Galatians 6:12

New Century Version

Some people are trying to force you to be circumcised so the Jews will accept them. They are afraid they will be attacked if they follow only the cross of Christ.

Cross References

Matthew 23:27

“How terrible for you, teachers of the law and Pharisees! You are hypocrites! You are like tombs that are painted white. Outside, those tombs look fine, but inside, they are full of the bones of dead people and all kinds of unclean things.

Matthew 23:28

It is the same with you. People look at you and think you are good, but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and evil.

Matthew 23:5

“They do good things so that other people will see them. They enlarge the little boxes holding Scriptures that they wear, and they make their special prayer clothes very long.

Matthew 5:10

They are blessed who are persecuted for doing good, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to them.

Matthew 6:16

“When you fast, don’t put on a sad face like the hypocrites. They make their faces look sad to show people they are fasting. I tell you the truth, those hypocrites already have their full reward.

Matthew 6:2

“When you give to the poor, don’t be like the hypocrites. They blow trumpets in the synagogues and on the streets so that people will see them and honor them. I tell you the truth, those hypocrites already have their full reward.

Matthew 6:5

“When you pray, don’t be like the hypocrites. They love to stand in the synagogues and on the street corners and pray so people will see them. I tell you the truth, they already have their full reward.

Luke 16:15

He said to them, “You make yourselves look good in front of people, but God knows what is really in your hearts. What is important to people is hateful in God’s sight.

Luke 20:47

But they cheat widows and steal their houses and then try to make themselves look good by saying long prayers. They will receive a greater punishment.”

John 7:18

Those who teach their own ideas are trying to get honor for themselves. But those who try to bring honor to the one who sent them speak the truth, and there is nothing false in them.

Acts 15:1

Then some people came to Antioch from Judea and began teaching the non-Jewish believers: “You cannot be saved if you are not circumcised as Moses taught us.”

Acts 15:5

But some of the believers who belonged to the Pharisee group came forward and said, “The non-Jewish believers must be circumcised. They must be told to obey the law of Moses.”

2 Corinthians 10:12

We do not dare to compare ourselves with those who think they are very important. They use themselves to measure themselves, and they judge themselves by what they themselves are. This shows that they know nothing.

2 Corinthians 11:13

Such men are not true apostles but are workers who lie. They change themselves to look like apostles of Christ.

Galatians 2:14

When I saw they were not following the truth of the Good News, I spoke to Peter in front of them all. I said, “Peter, you are a Jew, but you are not living like a Jew. You are living like those who are not Jewish. So why do you now try to force those who are not Jewish to live like Jews?”

Galatians 2:3

Titus was with me, but he was not forced to be circumcised, even though he was a Greek.

Galatians 5:11

My brothers and sisters, I do not teach that a man must be circumcised. If I teach circumcision, why am I still being attacked? If I still taught circumcision, my preaching about the cross would not be a problem.

Galatians 6:13

Those who are circumcised do not obey the law themselves, but they want you to be circumcised so they can brag about what they forced you to do.

Philippians 1:15

It is true that some preach about Christ because they are jealous and ambitious, but others preach about Christ because they want to help.

Philippians 2:4

Do not be interested only in your own life, but be interested in the lives of others.

Philippians 3:18

Many people live like enemies of the cross of Christ. I have often told you about them, and it makes me cry to tell you about them now.

Colossians 2:23

They seem to be wise, but they are only part of a human religion. They make people pretend not to be proud and make them punish their bodies, but they do not really control the evil desires of the sinful self.