Galatians 6:15
For having circumcision is nothing, and not having circumcision is nothing, but only a new order of existence.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.
In Context
16And on all who are guided by this rule be peace and mercy, and on the Israel of God.
Cross References
Joshua 5:5All the people who came out had undergone circumcision; but all the people whose birth had taken place in the waste land on their journey from Egypt had not.
Romans 8:1For this cause those who are in Christ Jesus will not be judged as sinners.
2 Corinthians 5:17So if any man is in Christ, he is in a new world: the old things have come to an end; they have truly become new.
Ephesians 2:10For by his act we were given existence in Christ Jesus to do those good works which God before made ready for us so that we might do them.
Colossians 3:10And have put on the new man, which has become new in knowledge after the image of his maker;
Matthew Henry on Galatians 6:12-18
Character of Seducing Teachers; Efficacy of the Cross of Christ; Apostolical Benediction. ( a. d. 56.) 11 Ye see how large a letter I have written unto you with mine own hand. 12 As many as desire to make a fair show in the flesh, they constrain you to be circumcised; only lest they should suffer persecution for the cross of Christ. 13 For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh. 14 But God forbid that I should glory, save in… Read the whole commentary →