Therefore my judgment is that we should not trouble those of the Gentiles who turn to God,
1 Corinthians 7:18 - Revised Standard Version Was any one at the time of his call already circumcised? Let him not seek to remove the marks of circumcision. Was any one at the time of his call uncircumcised? Let him not seek circumcision. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Was anyone at the time of his summons [from God] already circumcised? Let him not seek to remove the evidence of circumcision. Was anyone at the time [God] called him uncircumcised? Let him not be circumcised. American Standard Version (1901) Was any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Hath any been called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised. Common English Bible If someone was circumcised when called, he shouldn’t try to reverse it. If someone wasn’t circumcised when he was called, he shouldn’t be circumcised. Catholic Public Domain Version Has any circumcised man been called? Let him not cover his circumcision. Has any uncircumcised man been called? Let him not be circumcised. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Is any man called, being circumcised? let him not procure uncircumcision. Is any man called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised. |
Therefore my judgment is that we should not trouble those of the Gentiles who turn to God,
Since we have heard that some persons from us have troubled you with words, unsettling your minds, although we gave them no instructions,
For it has seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things:
But some believers who belonged to the party of the Pharisees rose up, and said, “It is necessary to circumcise them, and to charge them to keep the law of Moses.”
and they have been told about you that you teach all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children or observe the customs.
Here there cannot be Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free man, but Christ is all, and in all.