Galatians 6:13

For not even those who are circumcised keep the law themselves, yet they want you to be circumcised that they may boast in your flesh.

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In The King James Version

For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh.

In Context

12Those who want to make a good showing in the flesh are pressuring you to be circumcised, but only so as not to be persecuted for the cross of Christ.

14But as for me, may I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

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Cross References

Matthew 23:3so whatever they may tell you to observe, you should observe and do; but do not do according to their deeds, for they say and do not do.

Matthew 23:23“Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you pay a tithe of mint and dill and cummin, but have neglected the weightier items of the law: justice and mercy and faith. These it was obligatory to do, while not neglecting those.

Romans 2:17Look, you declare yourself a Jew, and rest on the Law, and boast in God,

1 Corinthians 3:21So then, let no one boast in men, for all things are yours:

2 Corinthians 11:18Since many are boasting according to the flesh, I will too

2 Peter 2:19promising them freedom while they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by whom a person is overcome, by him also he is brought into bondage.

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 →

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