Those who want to make a good impression in the flesh are the ones who would compel you to be circumcised— but only to avoid being persecuted for the cross of Christ.

凡希图外貌体面的人都勉强你们受割礼，无非是怕自己为基督的十字架受逼迫。

那些想要炫耀外表的人才勉强你们受割礼，无非是怕自己为基督的十字架受迫害。

那些想要炫耀外表的人才勉强你们受割礼，无非是怕自己为基督的十字架受迫害。

那些勉强你们接受割礼的人只不过是做表面工夫，想讨好别人，避免为基督的十字架受迫害。

那些在外表上要体面的人，他们勉强你们受割礼，不过是怕为了基督的十字架受迫害。

那些想在肉体上体面的，他们才强求你们受割礼，他们只是要避免为基督的十字架受逼迫。

凡希圖外貌體面的人都勉強你們受割禮，無非是怕自己為基督的十字架受逼迫。

那些想要炫耀外表的人才勉強你們受割禮，無非是怕自己為基督的十字架受迫害。

那些想要炫耀外表的人才勉強你們受割禮，無非是怕自己為基督的十字架受迫害。

那些勉強你們接受割禮的人只不過是做表面工夫，想討好別人，避免為基督的十字架受迫害。

那些在外表上要體面的人，他們勉強你們受割禮，不過是怕為了基督的十字架受迫害。

是那些想要在肉體上誇體面的、才勉強你們受割禮呢；這不過是要避免為基督的十字架受逼迫罷了。

那些想在肉體上體面的，他們才強求你們受割禮，他們只是要避免為基督的十字架受逼迫。

凡欲以形軀矜飾者、強爾受割、特恐為基督之十架受窘逐耳、

欲以外貌誇世、強爾受割禮者、恐為基督十字架之道、見窘逐耳、

欲以外貌儀文自榮者、強爾受割禮、特恐為基督之十字架、被人窘逐也、

人之欲以形體之事眩世、而強爾受割禮者、其惟一動機、乃欲避免為基督十字架而被擯於世耳。

Those who want to impress people by means of the flesh are trying to compel you to be circumcised. The only reason they do this is to avoid being persecuted for the cross of Christ.

Some people are worried about how things look on the outside. They are trying to force you to be circumcised. They do it for only one reason. They don’t want to suffer by being connected with the cross of Christ.

It is those who want to make a good showing in the flesh who would force you to be circumcised, and only in order that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ.

Those who are trying to force you to be circumcised want to look good to others. They don’t want to be persecuted for teaching that the cross of Christ alone can save.

Those who want to make a good impression in the flesh are the ones who would compel you to be circumcised— but only to avoid being persecuted for the cross of Christ.

All who want to make a good showing in the flesh try to compel you to be circumcised, simply so that they will not be persecuted for the cross of Christ.

As many as desire to make a good showing in the flesh, these would compel you to be circumcised, only that they may not suffer persecution for the cross of Christ.

As many as desire to make a fair show in the flesh, they compel you to be circumcised; only that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ.

As many as desire to make a fair shew in the flesh, they constrain you to be circumcised; only lest they should suffer persecution for the cross of Christ.

Those who want to make a good showing in external matters are trying to force you to be circumcised. They do so only to avoid being persecuted for the cross of Christ.

As many as desire to make a good impression in the flesh compel you to be circumcised; just so they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ.

Now brothers, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been abolished.

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!”

But not even Titus who was with me, though he was a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised.

Although these have a reputation of wisdom by promoting ascetic practices, humility, and severe treatment of the body, they are not of any value in curbing self-indulgence.

For such people are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.

The one who speaks for himself seeks his own glory. But He who seeks the glory of the One who sent Him is true, and there is no unrighteousness in Him.

They do everything to be observed by others: They enlarge their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels.

But some of the believers from 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!”

To be sure, some preach Christ out of envy and strife, but others out of good will.

For even the circumcised don’t keep the law themselves; however, they want you to be circumcised in order to boast about your flesh.

And He told them:“ You are the ones who justify yourselves in the sight of others, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly admired by people is revolting in God’s sight.

“ Whenever you fast, don’t be sad-faced like the hypocrites. For they make their faces unattractive so their fasting is obvious to people. I assure you: They’ve got their reward!

They devour widows’ houses and say long prayers just for show. These will receive greater punishment.”

Everyone should look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others.

For we don’t dare classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves. But in measuring themselves by themselves and comparing themselves to themselves, they lack understanding.

So whenever you give to the poor, don’t sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be applauded by people. I assure you: They’ve got their reward!

In the same way, on the outside you seem righteous to people, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

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 I have often told you, and now say again with tears, that many live as enemies of the cross of Christ.

“ Whenever you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites, because they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by people. I assure you: They’ve got their reward!