Galatians 6:12
They who are disposed to glory in the flesh, they urge you to become circumcised, only that they may not be persecuted on account of the cross of the Messiah.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
11Behold, this epistle have I written to you with my own hand.
Cross References
Matthew 6:2Therefore, when thou doest alms thou shalt not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may get praise from men. Verily I say to you, They have gotten their reward.
Matthew 6:16And when ye fast, be not sad like the hypocrites. For they distort their faces, that they may be seen of men to fast. Verily I say to you, they have gotten their reward.
Matthew 23:28So ye also, outwardly, appear to men as righteous; but within, ye are full of iniquity and hypocrisy.
Luke 20:47who eat up the houses of widows, under pretence that they prolong their prayers. They will receive a greater condemnation.
Acts 15:1And certain men came down from Judaea, and taught the brethren, that unless ye be circumcised, in accordance with the rite of the law, ye cannot have life.
2 Corinthians 10:12For we dare not value, or compare ourselves, with those who vaunt: but they, because they compare themselves with themselves, are not wise.
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 →