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For in Jesus Christ neitherc circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith whiche worketh by love.

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1 Cor. 7:19• ¹⁹Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing; but keeping God's commandments. (1 Cor. 7:19)

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1 Thess. 1:3• ³remembering unceasingly your work of faith, and labour of love, and enduring constancy of hope, of our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father; (1 Thess. 1:3)

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James 2:18‑22• ¹⁸But some one will say, *Thou* hast faith and *I* have works. Shew me thy faith without works, and *I* from my works will shew thee my faith.
¹⁹*Thou* believest that God is one. Thou doest well. The demons even believe, and tremble.
²⁰But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
²¹Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
²²Thou seest that faith wrought with his works, and that by works faith was perfected. (James 2:18‑22)

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Gal. 5:2‑3• ²Behold, I, Paul, say to you, that if ye are circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.
³And I witness again to every man who is circumcised, that he is debtor to do the whole law. (Gal. 5:2‑3)

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Gal. 3:28• ²⁸There is no Jew nor Greek; there is no bondman nor freeman; there is no male and female; for ye are all one in Christ Jesus: (Gal. 3:28)

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Gal. 6:15• ¹⁵For in Christ Jesus neither is circumcision anything, nor uncircumcision; but new creation. (Gal. 6:15)

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Rom. 2:25‑29• ²⁵For circumcision indeed profits if thou keep the law; but if thou be a law-transgressor, thy circumcision is become uncircumcision.
²⁶If therefore the uncircumcision keep the requirements of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be reckoned for circumcision,
²⁷and uncircumcision by nature, fulfilling the law, judge thee, who, with letter and circumcision, art a law-transgressor?
²⁸For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, neither that circumcision which is outward in flesh;
²⁹but he is a Jew who is so inwardly; and circumcision, of the heart, in spirit, not in letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God. (Rom. 2:25‑29)

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Rom. 3:29‑31• ²⁹Is God the God of Jews only? is he not of the nations also? Yea, of nations also:
³⁰since indeed it is one God who shall justify the circumcision on the principle of faith, and uncircumcision by faith.
³¹Do we then make void law by faith? Far be the thought: no, but we establish law. (Rom. 3:29‑31)

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1 Cor. 7:19• ¹⁹Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing; but keeping God's commandments. (1 Cor. 7:19)

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Col. 3:11• ¹¹wherein there is not Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondman, freeman; but Christ is everything, and in all. (Col. 3:11)

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Matt. 25:31‑40• ³¹But when the Son of man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then shall he sit down upon his throne of glory,
³²and all the nations shall be gathered before him; and he shall separate them from one another, as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats;
³³and he will set the sheep on his right hand, and the goats on his left.
³⁴Then shall the King say to those on his right hand, Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the world's foundation:
³⁵for I hungered, and ye gave me to eat; I thirsted, and ye gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me in;
³⁶naked, and ye clothed me; I was ill, and ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye came to me.
³⁷Then shall the righteous answer him saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungering, and nourished thee; or thirsting, and gave thee to drink?
³⁸and when saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in; or naked, and clothed thee?
³⁹and when saw we thee ill, or in prison, and came to thee?
⁴⁰And the King answering shall say to them, Verily, I say to you, Inasmuch as ye have done it to one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it to me. (Matt. 25:31‑40)

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2 Cor. 5:14• ¹⁴For the love of the Christ constrains us, having judged this: that one died for all, then all have died; (2 Cor. 5:14)

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1 Thess. 1:3• ³remembering unceasingly your work of faith, and labour of love, and enduring constancy of hope, of our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father; (1 Thess. 1:3)

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Heb. 11:8,17‑19• ⁸By faith Abraham, being called, obeyed to go out into the place which he was to receive for an inheritance, and went out, not knowing where he was going.
¹⁷By faith Abraham, when tried, offered up Isaac, and he who had received to himself the promises offered up his only begotten son,
¹⁸as to whom it had been said, In Isaac shall thy seed be called:
¹⁹counting that God was able to raise him even from among the dead, whence also he received him in a figure. (Heb. 11:8,17‑19)

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James 2:14‑26• ¹⁴What is the profit, my brethren, if any one say he have faith, but have not works? can faith save him?
¹⁵Now if a brother or a sister is naked and destitute of daily food,
¹⁶and one from amongst you say to them, Go in peace, be warmed and filled; but give not to them the needful things for the body, what is the profit?
¹⁷So also faith, if it have not works, is dead by itself.
¹⁸But some one will say, *Thou* hast faith and *I* have works. Shew me thy faith without works, and *I* from my works will shew thee my faith.
¹⁹*Thou* believest that God is one. Thou doest well. The demons even believe, and tremble.
²⁰But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
²¹Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
²²Thou seest that faith wrought with his works, and that by works faith was perfected.
²³And the scripture was fulfilled which says, Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness, and he was called Friend of God.
²⁴Ye see that a man is justified on the principle of works, and not on the principle of faith only.
²⁵But was not in like manner also Rahab the harlot justified on the principle of works, when she had received the messengers and put them forth by another way?
²⁶For as the body without a spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead. (James 2:14‑26)

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1 Peter 1:8• ⁸whom, having not seen, ye love; on whom though not now looking, but believing, ye exult with joy unspeakable and filled with the glory, (1 Peter 1:8)

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1 John 3:14‑20• ¹⁴*We* know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love his brother abides in death.
¹⁵Every one that hates his brother is a murderer, and ye know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.
¹⁶Hereby we have known love, because *he* has laid down his life for us; and *we* ought for the brethren to lay down our lives.
¹⁷But whoso may have the world's substance, and see his brother having need, and shut up his bowels from him, how abides the love of God in him?
¹⁸Children, let us not love with word, nor with tongue, but in deed and in truth.
¹⁹And hereby we shall know that we are of the truth, and shall persuade our hearts before him--
²⁰that if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart and knows all things. (1 John 3:14‑20)

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1 John 4:18‑21• ¹⁸There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear; for fear has torment, and he that fears has not been made perfect in love.
¹⁹*We* love because *he* has first loved us.
²⁰If any one say, I love God, and hate his brother, he is a liar: for he that loves not his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?
²¹And this commandment have we from him, That he that loves God love also his brother. (1 John 4:18‑21)

• This new position can only be apprehended by faith, and faith “worketh by love.” (“Galatians 5” by H. Smith)

• "In Jesus Christ" circumcision can add nothing to the blessing, nor can uncircumcision hinder the blessing. The believer, viewed as in Christ before God, is outside both Jewish and Gentile circles. (“Galatians 5” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision has any force, nor uncircumcision; but faith working through love.

W. Kelly Translation

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For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision hath any force nor uncircumcision, but faith working by love.