Some men came down from Judea and began to teach the brothers,“ Unless you are circumcised according to the custom prescribed by Moses, you cannot be saved.”

有几个人从犹太下来，教训弟兄们说：“你们若不按摩西的规条受割礼，不能得救。”

有几个人从犹太下来，教导弟兄们说：“你们若不按照摩西的规矩受割礼，不能得救。”

有几个人从犹太下来，教导弟兄们说：“你们若不按照摩西的规矩受割礼，不能得救。”

有几个从犹太下来的人教导弟兄们说：“你们若不照着摩西的规条接受割礼，就不能得救。”

有几个人从犹太下来，教导弟兄们说：“你们若不照摩西的规例受割礼，就不能得救。”

有一些人从犹太下来，教导弟兄们说：“你们如果不按摩西的规矩受割礼，就不能得救。”

有幾個人從猶太下來，教訓弟兄們說：「你們若不按摩西的規條受割禮，不能得救。」

有幾個人從猶太下來，教導弟兄們說：「你們若不按照摩西的規矩受割禮，不能得救。」

有幾個人從猶太下來，教導弟兄們說：「你們若不按照摩西的規矩受割禮，不能得救。」

有幾個從猶太下來的人教導弟兄們說：「你們若不照著摩西的規條接受割禮，就不能得救。」

有幾個人從猶太下來，教導弟兄們說：“你們若不照摩西的規例受割禮，就不能得救。”

有幾個人從猶太下來，教訓弟兄們說：『你們若不按着摩西的規矩受割禮，就不能得救。』

有一些人從猶太下來，教導弟兄們說：「你們如果不按摩西的規矩受割禮，就不能得救。」

有數人來自猶太、訓諸兄弟曰、苟不依摩西例受割、不能得救也、

有數人自猶太來、教諸兄弟曰、苟非依摩西例、受割禮、則不得救、

有數人自猶太來、教諸兄弟曰、爾曹若不遵摩西之例受割禮、則不得救、

爾時有自猶太來者、誡諸兄弟曰：『苟不依摩西舊例、領受割禮、則不能蒙救恩。』

Certain people came down from Judea to Antioch and were teaching the believers:“ Unless you are circumcised, according to the custom taught by Moses, you cannot be saved.”

Certain people came down from Judea to Antioch. Here is what they were teaching the believers.“ Moses commanded you to be circumcised,” they said.“ If you aren’t, you can’t be saved.”

But some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brothers,“ Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.”

While Paul and Barnabas were at Antioch of Syria, some men from Judea arrived and began to teach the believers:“ Unless you are circumcised as required by the law of Moses, you cannot be saved.”

Some men came down from Judea and began teaching the brothers,“ Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.”

And certain men came down from Judea and taught the brethren,“ Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.”

And certain men came down from Judæa and taught the brethren, saying, Except ye be circumcised after the custom of Moses, ye cannot be saved.

Some men came down from Judea and began to teach the brothers:“ Unless you are circumcised according to the custom prescribed by Moses, you cannot be saved!”

And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the brethren,[ and said], Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved.

Now some men came down from Judea and began to teach the brothers,“ Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.”

Some men came down from Judea and taught the brothers,“ Unless you are circumcised after the custom of Moses, you can’t be saved.”

But some of the believers who belonged to the party of the Pharisees stood up and said,“ It is necessary to circumcise them and to command them to keep the law of Moses.”

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision accomplishes anything; what matters is faith working through love.

For freedom, Christ set us free. Stand firm, then, and don’t submit again to a yoke of slavery.Take note! I, Paul, am telling you that if you get yourselves circumcised, Christ will not benefit you at all.Again I testify to every man who gets himself circumcised that he is obligated to do the entire law.You who are trying to be justified by the law are alienated from Christ; you have fallen from grace.

Since we have heard that some without our authorization went out from us and troubled you with their words and unsettled your hearts,

The flesh of his foreskin must be circumcised on the eighth day.

Was anyone already circumcised when he was called? He should not undo his circumcision. Was anyone called while uncircumcised? He should not get circumcised.Circumcision does not matter and uncircumcision does not matter. Keeping God’s commands is what matters.

But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face because he stood condemned.For he regularly ate with the Gentiles before certain men came from James. However, when they came, he withdrew and separated himself, because he feared those from the circumcision party.Then the rest of the Jews joined his hypocrisy, so that even Barnabas was led astray by their hypocrisy.But when I saw that they were deviating from the truth of the gospel, I told Cephas in front of everyone,“ If you, who are a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you compel Gentiles to live like Jews?”

For even the circumcised don’t keep the law themselves, and yet they want you to be circumcised in order to boast about your flesh.But as for me, I will never boast about anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. The world has been crucified to me through the cross, and I to the world.For both circumcision and uncircumcision mean nothing; what matters instead is a new creation.May peace come to all those who follow this standard, and mercy even to the Israel of God!

For we heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs that Moses handed down to us.”

You were also circumcised in him with a circumcision not done with hands, by putting off the body of flesh, in the circumcision of Christ,when you were buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.

Then the apostles and the elders, with the whole church, decided to select men who were among them and to send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas: Judas, called Barsabbas, and Silas, both leading men among the brothers.

Be careful that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deceit based on human tradition, based on the elements of the world, rather than Christ.

But not even Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, even though he was a Greek.This matter arose because some false brothers had infiltrated our ranks to spy on the freedom we have in Christ Jesus in order to enslave us.

Watch out for the dogs, watch out for the evil workers, watch out for those who mutilate the flesh.For we are the circumcision, the ones who worship by the Spirit of God, boast in Christ Jesus, and do not put confidence in the flesh—

This is my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you, which you are to keep: Every one of your males must be circumcised.You must circumcise the flesh of your foreskin to serve as a sign of the covenant between me and you.Throughout your generations, every male among you is to be circumcised at eight days old— every male born in your household or purchased from any foreigner and not your offspring.Whether born in your household or purchased, he must be circumcised. My covenant will be marked in your flesh as a permanent covenant.If any male is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that man will be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant.”God said to Abraham,“ As for your wife Sarai, do not call her Sarai, for Sarah will be her name.I will bless her; indeed, I will give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she will produce nations; kings of peoples will come from her.”Abraham fell facedown. Then he laughed and said to himself,“ Can a child be born to a hundred-year-old man? Can Sarah, a ninety-year-old woman, give birth?”So Abraham said to God,“ If only Ishmael were acceptable to you!”But God said,“ No. Your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you will name him Isaac. I will confirm my covenant with him as a permanent covenant for his future offspring.As for Ishmael, I have heard you. I will certainly bless him; I will make him fruitful and will multiply him greatly. He will father twelve tribal leaders, and I will make him into a great nation.But I will confirm my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this time next year.”When he finished talking with him, God withdrew from Abraham.So Abraham took his son Ishmael and those born in his household or purchased— every male among the members of Abraham’s household— and he circumcised the flesh of their foreskin on that very day, just as God had said to him.Abraham was ninety-nine years old when the flesh of his foreskin was circumcised,and his son Ishmael was thirteen years old when the flesh of his foreskin was circumcised.On that very day Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised.And all the men of his household— whether born in his household or purchased from a foreigner— were circumcised with him.

Then after fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus along also.

Blessed is the person the Lord will never charge with sin.Is this blessing only for the circumcised, then? Or is it also for the uncircumcised? For we say, Faith was credited to Abraham for righteousness.In what way, then, was it credited— while he was circumcised, or uncircumcised? It was not while he was circumcised, but uncircumcised.And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while still uncircumcised. This was to make him the father of all who believe but are not circumcised, so that righteousness may be credited to them also.And he became the father of the circumcised, who are not only circumcised but who also follow in the footsteps of the faith our father Abraham had while he was still uncircumcised.

When they had been sent on their way by the church, they passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, describing in detail the conversion of the Gentiles, and they brought great joy to all the brothers and sisters.

Therefore, don’t let anyone judge you in regard to food and drink or in the matter of a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day.

When they heard it, they glorified God and said,“ You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are who have believed, and they are all zealous for the law.

“ This is why Moses has given you circumcision— not that it comes from Moses but from the fathers— and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath.