Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.
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Gill's Exposition
Circumcision is nothing,.... In the affair of justification before God, and acceptance with him; it cannot make any man righteous in the sight of God, nor recommend him to the divine favour; it is no…
Barnes' Notes
Circumcision is nothing ... - It is of no consequence in itself. It is not that which God requires now. And the mere external rite can be of no consequence one way or the other. The heart is all; and…
Adam Clarke
Circumcision is nothing - Circumcision itself, though commanded of God, is nothing of itself, it being only a sign of the justification which should be afterwards received by faith. At present,…
Here the apostle takes occasion to advise them to continue in the state and condition in which Christianity found them, and in which they became converts to it. And here,
I. He lays down this rule in…
Cambridge Bible
Circumcision is nothing It was not circumcision in itself that had any value, but the obedience to a divine command.
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