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| Title=Old Testament believers taunt New Testament believers | | Title=Old Testament believers taunt New Testament believers | ||
| Text=And some men came and were teaching the brethren, 'Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.' But Paul and Barnabas together had great dissention and disputing with these men. . . Then Peter stood up and said to them '...Why do you put God to the test by placing upon the neck of the disciples a yoke which neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear? | | Text=And some men came and were teaching the brethren, 'Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.' But Paul and Barnabas together had great dissention and disputing with these men. . . Then Peter stood up and said to them '...Why do you put God to the test by placing upon the neck of the disciples a yoke which neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear? | ||
| Author= | | Author=Luke | ||
| Source=Acts 15: 1-2, 7, 10 | | Source=Acts 15: 1-2, 7, 10 | ||
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But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.<br> | But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.<br> | ||
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature. | For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature. | ||
| Author= | | Author=Paul | ||
| Source=Galatians 6:13-15 | | Source=Galatians 6:13-15 | ||
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Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.<br> | Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.<br> | ||
Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called. | Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called. | ||
| Author= | | Author=Paul | ||
| Source=1 Corinthians 7:17-20 | | Source=1 Corinthians 7:17-20 | ||
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| Text=For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision:<br> | | Text=For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision:<br> | ||
Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake. | Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake. | ||
| Author= | | Author=Paul | ||
| Source=Titus 1:10-11 | | Source=Titus 1:10-11 | ||
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| Title=Beware of the | | Title=Beware of the circumcision | ||
| Text=Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the | | Text=Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the false circumcision.<br> | ||
For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh. | For we are the ''true'' circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh. | ||
| Author= | | Author=Paul | ||
| Source=Philippians 3:2-3 | | Source=Philippians 3:2-3 | ||
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