Galatians 6:12

Bishops' Bible (1568)

As many as desire with outwarde appearaunce to please carnally, the same constrayne you to be circumcised, onlye lest they shoulde suffer persecution for the crosse of Christe.

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  • Gal 5:11 : 11 And brethren, if I yet preache circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? Then is the slaunder of the crosse ceassed.
  • Acts 15:1 : 1 And certayne men whiche came downe fro Iurie, taught the brethren, except ye be circumcised after the maner of Moyses, ye can not be saued.
  • 2 Cor 11:13 : 13 For such false Apostles are disceiptfull workers, transfourmed into ye Apostles of Christe.
  • Gal 2:3 : 3 But neither Titus which was with me, beyng a Greke, was compelled to be circumcised,
  • Col 2:23 : 23 Which thynges haue a shewe of wisdome, in superstition & humblenesse of mynde, and in hurtyng of the body, not in any honour to the satisfiyng of ye flesh.
  • Gal 2:14 : 14 But when I sawe that they went not the ryght way to the trueth of the Gospel, I saide vnto Peter before them all: If thou beyng a Iewe, lyuest after the maner of the gentiles, and not as do the Iewes: Why causest thou the gentiles to lyue as do the Iewes?
  • Acts 15:5 : 5 Then rose vp certayne of the sect of the pharisees, which dyd beleue, saying that it was needefull to circumcise the, and to commaunde to kepe the lawe of Moyses.
  • 2 Cor 10:12 : 12 For we dare not make our selues of the number of them, or to compare our selues to them which praise themselues. Neuerthelesse, whyle they measure them selues, with them selues, and compare them selues with them selues, they vnderstande not.
  • Gal 6:13 : 13 For they the selues which are circumcised, kepe not the lawe: but desire to haue you circumcised, that they myght reioyce in your flesshe.
  • Phil 1:15 : 15 Some preache Christe of enuie & strife, and some of good wyll.
  • Phil 2:4 : 4 Loke not euery man on his owne thynges, but euery man also on the thynges of others.
  • Phil 3:18 : 18 For many walke, of whom I haue tolde you often, & nowe tel you wepyng, that they are the enemies of the crosse of Christe:
  • Matt 6:2 : 2 Therefore, when thou geuest thyne almes, thou shalt not make a trumpet to be blowen before thee, as hypocrites do, in the synagogues, & in the streates, yt they might be esteemed of me. Uerily I say vnto you, they haue their reward.
  • Matt 6:5 : 5 And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are. For they loue to stande, praying in the synagogues, and in the corners of the streates, that they may be sene of men. Ueryly I say vnto you, they haue theyr rewarde.
  • Matt 6:16 : 16 Moreouer, when ye fast, be not of an heauy countenaunce, as hypocrites are. For they disfigure theyr faces, that they myght appeare vnto men, to fast. Ueryly I say vnto you, they haue theyr rewarde.
  • Matt 23:5 : 5 All their workes they do, for to be sene of men: They make broade their philacteries, and enlarge the hemmes of their garmentes.
  • Matt 23:28 : 28 Euen so, ye also, outwardly appeare ryghteous vnto men: But within, ye are full of hypocrisie and iniquitie.
  • Luke 16:15 : 15 And he sayde vnto them, Ye are they which iustifie your selues before men: but God knoweth your heartes. For that which is hyghly esteemed among men, is abhominable in the syght of God.
  • Luke 20:47 : 47 Which deuour widowes howses vnder colour of longe prayers: The same shall receaue greater dampnation.
  • John 7:18 : 18 He that speaketh of hym selfe, seketh his owne praise: But he that seketh his praise that sent hym, the same is true, & no vnryghteousnes is in hym.

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  • Gal 6:13-17
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    13For they the selues which are circumcised, kepe not the lawe: but desire to haue you circumcised, that they myght reioyce in your flesshe.

    14God forbyd that I shoulde reioyce, but in the crosse of our Lorde Iesus Christe, wherby the world is crucified vnto me, and I vnto the worlde.

    15For in Christe Iesu, neither circumcision auayleth any thing, nor vncircumcision, but a newe creature.

    16And as many as walke accordyng to this rule, peace be on them, and mercie, and vpon the Israel that is of God.

    17From hencefoorth, let no man put me to busynesse: For I beare in my body the markes of the Lorde Iesus.

  • Gal 5:10-13
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    10I haue truste towarde you in the Lorde, that ye wyll be none otherwyse mynded: But he that troubleth you, shall beare iudgement, whatsoeuer he be.

    11And brethren, if I yet preache circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? Then is the slaunder of the crosse ceassed.

    12I woulde to God they were cut of which trouble you.

    13For brethren, ye haue ben called into libertie: Only let not libertie be an occasio to the flesshe, but by loue serue one another.

  • Gal 5:1-3
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    1Stande fast therfore in the libertie wherwith Christe hath made vs free, and be not intangled agayne with ye yoke of bondage.

    2Beholde I Paul saye vnto you, that yf ye be, circumcised Christe shall profite you nothyng.

    3For I testifie agayne to euery man which is circumcised, that he is a detter to do the whole lawe.

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    3For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirite, and reioyce in Christ Iesus, and haue no confidence in the fleshe:

    4Though I might also haue confidence in the fleshe. If any other man thinketh that he hath wherof he myght trust in the fleshe, more I:

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    11Ye see how large a letter I haue written vnto you with myne owne hande.

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    24They truely that are Christes, haue crucified the flesshe, with the affections and lustes.

  • Acts 16:3
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    3Paul woulde that he should go foorth with hym, and toke & circumcised hym, because of the Iewes, which were in those quarters: for they knewe all, that his father was a Greke.

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    12But what I do, that wyll I do, to cut away occasion from them which desire occasion, that they myght be founde lyke vnto vs, in yt wherin they gloried.

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    24For the name of God is euyll spoken of among the Gentiles, through you: As it is written.

    25For circumcision veryly auayleth, yf thou kepe the lawe: But yf thou be a breaker of the lawe, thy circumcision is made vncircumcision.

    26Therefore if the vncircumcisio kepe the ordinaunces of the law, shall not his vncircumcisio be counted for circumcisio?

    27And shall not vncircumcision which is by nature, if it kepe the law, iudge thee, which beyng vnder the letter & circumcision, doest transgresse the lawe?

    28For he is not a Iewe, whiche is a Iewe outwarde. Neither is that circucision which is outwarde in the fleshe:

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    15Some preache Christe of enuie & strife, and some of good wyll.

    16The one preache Christe of strife, not sincerely, supposyng to adde more affliction to my bondes:

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    3But neither Titus which was with me, beyng a Greke, was compelled to be circumcised,

    4And that because of incommers, being false brethren, which came in priuily, to spye out our libertie which we haue in Christe Iesu, that they myght bryng vs into bondage.

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    17They are gelouse ouer you amisse: Yea, they intende to exclude you, that ye shoulde be feruent to them warde.

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    2Beare ye one anothers burthen, and so fulfyll the lawe of Christe.

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    10Do I nowe perswade men, or God? Other do I seke to please men? For yf I shoulde yet please men, I were not the seruaunt of Christe.

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    6For in Iesus Christe, neither is circumcision any thing woorth, neither yet vncircumcision: but fayth, which worketh by loue.

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    14But put ye on ye Lorde Iesus Christe. And make not prouision for the fleshe, to the lustes therof.

  • Gal 3:1
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    1O foolishe Galathians, who hath bewitched you, that ye shoulde not obey ye trueth? To whom Iesus Christe was described before the eyes, & among you crucified.

  • Col 2:11
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    11In whom also ye are circumcised with circumcisio made without handes, by puttyng of the body of sinnes of the fleshe, in the circumcision of Christe:

  • Gal 4:15
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    15What is then your felicitie? For I beare you recorde, that yf it had ben possible, ye woulde haue plucked out your owne eyes, and haue geuen them to me.

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    18Is any man called beyng circumcised? let him not adde vncircumcision: Is any called vncircumcised? let him not be circumcised.

  • Phil 3:18
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    18For many walke, of whom I haue tolde you often, & nowe tel you wepyng, that they are the enemies of the crosse of Christe:

  • 2 Cor 12:6
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    6For though I woulde desire to glorie, I shall not be a foole, for I wyll say the trueth: but I nowe refrayne, lest any man shoulde thynke of me, aboue that which he seeth me to be, or yt he heareth of me.

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    2I beseche you, that I neede not to be bolde when I am present, with that same boldnesse, wherwith I am supposed to haue ben bolde, agaynst some, which repute vs as though we walked accordyng to the fleshe.

  • Gal 2:14
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    14But when I sawe that they went not the ryght way to the trueth of the Gospel, I saide vnto Peter before them all: If thou beyng a Iewe, lyuest after the maner of the gentiles, and not as do the Iewes: Why causest thou the gentiles to lyue as do the Iewes?

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    12Brethren, I besech you be as I am for I am as ye are. Ye haue not iniured me at all.

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    12For we prayse not our selues agayne vnto you, but geue you an occasion to reioyce of vs, that ye may haue somwhat agaynst them which reioyce in the face, and not in the heart.

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    11Wherfore, remember that ye being in tyme passed gentiles in the flesshe, called vncircumcision of that which is called circumcision in the flesshe, made by handes:

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    24The Apostles, and elders, & brethren, sende greetinges vnto ye brethren, which are of the gentiles in Antiochia, Syria, & Cilicia. Forasmuch as we haue heard, that certayne which departed from vs, haue troubled you with wordes, & cumbred your myndes, saying ye must be circumcised and kepe the lawe, to who we gaue no such commaundent:

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    18Seyng that many glorie after ye fleshe, I wyll glorie also.

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    4Haue ye suffered so great thynges in vayne? Yf it be yet in vayne.

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    14For ye brethren became folowers of the Churches of God, which in Iurie are in Christe Iesus: for ye haue suffred lyke thynges of your countreymen, as they haue of the Iewes:

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    6Neither sought we prayse of men, neither of you, nor yet of others: