Galatians 6:13 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹³ Even the circumcised do not themselves obey the law, but they want you to be circumcised so that they may boast about your flesh.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹³ For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹³ For even the circumcised [Jews] themselves do not [really] keep the Law, but they want to have you circumcised in order that they may glory in your flesh (your subjection to external rites).

American Standard Version (1901)

¹³ 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.

Common English Bible

¹³ Those who are circumcised don’t observe the Law themselves, but they want you to be circumcised, so they can boast about your physical body.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹³ And yet, neither do they themselves, who are circumcised, keep the law. Instead, they want you to be circumcised, so that they may glory in your flesh.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹³ For neither they themselves who are circumcised, keep the law; but they will have you to be circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh.

Galatians 6:13 Cross References

Matthew 23:15

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you cross sea and land to make a single convert, and you make the new convert twice as much a child of hell as yourselves.

Matthew 23:23

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faith. It is these you ought to have practiced without neglecting the others.

Matthew 23:3

therefore, do whatever they teach you and follow it, but do not do as they do, for they do not practice what they teach.

Luke 5:38

But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins.

1 Corinthians 3:21

So let no one boast about people. For all things are yours,

1 Corinthians 5:6

Your boasting is not a good thing. Do you not know that a little yeast leavens all of the dough?

2 Corinthians 11:18

since many boast according to human standards, I will also boast.

Philippians 3:3

For it is we who are the circumcision, who worship in the Spirit of God and boast in Christ Jesus and have no confidence in the flesh—

2 Peter 2:19

They promise them freedom, but they themselves are slaves of corruption, for people are slaves to whatever masters them.