Galatians 6:12 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹² Those who want to make a good impression in the flesh  are the ones who would compel you to be circumcised   #– #but only to avoid being persecuted  for the cross  of Christ.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² As many as desire to make a fair shew in the flesh, they constrain you to be circumcised; only lest they should suffer persecution for the cross of Christ.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² Those who want to make a good impression and a fine show in the flesh would try to compel you to receive circumcision, simply so that they may escape being persecuted for allegiance to the cross of Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One).

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² As many as desire to make a fair show in the flesh, they compel you to be circumcised; only that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ.

Common English Bible

¹² Whoever wants to look good by human standards will try to get you to be circumcised, but only so they won’t be harassed for the cross of Christ.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² For as many of you as they desire to please in the flesh, they compel to be circumcised, but only so that they might not suffer the persecution of the cross of Christ.

Galatians 6:12 Cross References

Matthew 23:27

‘Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs,   which appear beautiful on the outside, but inside are full of the bones of the dead and every kind of impurity.

Matthew 23:28

In the same way, on the outside you seem righteous to people, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

Matthew 23:5

They do everything   to be seen by others: They enlarge their phylacteries   and lengthen their tassels.   ,

Matthew 5:10

Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for the kingdom of heaven   is theirs.

Matthew 6:16

‘Whenever you fast, don’t be gloomy like the hypocrites. For they disfigure their faces   so that their fasting is obvious to people. Truly I tell you, they have their reward.

Matthew 6:2

So whenever you give to the poor, don’t sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be applauded by people. Truly I tell you, they have their reward.

Matthew 6:5

‘Whenever you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites, because they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by people. Truly I tell you, they have their reward.

Luke 16:15

And he told them, ‘You are the ones who justify   yourselves in the sight of others, but God knows your hearts.   For what is highly admired by people is revolting   in God’s sight.

Luke 20:47

They devour widows’ houses and say long prayers just for show. These will receive harsher judgement.’

John 7:18

The one who speaks on his own seeks his own glory;   but he who seeks the glory   of the one who sent him is true,   and there is no unrighteousness in him.

Acts 15:1

Some men  came down from Judea and began to teach the brothers, ‘Unless you are circumcised  according to the custom prescribed by Moses,  you cannot be saved.’

Acts 15:5

But some of the believers who belonged to the party of the Pharisees stood up and said, ‘It is necessary to circumcise them and to command them to keep the law of Moses.’

2 Corinthians 10:12

For we don’t dare classify or compare ourselves with some who commend  themselves. But in measuring themselves by themselves and comparing themselves to themselves,  they lack understanding.

2 Corinthians 11:13

For such people are false apostles,  deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.

Galatians 2:14

But when I saw that they were deviating from the truth of the gospel, I told Cephas  in front of everyone, ‘If you, who are a Jew, live like a Gentile  and not like a Jew,  how can you compel Gentiles to live  like Jews? ’

Galatians 2:3

But not even Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, even though he was a Greek.

Galatians 5:11

Now, brothers and sisters, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? In that case the offence of the cross  has been abolished.

Galatians 6:13

For even the circumcised don’t keep  the law themselves, and yet they want you to be circumcised in order to boast about your flesh.

Philippians 1:15

To be sure, some preach Christ out of envy and rivalry,  but others out of good will.

Philippians 2:4

Everyone should look not to his own interests,  but rather to the interests of others.

Philippians 3:18

For I have often told you, and now say again with tears, that many live as enemies of the cross  of Christ.

Colossians 2:23

Although these have a reputation for wisdom  by promoting self-made religion, false humility, and severe treatment of the body, they are not of any value in curbing self-indulgence.  ,