1 Corinthians 7:19
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing. Keeping God’s commandments is what counts.”
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“Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing. Keeping God’s commandments is what counts.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing; but the keeping of the commandments of God.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“the circumcision is nothing, and the uncircumcision is nothing--but a keeping of the commands of God.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Corinthians 7:19 — 16 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Joshua 5:5Though all who had come out were circumcised, none of those born in the wilderness on the journey from Egypt had been circumcised.
- 1 Samuel 15:22But Samuel declared: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, and attentiveness is better than the fat of rams.
- Jeremiah 7:22For when I brought your fathers out of the land of Egypt, I did not merely command them about burnt offerings and sacrifices,
- Matthew 5:19So then, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do likewise will be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever practices and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
- John 15:14You are My friends if you do what I command you.
- Romans 2:25Circumcision has value if you observe the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.
- Romans 3:30since there is only one God, who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through that same faith.
- 1 Corinthians 8:8But food does not bring us closer to God: We are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do.
- Galatians 3:28There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
- Galatians 5:6For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. All that matters is faith, expressed through love.
- Galatians 6:15For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything. What counts is a new creation.
- Colossians 3:11Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free, but Christ is all and is in all.
- 1 John 2:3By this we can be sure that we have come to know Him: if we keep His commandments.
- 1 John 3:22and we will receive from Him whatever we ask, because we keep His commandments and do what is pleasing in His sight.
- 1 John 5:2By this we know that we love the children of God: when we love God and keep His commandments.
- Revelation 22:14Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life and may enter the city by its gates.
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