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.
Acts 26:5
They have always known, if they are willing to testify, that from the very first I have lived as a member of the strictest party of our religion, the Pharisees.
Acts 26:6
And now I stand here to be tried because of the hope I have in the promise that God made to our ancestors---
Philippians 3:5-8
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I was circumcised when I was a week old. I am an Israelite by birth, of the tribe of Benjamin, a pure-blooded Hebrew. As far as keeping the Jewish Law is concerned, I was a Pharisee,
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and I was so zealous that I persecuted the church. As far as a person can be righteous by obeying the commands of the Law, I was without fault.
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But all those things that I might count as profit I now reckon as loss for Christ's sake.
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Not only those things; I reckon everything as complete loss for the sake of what is so much more valuable, the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have thrown everything away; I consider it all as mere garbage, so that I may gain Christ
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Acts 15:1
Some men came from Judea to Antioch and started teaching the believers, "You cannot be saved unless you are circumcised as the Law of Moses requires."
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.
Galatians 5:1-3
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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.
2
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.