requirements of the law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision?

Verse ConceptsReckoningIf You Keep The CommandmentsTrue Circumcision

And will not the physically uncircumcised man who keeps the law judge you who, despite the written code and circumcision, transgress the law?

Verse ConceptsBook of the LawNecessity Of CircumcisionThey Do Not Keep Commands

For a person is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision something that is outward in the flesh,

Verse ConceptsLimitednessCommendationExternalsLiving Not For The MaterialTrue CircumcisionJews

but someone is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is of the heart by the Spirit and not by the written code. This person's praise is not from people 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

Therefore what advantage does the Jew have, or what is the value of circumcision?

Verse ConceptsAdvantagesNecessity Of CircumcisionJews

Is this blessedness then for the circumcision or also for the uncircumcision? For we say, "faith was credited to Abraham as righteousness."

Verse ConceptsCouncil of JerusalemNecessity Of CircumcisionRighteous By Faith

And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised, so that he would become the father of all those who believe but have never been circumcised, that they too could have righteousness credited to them.

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

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