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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.

It has come to our attention that some went out from us without our authorization and unsettled you, troubling your minds by what they said.

Then God gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision, and Abraham became the father of Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day. And Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.

Take notice: I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no value to you at all.

For the circumcised do not even keep the law themselves, yet they want you to be circumcised that they may boast in your flesh.