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Live Your Calling

1 Corinthians 7:18

In 9 translations

BSB
Was a man already circumcised when he was called? He should not become uncircumcised. Was a man still uncircumcised when called? He should not be circumcised.
KJV
Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised.
WEB
Was anyone called having been circumcised? Let him not become uncircumcised. Has anyone been called in uncircumcision? Let him not be circumcised.
ASV
Was any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Hath any been called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised.
LSV
being circumcised—was anyone called? Do not let him become uncircumcised; in uncircumcision was anyone called? Do not let him be circumcised;
YLT
being circumcised — was any one called? let him not become uncircumcised; in uncircumcision was any one called? let him not be circumcised;
DBY
Has any one been called circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised: has any one been called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised.
DRC
Is any man called, being circumcised? let him not procure uncircumcision. Is any man called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised.
GNV
Is any man called being circumcised? let him not gather his vncircumcision: is any called vncircumcised? let him not be circumcised.

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Where the editions differ

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  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read κέκληταί (“has been called”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἐκλήθη (“he was called”).
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

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  • SBLGNT: κέκληταί τις. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read κέκληταί τις; Robinson–Pierpont read τις ἐκλήθη.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
περιτετμημένος τις ἐκλήθη; μὴ ἐπισπάσθω· ἐν ἀκροβυστίᾳ κέκληταί τις; μὴ περιτεμνέσθω.
RP2018
Περιτετμημένος τις ἐκλήθη; Μὴ ἐπισπάσθω. Ἐν ἀκροβυστίᾳ τις ἐκλήθη; Μὴ περιτεμνέσθω.
TR-Boyd
Περιτετμημένος τις ἐκλήθη; Μὴ ἐπισπάσθω. Ἐν ἀκροβυστίᾳ τις ἐκλήθη; Μὴ περιτεμνέσθω.
SCR1894
περιτετμημενος τις εκληθη μη επισπασθω εν ακροβυστια τις εκληθη μη περιτεμνεσθω

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Acts 15:5But some believers from the party of the Pharisees stood up and declared, “The Gentiles must be circumcised and required to obey the law of Moses.”
  • Galatians 5:1–3It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be encumbered once more by a yoke of slavery. Take notice: I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no…
  • Acts 15:24It has come to our attention that some went out from us without our authorization and unsettled you, troubling your minds by what they said.
  • Acts 15:19It is my judgment, therefore, that we should not cause trouble for the Gentiles who are turning to God.
  • Colossians 3:11Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free, but Christ is all and is in all.
  • Acts 15:28It seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us not to burden you with anything beyond these essential requirements:
  • Acts 15:1–2Then some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.” And after engaging these men in sharp debate, Paul and Barnabas…

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