Galatians 6:13
For neither they themselves who are circumcised, keep the law; but they will have you to be circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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Matthew 23:3All things therefore whatsoever they shall say to you, observe and do: but according to their works do ye not; for they say, and do not.
Matthew 23:23Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; because you tithe mint, and anise, and cummin, and have left the weightier things of the law; judgment, and mercy, and faith. These things you ought to have done, and not to leave those undone.
Romans 2:17But if thou art called a Jew and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,
1 Corinthians 3:21Let no man therefore glory in men.
2 Corinthians 11:18Seeing that many glory according to the flesh, I will glory also.
2 Peter 2:19Promising them liberty, whereas they themselves are the slaves of corruption. For by whom a man is overcome, of the same also he is the slave.
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 →