Galatians 6:13
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“For the circumcised do not even keep the law themselves, yet they want you to be circumcised that they may boast in your flesh.”
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“For the circumcised do not even keep the law themselves, yet they want you to be circumcised that they may boast in your flesh.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh.”
King James Version · Public Domain“For not even they who receive circumcision do themselves keep the law; but they desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“for neither do those circumcised themselves keep the law, but they wish you to be circumcised, that in your flesh they may glory.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Galatians 6:13 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Matthew 23:3So practice and observe everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach.
- Matthew 23:15Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You traverse land and sea to win a single convert, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as you are.
- Matthew 23:23Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay tithes of mint, dill, and cumin. But you have disregarded the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former.
- Luke 5:38Instead, new wine is poured into new wineskins.
- Romans 2:17Now you, if you call yourself a Jew; if you rely on the law and boast in God;
- Romans 3:9What then? Are we any better? Not at all. For we have already made the charge that Jews and Greeks alike are all under sin.
- 1 Corinthians 3:21Therefore, stop boasting in men. All things are yours,
- 1 Corinthians 5:6Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven works through the whole batch of dough?
- 2 Corinthians 11:18Since many are boasting according to the flesh, I too will boast.
- Philippians 3:3For it is we who are the circumcision, we who worship by the Spirit of God, who glory in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh—
- 2 Peter 2:19They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves to depravity. For a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).