Is there any advantage in being a Jew? Is there any value in being circumcised?

这样说来，犹太人有什么长处？割礼有什么益处呢？

这样说来，犹太人有什么比别人强呢？割礼有什么益处呢？

这样说来，犹太人有什么比别人强呢？割礼有什么益处呢？

那么，犹太人有什么长处呢？割礼有什么价值呢？

这样说来，犹太人独特的地方在哪里呢？割礼又有什么益处呢？

这样说来，犹太人有什么优越呢？割礼有什么益处呢？

這樣說來，猶太人有甚麼長處？割禮有甚麼益處呢？

這樣說來，猶太人有甚麼比別人強呢？割禮有甚麼益處呢？

這樣說來，猶太人有甚麼比別人強呢？割禮有甚麼益處呢？

那麼，猶太人有什麼長處呢？割禮有什麼價值呢？

這樣說來，猶太人獨特的地方在哪裡呢？割禮又有甚麼益處呢？

這樣說來，猶太人有甚麼長處？割禮有甚麼益處呢？

這樣說來，猶太人有什麼優越呢？割禮有什麼益處呢？

然則猶太人何所長、割禮何所益乎、

或曰、如是、則猶太人何所長、割禮何所益乎、

然則猶太人何所長、割禮何所益乎、

然則猶太人受何特恩、割禮更有何益？

What advantage, then, is there in being a Jew, or what value is there in circumcision?

Then what advantage has the Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision?

Then what’s the advantage of being a Jew? Is there any value in the ceremony of circumcision?

So what advantage does the Jew have? Or what is the benefit of circumcision?

Then what advantage does the Jew have? Or what is the benefit of circumcision?

What advantage then has the Jew, or what is the profit of circumcision?

What advantage then hath the Jew? or what is the profit of circumcision?

So what advantage does the Jew have? Or what is the benefit of circumcision?

What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit[ is there] of circumcision?

Therefore what advantage does the Jew have, or what is the value of circumcision?

Then what advantage does the Jew have? Or what is the profit of circumcision?

Don’t let all kinds of strange teachings lead you astray. It is good that God’s grace makes our hearts strong. Don’t try to grow strong by eating foods that the law requires. They have no value for the people who eat them.

“ Do you think I need any more of your sacrifices?” asks the Lord.“ I have more than enough of your burnt offerings. I have more than enough of rams and the fat of your fattest animals. I do not find any pleasure in the blood of your bulls, lambs and goats.Who asked you to bring all these animals when you come to worship me? Who asked you and your animals to walk all over my courtyards?Stop bringing offerings that do not mean anything to me! I hate your incense. I can’t stand your worthless gatherings. I can’t stand the way you celebrate your New Moon feasts, Sabbath days and special services.Your New Moon feasts and your other appointed feasts I hate with my whole being. They have become a heavy load to me. I am tired of carrying it.You might spread out your hands toward me when you pray. But I do not look at you. You might even offer many prayers. But I am not listening to them. Your hands are covered with the blood of the people you have murdered.

Circumcision has value if you obey the law. But if you break the law, it is just as if you hadn’t been circumcised.And sometimes those who aren’t circumcised do what the law requires. Won’t God accept them as if they had been circumcised?Many are not circumcised physically, but they obey the law. They will prove that you are guilty. You are breaking the law, even though you have the written law and are circumcised.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.

The more words people use, the less meaning there is. And that doesn’t help anyone.

“ Look, I’m dying of hunger,” Esau said.“ What good are those rights to me?”

“ You have said,‘ It is useless to serve God. What do we gain by obeying his laws? And what do we get by pretending to be sad in front of the Lord?

What advantage do wise people have over those who are foolish? What do poor people gain by knowing how to act toward others?

Did I fight wild animals in Ephesus with nothing more than human hopes? Then what have I gotten for it? If the dead are not raised,“ Let us eat and drink, because tomorrow we will die.”( Isaiah 22:13)