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Galatians 5:6 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision amounts to anything, but faith working through love. "
Galatians 5:6
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4 You are alienated from Christ, you who desire to be justified by the law. You have fallen away from grace.
5 For we through the Spirit, by faith wait for the hope of righteousness.
6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision amounts to anything, but faith working through love.
7 You were running well! Who interfered with you that you should not obey the truth?
8 This persuasion is not from him who calls you.
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Galatians 5:1
"Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don’t be entangled again with a yoke of bondage."
Galatians 5:2
"Behold, I, Paul, tell you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will profit you nothing."
Galatians 5:3
"Yes, I testify again to every man who receives circumcision that he is a debtor to do the whole law."
Galatians 5:4
"You are alienated from Christ, you who desire to be justified by the law. You have fallen away from grace."
Galatians 5:5
"For we through the Spirit, by faith wait for the hope of righteousness."
Galatians 5:7
"You were running well! Who interfered with you that you should not obey the truth?"
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