Galatians 6:12

James Moffatt - New Testament

These men who are keen upon you getting circumcised are just men who want to make a grand display in the flesh — it is simply to avoid being persecuted for the cross of Christ.

Cross References

Galatians 5:11

I am 'still preaching circumcision myself,' am I? Then, brothers, why am I still being persecuted? And so the stumbling-block of the cross has lost its force, forsooth!

Colossians 2:23

they get the name of 'wisdom' with their self-imposed devotions, with their fasting, with their rigorous discipline of the body, but they are of no value, they simply pamper the flesh!

2 Corinthians 11:13

'Apostles'? They are spurious apostles, false workmen — they are masquerading as 'apostles of Christ.'

Acts 15:1

But certain individuals came down from Jerusalem and taught the brothers that "unless you get circumcised after the custom of Moses you cannot be saved."

Galatians 2:3

But even my companion Titus, Greek though he was, was not obliged to be circumcised.

Luke 16:15

So he told them, "You are the people who get men to think you are good, but God knows what your hearts are! What is lofty in the view of man is loathsome in the eyes of God.

Philippians 3:18

For many — as I have often told you and tell you now with tears — many live as enemies of the cross of Christ.

Philippians 2:4

and each with an eye to the interests of others as well as to his own.

Philippians 1:15

Some of them, it is true, are actually preaching Christ from envy and rivalry, others from goodwill;

Galatians 6:13

Why, even the circumcision party do not observe the Law themselves! They merely want you to get circumcised, so as to boast over your flesh!

Galatians 2:14

But I saw they were swerving from the true line of the gospel; so I said to Cephas in presence of them all, "If you live like the Gentiles and not like the Jews, though you are a Jew yourself, why do you oblige the Gentiles to become Jews?" —

2 Corinthians 10:12

I do not venture to class myself or to compare myself with certain exalted individuals! They belong to the class of self-praisers; while I limit myself to my own sphere, I compare myself with my own standard,

Acts 15:5

But some of the believers who belonged to the Pharisaic party got up and said, "Gentiles must be circumcised and told to observe the law of Moses."

John 7:18

He who talks on his own authority aims at his own credit, but he who aims at the credit of the person who sent him, he is sincere, and there is no dishonesty in him.

Luke 20:47

they prey upon the property of widows and offer long unreal prayers. All the heavier will their sentence be!"

Matthew 23:28

So to men you seem just, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

Matthew 23:5

Besides, all they do is done to catch the notice of men; they make their phylacteries broad, they wear large tassels,

Matthew 6:16

When you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they look woebegone to let men see they are fasting; I tell you truly, they do get their reward.

Matthew 6:2

When you give alms, make no flourish of trumpets like the hypocrites in the synagogues and the streets, so as to win applause from men; I tell you truly, they do get their reward.

Matthew 6:5

Also, when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites, for they like to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street-corners, so as to be seen by men; I tell you truly, they do get their reward.

Matthew 5:10

Blessed are those who have been persecuted for the sake of goodness! the Realm of heaven is theirs.

Matthew 23:27

Woe to you, you irreligious scribes and Pharisees! you are like tombs white-washed; they look comely on the outside, but inside they are full of dead men's bones and all manner of impurity.