Philippians 3:3 因为真受割礼的，乃是我们这以　神的灵敬拜、在基督耶稣里夸口、不靠着肉体的。

3:3 MSG

逐节对照

新标点和合本 - 因为真受割礼的，乃是我们这以　神的灵敬拜、在基督耶稣里夸口、不靠着肉体的。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 因为真受割礼的，就是我们这藉着上帝的灵敬拜、以基督耶稣为夸耀、不依靠肉体的。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 因为真受割礼的，就是我们这藉着　神的灵敬拜、以基督耶稣为夸耀、不依靠肉体的。
当代译本 - 因为真正受割礼的人是我们这些靠着上帝的灵敬拜、以基督耶稣为荣、不倚靠自身条件的人。
圣经新译本 - 其实我们这些靠　神的灵来敬拜，在基督耶稣里夸口而不倚靠肉体的人，才是受割礼的，
中文标准译本 - 实际上，我们才是受过割礼的人，就是藉着神的灵事奉，在基督耶稣里夸耀，不依靠肉体的人。
现代标点和合本 - 因为真受割礼的，乃是我们这以神的灵敬拜，在基督耶稣里夸口，不靠着肉体的。
和合本（拼音版） - 因为真受割礼的，乃是我们这以上帝的灵敬拜，在基督耶稣里夸口，不靠着肉体的。
New International Version - For it is we who are the circumcision, we who serve God by his Spirit, who boast in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh—
New International Reader's Version - But we have been truly circumcised. We serve God by the power of his Spirit. We boast about what Christ Jesus has done. We don’t put our trust in who we are or what we can do.
English Standard Version - For we are the circumcision, who worship by the Spirit of God and glory in Christ Jesus and put no confidence in the flesh—
New Living Translation - For we who worship by the Spirit of God are the ones who are truly circumcised. We rely on what Christ Jesus has done for us. We put no confidence in human effort,
Christian Standard Bible - 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 —
New American Standard Bible - for we are the true circumcision, who worship in the Spirit of God and take pride in Christ Jesus, and put no confidence in the flesh,
New King James Version - For we are the circumcision, who worship God in the Spirit, rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh,
Amplified Bible - for we [who are born-again have been reborn from above—spiritually transformed, renewed, set apart for His purpose and] are the true circumcision, who worship in the Spirit of God and glory and take pride and exult in Christ Jesus and place no confidence [in what we have or who we are] in the flesh—
American Standard Version - for we are the circumcision, who worship by the Spirit of God, and glory in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh:
King James Version - For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.
New English Translation - For we are the circumcision, the ones who worship by the Spirit of God, exult in Christ Jesus, and do not rely on human credentials
World English Bible - For we are the circumcision, who worship God in the Spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh;
新標點和合本 - 因為真受割禮的，乃是我們這以神的靈敬拜、在基督耶穌裏誇口、不靠着肉體的。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 因為真受割禮的，就是我們這藉着上帝的靈敬拜、以基督耶穌為誇耀、不依靠肉體的。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 因為真受割禮的，就是我們這藉着　神的靈敬拜、以基督耶穌為誇耀、不依靠肉體的。
當代譯本 - 因為真正受割禮的人是我們這些靠著上帝的靈敬拜、以基督耶穌為榮、不倚靠自身條件的人。
聖經新譯本 - 其實我們這些靠　神的靈來敬拜，在基督耶穌裡誇口而不倚靠肉體的人，才是受割禮的，
呂振中譯本 - 真的受割禮呢、我們才是，我們這以靈來事奉，拿基督耶穌來誇口、不倚靠肉體的人。
中文標準譯本 - 實際上，我們才是受過割禮的人，就是藉著神的靈事奉，在基督耶穌裡誇耀，不依靠肉體的人。
現代標點和合本 - 因為真受割禮的，乃是我們這以神的靈敬拜，在基督耶穌裡誇口，不靠著肉體的。
文理和合譯本 - 蓋我儕以上帝之神而崇拜、於基督耶穌而誇、不恃乎形軀、是乃受割者也、
文理委辦譯本 - 我儕心事上帝、以基督耶穌為悅、不恃儀文、是真受割禮者、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 我儕心事天主、以基督耶穌為誇、不恃外貌、外貌原文作肉軀下同是真受割禮者、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 吾人苟能以天主之精神、昭事天主、一心以基督耶穌為榮、而不恃形體、斯則真受割禮矣。
Nueva Versión Internacional - Porque la circuncisión somos nosotros, los que por medio del Espíritu de Dios adoramos, nos enorgullecemos en Cristo Jesús y no ponemos nuestra confianza en esfuerzos humanos.
현대인의 성경 - 하나님의 성령으로 예배하고 그리스도 예수님을 자랑하며 육적인 것을 신뢰하지 않는 우리가 참 할례를 받은 사람입니다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Истинно обрезанные – это мы с вами, поклоняющиеся под руководством Духа Божьего, хвалящиеся Иисусом Христом и не полагающиеся на внешнее,
Восточный перевод - Истинно обрезанные – это мы с вами, поклоняющиеся под руководством Духа Всевышнего, хвалящиеся Исой Масихом и не полагающиеся на внешнее,
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Истинно обрезанные – это мы с вами, поклоняющиеся под руководством Духа Аллаха, хвалящиеся Исой аль-Масихом и не полагающиеся на внешнее,
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Истинно обрезанные – это мы с вами, поклоняющиеся под руководством Духа Всевышнего, хвалящиеся Исо Масехом и не полагающиеся на внешнее,
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - En réalité, c’est nous qui sommes circoncis de la vraie circoncision puisque nous rendons notre culte à Dieu par son Esprit et que nous mettons toute notre fierté en Jésus-Christ – au lieu de placer notre confiance dans ce que l’homme produit par lui-même.
リビングバイブル - 肉体の一部を切り取りさえすれば、神の子どもになれるのではありません。霊をもって神を礼拝する者こそ、神の子どもなのです。その礼拝こそが、ただ一つの真の「割礼」です。クリスチャンが誇れることと言ったら、キリスト・イエスがなしてくださったみわざだけです。自分で自分を救うことなどとてもできないと、よく知っているはずです。
Nestle Aland 28 - ἡμεῖς γάρ ἐσμεν ἡ περιτομή, οἱ πνεύματι θεοῦ λατρεύοντες καὶ καυχώμενοι ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ καὶ οὐκ ἐν σαρκὶ πεποιθότες,
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - ἡμεῖς γάρ ἐσμεν ἡ περιτομή, οἱ Πνεύματι Θεοῦ λατρεύοντες καὶ καυχώμενοι ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ, καὶ οὐκ ἐν σαρκὶ πεποιθότες,
Nova Versão Internacional - Pois nós é que somos a circuncisão, nós que adoramos pelo Espírito de Deus, que nos gloriamos em Cristo Jesus e não temos confiança alguma na carne,
Hoffnung für alle - Denn die wahre Beschneidung findet nicht am Körper statt, sondern besteht darin, dass Gott uns seinen Geist geschenkt hat und wir ihm dienen. Wir sind stolz, zu Jesus Christus zu gehören, und verlassen uns nicht länger auf das, was wir selbst tun können.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Vì thờ phượng Đức Chúa Trời bởi Chúa Thánh Linh mới đúng ý nghĩa của thánh lễ cắt bì. Người theo Chúa hãnh diện nương cậy công việc cứu rỗi Chúa Cứu Thế Giê-xu đã hoàn thành và nhìn nhận con người không thể nào tự sức mình đạt đến sự cứu rỗi.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - เพราะว่าพวกเราคือผู้เข้าสุหนัตแท้ เรารับใช้ พระเจ้าด้วยพระวิญญาณของพระองค์ เราอวดอ้างพระเยซูคริสต์ และเราไม่มั่นใจในเนื้อหนังร่างกาย
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ด้วยว่า เราเป็นพวกที่เข้าสุหนัตโดยแท้ ซึ่งนมัสการด้วยพระวิญญาณของพระเจ้า และยินดีในพระเยซูคริสต์ และไม่วางใจในฝ่ายเนื้อหนัง

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Romans 15:17 - Looking back over what has been accomplished and what I have observed, I must say I am most pleased—in the context of Jesus, I’d even say proud, but only in that context. I have no interest in giving you a chatty account of my adventures, only the wondrously powerful and transformingly present words and deeds of Christ in me that triggered a believing response among the outsiders. In such ways I have trailblazed a preaching of the Message of Jesus all the way from Jerusalem far into northwestern Greece. This has all been pioneer work, bringing the Message only into those places where Jesus was not yet known and worshiped. My text has been, Those who were never told of him— they’ll see him! Those who’ve never heard of him— they’ll get the message! * * *
Malachi 1:11 - “I am honored all over the world. And there are people who know how to worship me all over the world, who honor me by bringing their best to me. They’re saying it everywhere: ‘God is greater, this God-of-the-Angel-Armies.’
Jude 1:20 - But you, dear friends, carefully build yourselves up in this most holy faith by praying in the Holy Spirit, staying right at the center of God’s love, keeping your arms open and outstretched, ready for the mercy of our Master, Jesus Christ. This is the unending life, the real life!
Genesis 17:9 - God continued to Abraham, “And you: You will honor my covenant, you and your descendants, generation after generation. This is the covenant that you are to honor, the covenant that pulls in all your descendants: Circumcise every male. Circumcise by cutting off the foreskin of the penis; it will be the sign of the covenant between us. Every male baby will be circumcised when he is eight days old, generation after generation—this includes house-born slaves and slaves bought from outsiders who are not blood kin. Make sure you circumcise both your own children and anyone brought in from the outside. That way my covenant will be cut into your body, a permanent mark of my permanent covenant. An uncircumcised male, one who has not had the foreskin of his penis cut off, will be cut off from his people—he has broken my covenant.”
Jeremiah 9:23 - God’s Message: “Don’t let the wise brag of their wisdom. Don’t let heroes brag of their exploits. Don’t let the rich brag of their riches. If you brag, brag of this and this only: That you understand and know me. I’m God, and I act in loyal love. I do what’s right and set things right and fair, and delight in those who do the same things. These are my trademarks.” God’s Decree. * * *
Philippians 3:7 - The very credentials these people are waving around as something special, I’m tearing up and throwing out with the trash—along with everything else I used to take credit for. And why? Because of Christ. Yes, all the things I once thought were so important are gone from my life. Compared to the high privilege of knowing Christ Jesus as my Master, firsthand, everything I once thought I had going for me is insignificant—dog dung. I’ve dumped it all in the trash so that I could embrace Christ and be embraced by him. I didn’t want some petty, inferior brand of righteousness that comes from keeping a list of rules when I could get the robust kind that comes from trusting Christ—God’s righteousness.
Romans 8:26 - Meanwhile, the moment we get tired in the waiting, God’s Spirit is right alongside helping us along. If we don’t know how or what to pray, it doesn’t matter. He does our praying in and for us, making prayer out of our wordless sighs, our aching groans. He knows us far better than we know ourselves, knows our pregnant condition, and keeps us present before God. That’s why we can be so sure that every detail in our lives of love for God is worked into something good.
Romans 2:25 - Circumcision, the surgical ritual that marks you as a Jew, is great if you live in accord with God’s law. But if you don’t, it’s worse than not being circumcised. The reverse is also true: The uncircumcised who keep God’s ways are as good as the circumcised—in fact, better. Better to keep God’s law uncircumcised than break it circumcised. Don’t you see: It’s not the cut of a knife that makes a Jew. You become a Jew by who you are. It’s the mark of God on your heart, not of a knife on your skin, that makes a Jew. And recognition comes from God, not legalistic critics. * * *
Romans 4:12 - And it means further that Abraham is father of all people who embrace what God does for them while they are still on the “outs” with God, as yet unidentified as God’s, in an “uncircumcised” condition. It is precisely these people in this condition who are called “set right by God and with God”! Abraham is also, of course, father of those who have undergone the religious rite of circumcision not just because of the ritual but because they were willing to live in the risky faith-embrace of God’s action for them, the way Abraham lived long before he was marked by circumcision.
John 4:23 - “It’s who you are and the way you live that count before God. Your worship must engage your spirit in the pursuit of truth. That’s the kind of people the Father is out looking for: those who are simply and honestly themselves before him in their worship. God is sheer being itself—Spirit. Those who worship him must do it out of their very being, their spirits, their true selves, in adoration.”
Romans 8:15 - This resurrection life you received from God is not a timid, grave-tending life. It’s adventurously expectant, greeting God with a childlike “What’s next, Papa?” God’s Spirit touches our spirits and confirms who we really are. We know who he is, and we know who we are: Father and children. And we know we are going to get what’s coming to us—an unbelievable inheritance! We go through exactly what Christ goes through. If we go through the hard times with him, then we’re certainly going to go through the good times with him! * * *
Galatians 5:25 - Since this is the kind of life we have chosen, the life of the Spirit, let us make sure that we do not just hold it as an idea in our heads or a sentiment in our hearts, but work out its implications in every detail of our lives. That means we will not compare ourselves with each other as if one of us were better and another worse. We have far more interesting things to do with our lives. Each of us is an original.
Deuteronomy 30:6 - God, your God, will cut away the thick calluses on your heart and your children’s hearts, freeing you to love God, your God, with your whole heart and soul and live, really live. God, your God, will put all these curses on your enemies who hated you and were out to get you.
Galatians 6:14 - For my part, I am going to boast about nothing but the Cross of our Master, Jesus Christ. Because of that Cross, I have been crucified in relation to the world, set free from the stifling atmosphere of pleasing others and fitting into the little patterns that they dictate. Can’t you see the central issue in all this? It is not what you and I do—submit to circumcision, reject circumcision. It is what God is doing, and he is creating something totally new, a free life! All who walk by this standard are the true Israel of God—his chosen people. Peace and mercy on them!
Colossians 2:11 - Entering into this fullness is not something you figure out or achieve. It’s not a matter of being circumcised or keeping a long list of laws. No, you’re already in—insiders—not through some secretive initiation rite but rather through what Christ has already gone through for you, destroying the power of sin. If it’s an initiation ritual you’re after, you’ve already been through it by submitting to baptism. Going under the water was a burial of your old life; coming up out of it was a resurrection, God raising you from the dead as he did Christ. When you were stuck in your old sin-dead life, you were incapable of responding to God. God brought you alive—right along with Christ! Think of it! All sins forgiven, the slate wiped clean, that old arrest warrant canceled and nailed to Christ’s cross. He stripped all the spiritual tyrants in the universe of their sham authority at the Cross and marched them naked through the streets.

逐节对照

交叉引用

新标点和合本 - 因为真受割礼的，乃是我们这以　神的灵敬拜、在基督耶稣里夸口、不靠着肉体的。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 因为真受割礼的，就是我们这藉着上帝的灵敬拜、以基督耶稣为夸耀、不依靠肉体的。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 因为真受割礼的，就是我们这藉着　神的灵敬拜、以基督耶稣为夸耀、不依靠肉体的。
当代译本 - 因为真正受割礼的人是我们这些靠着上帝的灵敬拜、以基督耶稣为荣、不倚靠自身条件的人。
圣经新译本 - 其实我们这些靠　神的灵来敬拜，在基督耶稣里夸口而不倚靠肉体的人，才是受割礼的，
中文标准译本 - 实际上，我们才是受过割礼的人，就是藉着神的灵事奉，在基督耶稣里夸耀，不依靠肉体的人。
现代标点和合本 - 因为真受割礼的，乃是我们这以神的灵敬拜，在基督耶稣里夸口，不靠着肉体的。
和合本（拼音版） - 因为真受割礼的，乃是我们这以上帝的灵敬拜，在基督耶稣里夸口，不靠着肉体的。
New International Version - For it is we who are the circumcision, we who serve God by his Spirit, who boast in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh—
New International Reader's Version - But we have been truly circumcised. We serve God by the power of his Spirit. We boast about what Christ Jesus has done. We don’t put our trust in who we are or what we can do.
English Standard Version - For we are the circumcision, who worship by the Spirit of God and glory in Christ Jesus and put no confidence in the flesh—
New Living Translation - For we who worship by the Spirit of God are the ones who are truly circumcised. We rely on what Christ Jesus has done for us. We put no confidence in human effort,
Christian Standard Bible - 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 —
New American Standard Bible - for we are the true circumcision, who worship in the Spirit of God and take pride in Christ Jesus, and put no confidence in the flesh,
New King James Version - For we are the circumcision, who worship God in the Spirit, rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh,
Amplified Bible - for we [who are born-again have been reborn from above—spiritually transformed, renewed, set apart for His purpose and] are the true circumcision, who worship in the Spirit of God and glory and take pride and exult in Christ Jesus and place no confidence [in what we have or who we are] in the flesh—
American Standard Version - for we are the circumcision, who worship by the Spirit of God, and glory in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh:
King James Version - For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.
New English Translation - For we are the circumcision, the ones who worship by the Spirit of God, exult in Christ Jesus, and do not rely on human credentials
World English Bible - For we are the circumcision, who worship God in the Spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh;
新標點和合本 - 因為真受割禮的，乃是我們這以神的靈敬拜、在基督耶穌裏誇口、不靠着肉體的。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 因為真受割禮的，就是我們這藉着上帝的靈敬拜、以基督耶穌為誇耀、不依靠肉體的。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 因為真受割禮的，就是我們這藉着　神的靈敬拜、以基督耶穌為誇耀、不依靠肉體的。
當代譯本 - 因為真正受割禮的人是我們這些靠著上帝的靈敬拜、以基督耶穌為榮、不倚靠自身條件的人。
聖經新譯本 - 其實我們這些靠　神的靈來敬拜，在基督耶穌裡誇口而不倚靠肉體的人，才是受割禮的，
呂振中譯本 - 真的受割禮呢、我們才是，我們這以靈來事奉，拿基督耶穌來誇口、不倚靠肉體的人。
中文標準譯本 - 實際上，我們才是受過割禮的人，就是藉著神的靈事奉，在基督耶穌裡誇耀，不依靠肉體的人。
現代標點和合本 - 因為真受割禮的，乃是我們這以神的靈敬拜，在基督耶穌裡誇口，不靠著肉體的。
文理和合譯本 - 蓋我儕以上帝之神而崇拜、於基督耶穌而誇、不恃乎形軀、是乃受割者也、
文理委辦譯本 - 我儕心事上帝、以基督耶穌為悅、不恃儀文、是真受割禮者、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 我儕心事天主、以基督耶穌為誇、不恃外貌、外貌原文作肉軀下同是真受割禮者、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 吾人苟能以天主之精神、昭事天主、一心以基督耶穌為榮、而不恃形體、斯則真受割禮矣。
Nueva Versión Internacional - Porque la circuncisión somos nosotros, los que por medio del Espíritu de Dios adoramos, nos enorgullecemos en Cristo Jesús y no ponemos nuestra confianza en esfuerzos humanos.
현대인의 성경 - 하나님의 성령으로 예배하고 그리스도 예수님을 자랑하며 육적인 것을 신뢰하지 않는 우리가 참 할례를 받은 사람입니다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Истинно обрезанные – это мы с вами, поклоняющиеся под руководством Духа Божьего, хвалящиеся Иисусом Христом и не полагающиеся на внешнее,
Восточный перевод - Истинно обрезанные – это мы с вами, поклоняющиеся под руководством Духа Всевышнего, хвалящиеся Исой Масихом и не полагающиеся на внешнее,
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Истинно обрезанные – это мы с вами, поклоняющиеся под руководством Духа Аллаха, хвалящиеся Исой аль-Масихом и не полагающиеся на внешнее,
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Истинно обрезанные – это мы с вами, поклоняющиеся под руководством Духа Всевышнего, хвалящиеся Исо Масехом и не полагающиеся на внешнее,
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - En réalité, c’est nous qui sommes circoncis de la vraie circoncision puisque nous rendons notre culte à Dieu par son Esprit et que nous mettons toute notre fierté en Jésus-Christ – au lieu de placer notre confiance dans ce que l’homme produit par lui-même.
リビングバイブル - 肉体の一部を切り取りさえすれば、神の子どもになれるのではありません。霊をもって神を礼拝する者こそ、神の子どもなのです。その礼拝こそが、ただ一つの真の「割礼」です。クリスチャンが誇れることと言ったら、キリスト・イエスがなしてくださったみわざだけです。自分で自分を救うことなどとてもできないと、よく知っているはずです。
Nestle Aland 28 - ἡμεῖς γάρ ἐσμεν ἡ περιτομή, οἱ πνεύματι θεοῦ λατρεύοντες καὶ καυχώμενοι ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ καὶ οὐκ ἐν σαρκὶ πεποιθότες,
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - ἡμεῖς γάρ ἐσμεν ἡ περιτομή, οἱ Πνεύματι Θεοῦ λατρεύοντες καὶ καυχώμενοι ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ, καὶ οὐκ ἐν σαρκὶ πεποιθότες,
Nova Versão Internacional - Pois nós é que somos a circuncisão, nós que adoramos pelo Espírito de Deus, que nos gloriamos em Cristo Jesus e não temos confiança alguma na carne,
Hoffnung für alle - Denn die wahre Beschneidung findet nicht am Körper statt, sondern besteht darin, dass Gott uns seinen Geist geschenkt hat und wir ihm dienen. Wir sind stolz, zu Jesus Christus zu gehören, und verlassen uns nicht länger auf das, was wir selbst tun können.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Vì thờ phượng Đức Chúa Trời bởi Chúa Thánh Linh mới đúng ý nghĩa của thánh lễ cắt bì. Người theo Chúa hãnh diện nương cậy công việc cứu rỗi Chúa Cứu Thế Giê-xu đã hoàn thành và nhìn nhận con người không thể nào tự sức mình đạt đến sự cứu rỗi.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - เพราะว่าพวกเราคือผู้เข้าสุหนัตแท้ เรารับใช้ พระเจ้าด้วยพระวิญญาณของพระองค์ เราอวดอ้างพระเยซูคริสต์ และเราไม่มั่นใจในเนื้อหนังร่างกาย
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ด้วยว่า เราเป็นพวกที่เข้าสุหนัตโดยแท้ ซึ่งนมัสการด้วยพระวิญญาณของพระเจ้า และยินดีในพระเยซูคริสต์ และไม่วางใจในฝ่ายเนื้อหนัง

Romans 15:17 - Looking back over what has been accomplished and what I have observed, I must say I am most pleased—in the context of Jesus, I’d even say proud, but only in that context. I have no interest in giving you a chatty account of my adventures, only the wondrously powerful and transformingly present words and deeds of Christ in me that triggered a believing response among the outsiders. In such ways I have trailblazed a preaching of the Message of Jesus all the way from Jerusalem far into northwestern Greece. This has all been pioneer work, bringing the Message only into those places where Jesus was not yet known and worshiped. My text has been, Those who were never told of him— they’ll see him! Those who’ve never heard of him— they’ll get the message! * * *
Malachi 1:11 - “I am honored all over the world. And there are people who know how to worship me all over the world, who honor me by bringing their best to me. They’re saying it everywhere: ‘God is greater, this God-of-the-Angel-Armies.’
Jude 1:20 - But you, dear friends, carefully build yourselves up in this most holy faith by praying in the Holy Spirit, staying right at the center of God’s love, keeping your arms open and outstretched, ready for the mercy of our Master, Jesus Christ. This is the unending life, the real life!
Genesis 17:9 - God continued to Abraham, “And you: You will honor my covenant, you and your descendants, generation after generation. This is the covenant that you are to honor, the covenant that pulls in all your descendants: Circumcise every male. Circumcise by cutting off the foreskin of the penis; it will be the sign of the covenant between us. Every male baby will be circumcised when he is eight days old, generation after generation—this includes house-born slaves and slaves bought from outsiders who are not blood kin. Make sure you circumcise both your own children and anyone brought in from the outside. That way my covenant will be cut into your body, a permanent mark of my permanent covenant. An uncircumcised male, one who has not had the foreskin of his penis cut off, will be cut off from his people—he has broken my covenant.”
Jeremiah 9:23 - God’s Message: “Don’t let the wise brag of their wisdom. Don’t let heroes brag of their exploits. Don’t let the rich brag of their riches. If you brag, brag of this and this only: That you understand and know me. I’m God, and I act in loyal love. I do what’s right and set things right and fair, and delight in those who do the same things. These are my trademarks.” God’s Decree. * * *
Philippians 3:7 - The very credentials these people are waving around as something special, I’m tearing up and throwing out with the trash—along with everything else I used to take credit for. And why? Because of Christ. Yes, all the things I once thought were so important are gone from my life. Compared to the high privilege of knowing Christ Jesus as my Master, firsthand, everything I once thought I had going for me is insignificant—dog dung. I’ve dumped it all in the trash so that I could embrace Christ and be embraced by him. I didn’t want some petty, inferior brand of righteousness that comes from keeping a list of rules when I could get the robust kind that comes from trusting Christ—God’s righteousness.
Romans 8:26 - Meanwhile, the moment we get tired in the waiting, God’s Spirit is right alongside helping us along. If we don’t know how or what to pray, it doesn’t matter. He does our praying in and for us, making prayer out of our wordless sighs, our aching groans. He knows us far better than we know ourselves, knows our pregnant condition, and keeps us present before God. That’s why we can be so sure that every detail in our lives of love for God is worked into something good.
Romans 2:25 - Circumcision, the surgical ritual that marks you as a Jew, is great if you live in accord with God’s law. But if you don’t, it’s worse than not being circumcised. The reverse is also true: The uncircumcised who keep God’s ways are as good as the circumcised—in fact, better. Better to keep God’s law uncircumcised than break it circumcised. Don’t you see: It’s not the cut of a knife that makes a Jew. You become a Jew by who you are. It’s the mark of God on your heart, not of a knife on your skin, that makes a Jew. And recognition comes from God, not legalistic critics. * * *
Romans 4:12 - And it means further that Abraham is father of all people who embrace what God does for them while they are still on the “outs” with God, as yet unidentified as God’s, in an “uncircumcised” condition. It is precisely these people in this condition who are called “set right by God and with God”! Abraham is also, of course, father of those who have undergone the religious rite of circumcision not just because of the ritual but because they were willing to live in the risky faith-embrace of God’s action for them, the way Abraham lived long before he was marked by circumcision.
John 4:23 - “It’s who you are and the way you live that count before God. Your worship must engage your spirit in the pursuit of truth. That’s the kind of people the Father is out looking for: those who are simply and honestly themselves before him in their worship. God is sheer being itself—Spirit. Those who worship him must do it out of their very being, their spirits, their true selves, in adoration.”
Romans 8:15 - This resurrection life you received from God is not a timid, grave-tending life. It’s adventurously expectant, greeting God with a childlike “What’s next, Papa?” God’s Spirit touches our spirits and confirms who we really are. We know who he is, and we know who we are: Father and children. And we know we are going to get what’s coming to us—an unbelievable inheritance! We go through exactly what Christ goes through. If we go through the hard times with him, then we’re certainly going to go through the good times with him! * * *
Galatians 5:25 - Since this is the kind of life we have chosen, the life of the Spirit, let us make sure that we do not just hold it as an idea in our heads or a sentiment in our hearts, but work out its implications in every detail of our lives. That means we will not compare ourselves with each other as if one of us were better and another worse. We have far more interesting things to do with our lives. Each of us is an original.
Deuteronomy 30:6 - God, your God, will cut away the thick calluses on your heart and your children’s hearts, freeing you to love God, your God, with your whole heart and soul and live, really live. God, your God, will put all these curses on your enemies who hated you and were out to get you.
Galatians 6:14 - For my part, I am going to boast about nothing but the Cross of our Master, Jesus Christ. Because of that Cross, I have been crucified in relation to the world, set free from the stifling atmosphere of pleasing others and fitting into the little patterns that they dictate. Can’t you see the central issue in all this? It is not what you and I do—submit to circumcision, reject circumcision. It is what God is doing, and he is creating something totally new, a free life! All who walk by this standard are the true Israel of God—his chosen people. Peace and mercy on them!
Colossians 2:11 - Entering into this fullness is not something you figure out or achieve. It’s not a matter of being circumcised or keeping a long list of laws. No, you’re already in—insiders—not through some secretive initiation rite but rather through what Christ has already gone through for you, destroying the power of sin. If it’s an initiation ritual you’re after, you’ve already been through it by submitting to baptism. Going under the water was a burial of your old life; coming up out of it was a resurrection, God raising you from the dead as he did Christ. When you were stuck in your old sin-dead life, you were incapable of responding to God. God brought you alive—right along with Christ! Think of it! All sins forgiven, the slate wiped clean, that old arrest warrant canceled and nailed to Christ’s cross. He stripped all the spiritual tyrants in the universe of their sham authority at the Cross and marched them naked through the streets.