Key Verse Spotlight
Galatians 6:13 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh.”
Galatians 6:13
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
Ye see how large a letter I have written unto you with mine own hand.
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.
For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh.
But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world. {by whom: or, whereby}
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.
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