Galatians 6:12
They who would glory in the flesh would constrain you to be circumcised; only lest for the cross of the Meshiha they might be persecuted.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
In Context
11You see these letters which I have written to you with my hands.
Cross References
Matthew 6:2When, therefore, thou art doing alms, sound not a trumpet before thee, as do the assumers of faces in the assemblies and streets, so that they may be praised from men; and, Amen I say to you, they receive their reward.
Matthew 6:16WHEN, too, you fast, be not morosely sad as the assumers of faces, for they defile their countenances so as that they may appear unto men to fast: and, Amen I say unto you, they receive their reward.
Matthew 23:28So you also from without appear to the sons of men as righteous, but within you are full of unrighteousness and hypocrisy.
Luke 20:47who devour the houses of widows, and for the occasion prolong their prayers: these shall receive the greater judgment.
Acts 15:1But men from Jihud came down and taught the brethren, If you be not circumcised after the custom of the law, you cannot be saved.
2 Corinthians 10:12For we dare not value or compare ourselves with those who glorify themselves; but because they compare themselves with themselves, they do not understand.
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 →