Bible Cross References
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Acts 21:20
After hearing him, they all praised God. Then they said, "Brother Paul, you can see how many thousands of Jews have become believers, and how devoted they all are to the Law.
Galatians 2:4
although some wanted it done. Pretending to be believers, these men slipped into our group as spies, in order to find out about the freedom we have through our union with Christ Jesus. They wanted to make slaves of us,
Galatians 2:12
Before some men who had been sent by James arrived there, Peter had been eating with the Gentile believers. But after these men arrived, he drew back and would not eat with the Gentiles, because he was afraid of those who were in favor of circumcising them.
Galatians 2:13
The other Jewish believers also started acting like cowards along with Peter; and even Barnabas was swept along by their cowardly action.
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Acts 15:5
But some of the believers who belonged to the party of the Pharisees stood up and said, "The Gentiles must be circumcised and told to obey the Law of Moses."
Romans 4:8-12
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Happy is the person whose sins the Lord will not keep account of !"
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Does this happiness that David spoke of belong only to those who are circumcised? No indeed! It belongs also to those who are not circumcised. For we have quoted the scripture, "Abraham believed God, and because of his faith God accepted him as righteous."
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When did this take place? Was it before or after Abraham was circumcised? It was before, not after.
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He was circumcised later, and his circumcision was a sign to show that because of his faith God had accepted him as righteous before he had been circumcised. And so Abraham is the spiritual father of all who believe in God and are accepted as righteous by him, even though they are not circumcised.
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He is also the father of those who are circumcised, that is, of those who, in addition to being circumcised, also live the same life of faith that our father Abraham lived before he was circumcised.
Galatians 5:1-4
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Freedom is what we have---Christ has set us free! Stand, then, as free people, and do not allow yourselves to become slaves again.
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Listen! I, Paul, tell you that if you allow yourselves to be circumcised, it means that Christ is of no use to you at all.
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Once more I warn any man who allows himself to be circumcised that he is obliged to obey the whole Law.
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Those of you who try to be put right with God by obeying the Law have cut yourselves off from Christ. You are outside God's grace.
Philippians 3:2
Watch out for those who do evil things, those dogs, those who insist on cutting the body.
Philippians 3:3
It is we, not they, who have received the true circumcision, for we worship God by means of his Spirit and rejoice in our life in union with Christ Jesus. We do not put any trust in external ceremonies.
Colossians 2:8
See to it, then, that no one enslaves you by means of the worthless deceit of human wisdom, which comes from the teachings handed down by human beings and from the ruling spirits of the universe, and not from Christ.
Colossians 2:11
In union with Christ you were circumcised, not with the circumcision that is made by human beings, but with the circumcision made by Christ, which consists of being freed from the power of this sinful self.
Colossians 2:12
For when you were baptized, you were buried with Christ, and in baptism you were also raised with Christ through your faith in the active power of God, who raised him from death.
Colossians 2:16
So let no one make rules about what you eat or drink or about holy days or the New Moon Festival or the Sabbath.
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Genesis 17:10-27
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You and your descendants must all agree to circumcise every male among you.
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From now on you must circumcise every baby boy when he is eight days old, including slaves born in your homes and slaves bought from foreigners. This will show that there is a covenant between you and me.
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(SEE 17:11)
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Each one must be circumcised, and this will be a physical sign to show that my covenant with you is everlasting.
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Any male who has not been circumcised will no longer be considered one of my people, because he has not kept the covenant with me."
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God said to Abraham, "You must no longer call your wife Sarai; from now on her name is Sarah.
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I will bless her, and I will give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she will become the mother of nations, and there will be kings among her descendants."
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Abraham bowed down with his face touching the ground, but he began to laugh when he thought, "Can a man have a child when he is a hundred years old? Can Sarah have a child at ninety?"
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He asked God, "Why not let Ishmael be my heir?"
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But God said, "No. Your wife Sarah will bear you a son and you will name him Isaac. I will keep my covenant with him and with his descendants forever. It is an everlasting covenant.
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I have heard your request about Ishmael, so I will bless him and give him many children and many descendants. He will be the father of twelve princes, and I will make a great nation of his descendants.
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But I will keep my covenant with your son Isaac, who will be born to Sarah about this time next year."
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When God finished speaking to Abraham, he left him.
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On that same day Abraham obeyed God and circumcised his son Ishmael and all the other males in his household, including the slaves born in his home and those he had bought.
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Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised,
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and his son Ishmael was thirteen.
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They were both circumcised on the same day,
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together with all of Abraham's slaves.
Leviticus 12:3
On the eighth day, the child shall be circumcised.
John 7:22
Moses ordered you to circumcise your sons (although it was not Moses but your ancestors who started it), and so you circumcise a boy on the Sabbath.
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Acts 15:24
We have heard that some who went from our group have troubled and upset you by what they said; they had not, however, received any instruction from us.
1 Corinthians 7:18
If a circumcised man has accepted God's call, he should not try to remove the marks of circumcision; if an uncircumcised man has accepted God's call, he should not get circumcised.
1 Corinthians 7:19
For whether or not a man is circumcised means nothing; what matters is to obey God's commandments.
Galatians 2:1
Fourteen years later I went back to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus along with me.
Galatians 2:3
My companion Titus, even though he is Greek, was not forced to be circumcised,
Galatians 5:6
For when we are in union with Christ Jesus, neither circumcision nor the lack of it makes any difference at all; what matters is faith that works through love.
Galatians 6:13-16
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Even those who practice circumcision do not obey the Law; they want you to be circumcised so that they can boast that you submitted to this physical ceremony.
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As for me, however, I will boast only about the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ; for by means of his cross the world is dead to me, and I am dead to the world.
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It does not matter at all whether or not one is circumcised; what does matter is being a new creature.
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As for those who follow this rule in their lives, may peace and mercy be with them---with them and with all of God's people!