Circumcision has value if you obey the law. But if you break the law, it is just as if you hadn’t been circumcised.

你若是行律法的，割礼固然于你有益；若是犯律法的，你的割礼就算不得割礼。

你若遵行律法，割礼固然于你有益；若违犯律法，你的割礼就算不得割礼。

你若遵行律法，割礼固然于你有益；若违犯律法，你的割礼就算不得割礼。

如果你遵行律法，割礼才有价值；如果你违犯律法，受了割礼也如同未受割礼。

你若遵行律法，割礼固然有益处；但你若是犯律法的，你的割礼就不是割礼了。

你如果是遵行律法的，割礼才有益处；但你如果是违犯律法的人，你的割礼就不是割礼了。

你若是行律法的，割禮固然於你有益；若是犯律法的，你的割禮就算不得割禮。

你若遵行律法，割禮固然於你有益；若違犯律法，你的割禮就算不得割禮。

你若遵行律法，割禮固然於你有益；若違犯律法，你的割禮就算不得割禮。

如果你遵行律法，割禮才有價值；如果你違犯律法，受了割禮也如同未受割禮。

你若遵行律法，割禮固然有益處；但你若是犯律法的，你的割禮就不是割禮了。

你如果行律法，割禮於你、固然有益；但你若違犯律法，你的受割禮就等於沒受割禮了。

你如果是遵行律法的，割禮才有益處；但你如果是違犯律法的人，你的割禮就不是割禮了。

爾若行律、則割禮有益、若干律、則割如未割、

爾遵法、則割禮有益、爾犯法、雖已割若未割然、

爾若遵行律法、割禮有益、若犯律法、雖受割禮、亦若未受、

爾苟能遵法而行、割禮固屬有益；如仍犯法、則雖受割、亦猶未割。

Circumcision has value if you observe the law, but if you break the law, you have become as though you had not been circumcised.

For circumcision indeed is of value if you obey the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision becomes uncircumcision.

The Jewish ceremony of circumcision has value only if you obey God’s law. But if you don’t obey God’s law, you are no better off than an uncircumcised Gentile.

Circumcision benefits you if you observe the law, but if you are a lawbreaker, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

For indeed circumcision is of value if you practice the Law; but if you are a violator of the Law, your circumcision has turned into uncircumcision.

For circumcision is indeed profitable if you keep the law; but if you are a breaker of the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

For circumcision indeed profiteth, if thou be a doer of the law: but if thou be a transgressor of the law, thy circumcision is become uncircumcision.

For circumcision benefits you if you observe the law, but if you are a lawbreaker, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.

For circumcision has its value if you practice the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

For circumcision indeed profits, if you are a doer of the law, but if you are a transgressor of the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

“ You stubborn people! You won’t obey! You won’t listen! You are just like your people of long ago! You always oppose the Holy Spirit!

The Lord your God will keep you from being stubborn. He’ll do the same thing for your children and their children. Then you will love him with all your heart and with all your soul. And you will live.

People of Judah and you who live in Jerusalem, obey me. Do not let your hearts be stubborn. If you do, my anger will blaze out against you. It will burn like fire because of the evil things you have done. No one will be able to put it out.

Circumcision and uncircumcision don’t mean anything. What really counts is that the new creation has come.

You brag about the law. But when you break it, you rob God of his honor!

I say it again. Every man who lets himself be circumcised must obey the whole law.Some of you are trying to be made right with God by obeying the law. You have been separated from Christ. You have fallen away from God’s grace.But we long to be made completely holy because of our faith in Christ. Through the Holy Spirit we wait for this in hope.Circumcision and uncircumcision aren’t worth anything to those who believe in Christ Jesus. The only thing that really counts is faith that shows itself through love.

“ The days are coming when I will judge people,” announces the Lord.“ I will punish all those who are circumcised only in their bodies.That includes the people of Egypt, Judah, Edom, Ammon and Moab. It also includes all those who live in the desert in places far away. None of the people in these nations is really circumcised. And not even the people of Israel are circumcised in their hearts.”

You who are not Jews by birth, here is what I want you to remember. You are called“ uncircumcised” by those who call themselves“ circumcised.” But they have only been circumcised in their bodies by human hands.Before you believed in Christ, you were separated from him. You were not considered to be citizens of Israel. You were not included in what the covenants promised. You were without hope and without God in the world.

A person is not a Jew if they are a Jew only on the outside. And circumcision is more than just something done to the outside of a man’s body.No, a person is a Jew only if they are a Jew on the inside. And true circumcision means that the heart has been circumcised by the Holy Spirit. The person whose heart has been circumcised does more than obey the written law. The praise that matters for that kind of person does not come from other people. It comes from God.Is there any advantage in being a Jew? Is there any value in being circumcised?There is great value in every way! First of all, the Jews have been given the very words of God.

He was circumcised as a sign of the covenant God had made with him. It showed that his faith had made him right with God before he was circumcised. So Abraham is the father of all believers who have not been circumcised. God accepts their faith. So their faith makes them right with him.And Abraham is also the father of those who are circumcised and believe. So just being circumcised is not enough. Those who are circumcised must also follow the steps of our father Abraham. He had faith before he was circumcised.