Galatians 6:12

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The people who are trying to get you to be circumcised want others to be impressed with them. They don’t want to suffer for saying that we have to depend entirely on the cross of Christ.

Cross References

Galatians 5:11

Brothers and sisters, if I’m preaching that people have to be circumcised, then why am I getting so much resistance? If I were preaching that, then no one would be offended that they had to trust only in what Jesus did for them on the cross.

Colossians 2:23

It’s true that these rules seem to make sense. They lead people to have a regular schedule of worship, at least to act as if they’re humble, and to be severe with their bodies. But these rules don’t do anything to stop people from giving in to their wrong desires.

2 Corinthians 11:13

People like that are false apostles and dishonest workers. They’re only pretending to be apostles of Christ.

Acts 15:1

Certain people came down from Judea to Antioch and started teaching the believers, “If you aren’t circumcised the way Moses commanded, you can’t be saved.”

Galatians 2:3

But even though Titus, who was with me, was Greek, they didn’t require him to be circumcised.

Luke 16:15

Jesus told them, “You try to make yourselves look good in the eyes of other people, but God knows your hearts. There are things that people value highly that God can’t stand.

Philippians 3:18

I’ve told you these things many times before, and I’m telling you them again with tears in my eyes. Many people live like enemies of the cross of Christ.

Philippians 2:4

Don’t look out just for your own good. Instead, look out for the good of others.

Philippians 1:15

It’s true that some are preaching about Christ because they’re jealous of me. But others are preaching about Christ to help me in my work.

Galatians 6:13

Even those who are circumcised don’t follow the law, but they want you to be circumcised so they can brag about getting you to do this.

Galatians 2:14

When I saw that they were not acting consistently with the truth of the good news, I spoke to Peter in front of everyone. I said, “You’re a Jew, but you live like a Gentile, not a Jew. So why are you trying force the Gentiles to follow Jewish ways?

2 Corinthians 10:12

I’m not going to compare myself with those other people who praise themselves. When they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they’re not being wise.

Acts 15:5

Some of the believers who were Pharisees stood up and said, “The Gentiles have to be circumcised and obey the law of Moses.”

John 7:18

Whoever speaks on their own does it to get personal glory, but anyone who works for the glory of the one who sent him can be trusted. There’s nothing dishonest about him.

Luke 20:47

But they cheat widows out of their houses and say long prayers to show off. God will punish them severely.”

Matthew 23:28

You’re just like that. On the outside you appear to be doing what’s right, but on the inside you’re full of hypocrisy and crime.

Matthew 23:5

“Everything they do is for others to see. People sometimes wear little boxes on their foreheads and arms that hold Scripture quotes. But they make their boxes big and obvious. People put tassels on the four corners of their clothes to remind them to obey God’s commands. But they make their tassels extra long.

Matthew 6:16

“When you go without eating, don’t look all sad like the hypocrites. They make strange faces so that people will notice that they’re fasting. Truly I tell you, that’s all the reward they’ll get.

Matthew 6:2

“When you give to people in need, don’t announce it by having trumpets blown in front of you. That’s what the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets because they want people to notice them. Truly I tell you, that’s all the reward they’ll get.

Matthew 6:5

“When you pray, don’t be like the hypocrites who love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on the street corners so that other people will see them. Truly I tell you, that’s all the reward they’ll get.

Matthew 5:10

Blessed are those who suffer for the sake of justice, because the kingdom of heaven is theirs.

Matthew 23:27

“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees! You hypocrites! You’re like tombs that have been painted white. They look beautiful on the outside, but on the inside they’re full of dead people’s bones and other things that aren’t pure and clean.