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Freedom in Christ

Galatians 5:6

In 9 translations

BSB
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. All that matters is faith, expressed through love.
KJV
For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.
WEB
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision amounts to anything, but faith working through love.
ASV
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision; but faith working through love.
LSV
for in Christ Jesus neither circumcision avails anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love.
YLT
for in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith through love working.
DBY
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision has any force, nor uncircumcision; but faith working through love.
DRC
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision: but faith that worketh by charity.
GNV
For in Iesus Christ neither circumcision auaileth any thing, neither vncircumcision, but faith which worketh by loue.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
ἐν γὰρ Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ οὔτε περιτομή τι ἰσχύει οὔτε ἀκροβυστία, ἀλλὰ πίστις διʼ ἀγάπης ἐνεργουμένη.
RP2018
Ἐν γὰρ χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ οὔτε περιτομή τι ἰσχύει, οὔτε ἀκροβυστία, ἀλλὰ πίστις δι’ ἀγάπης ἐνεργουμένη.
TR-Boyd
Ἐν γὰρ Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ οὔτε περιτομή τι ἰσχύει, οὔτε ἀκροβυστία, ἀλλὰ πίστις δι᾿ ἀγάπης ἐνεργουμένη.
SCR1894
εν γαρ χριστω ιησου ουτε περιτομη τι ισχυει ουτε ακροβυστια αλλα πιστις δι αγαπης ενεργουμενη

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  • Galatians 6:15For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything. What counts is a new creation.
  • 1 Corinthians 7:19Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing. Keeping God’s commandments is what counts.
  • 1 Thessalonians 1:3and continually recalling before our God and Father your work of faith, your labor of love, and your enduring hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • James 2:14–26What good is it, my brothers, if someone claims to have faith, but has no deeds? Can such faith save him? Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you tells him, “Go in peace; stay warm…
  • 2 Corinthians 5:14For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that One died for all, therefore all died.
  • 1 John 3:14–20We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. The one who does not love remains in death. Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that eternal life does not reside in…
  • Matthew 25:31–40When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, He will sit on His glorious throne. All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate the people one from another, as a shepherd…
  • 1 Peter 1:8Though you have not seen Him, you love Him; and though you do not see Him now, you believe in Him and rejoice with an inexpressible and glorious joy,
  • Galatians 3:28There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
  • 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.
  • 1 John 4:18–21There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear involves punishment. The one who fears has not been perfected in love. We love because He first loved us. If anyone says, “I love God,” but hates…
  • Hebrews 11:8By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowing where he was going.
  • Galatians 5:2–3Take notice: I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no value to you at all. Again I testify to every man who gets himself circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law.
  • Romans 2:25–29Circumcision has value if you observe the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision. If a man who is not circumcised keeps the requirements of the law, will not his uncircumcision be…
  • Hebrews 11:17–19By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac on the altar. He who had received the promises was ready to offer his one and only son, even though God had said to him, “Through Isaac your offspring will be…
  • Romans 3:29–31Is God the God of Jews only? Is He not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too, since there is only one God, who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through that same faith. Do we, then,…

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