“Woe to you, Torah scholars and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel over land and sea to make one convert. And when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of Gehenna as yourself.
Galatians 6:13 - Tree of Life Version For not even the circumcised keep Torah themselves. Yet they want to have you circumcised so that they may boast about your flesh. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For even the circumcised [Jews] themselves do not [really] keep the Law, but they want to have you circumcised in order that they may glory in your flesh (your subjection to external rites). American Standard Version (1901) For not even they who receive circumcision do themselves keep the law; but they desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh. Common English Bible Those who are circumcised don’t observe the Law themselves, but they want you to be circumcised, so they can boast about your physical body. Catholic Public Domain Version And yet, neither do they themselves, who are circumcised, keep the law. Instead, they want you to be circumcised, so that they may glory in your flesh. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For neither they themselves who are circumcised, keep the law; but they will have you to be circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh. |
“Woe to you, Torah scholars and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel over land and sea to make one convert. And when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of Gehenna as yourself.
“Woe to you, Torah scholars and Pharisees, hypocrites! You tithe mint and dill and cumin, yet you have neglected the weightier matters of Torah—justice and mercy and faithfulness. It is necessary to do these things without neglecting the others.
So whatever they tell you, do and observe. But don’t do what they do; for what they say, they do not do.
Your boasting is no good. Don’t you know that a little hametz leavens the whole batch of dough?
For it is we who are the circumcision, who worship by the Ruach Elohim and glory in Messiah Yeshua and have not depended on the flesh—
They promise them freedom while they themselves are slaves of corruption—for a person is a slave to whatever has overcome him.