1 Corinthians 7:19 - Easy To Read Version It is not important if a person is circumcised or not circumcised. The important thing is obeying God’s commands. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For circumcision is nothing and counts for nothing, neither does uncircumcision, but [what counts is] keeping the commandments of God. American Standard Version (1901) Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing; but the keeping of the commandments of God. Common English Bible Circumcision is nothing; not being circumcised is nothing. What matters is keeping God’s commandments. Catholic Public Domain Version Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing; there is only the observance of the commandments of God. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing: but the observance of the commandments of God. |
A person should obey every command, even a command that does not seem important. If a person refuses to obey any command and teaches other people not to obey that command, then that person will be the least important in the kingdom of heaven. But the person that obeys the law and teaches other people to obey the law will be great in the kingdom of heaven.
There is only one God. He will make Jews {\cf2\super [30]} right with him by their faith. And he will also make non-Jews {\cf2\super [31]} right with him through their faith.
But food will not make us closer to God. Refusing to eat does not make us less \{pleasing to God\}. And eating does not make us better.
When a person is in Christ Jesus, it is not important if he is circumcised or not. The important thing is faith—the kind of faith that works through love.
It is not important if a person is circumcised or not circumcised. The important thing is being the new people God has made.
In the new life there is no difference between Greeks and Jews. There is no difference between people that are circumcised {\cf2\super [16]} and people that are not circumcised, or people that are from some foreign country, or Scythians. {\cf2\super [17]} There is no difference between slaves and free people. But Christ is in all those believers. And Christ is all that is important.
“Those people who washed their robes {\cf2\super [174]} will be blessed. They will have the right to \{eat the food from\} the tree of life. They can go through the gates into the city.
But Samuel answered, “Which pleases the Lord more: burnt offerings and sacrifices [138] or obeying the Lord’s command? It is better to obey God than to offer sacrifices to him. It is better to listen to God than to offer the fat from rams.