Galatians 6:12 Cross References

Galatians 6:12

12: Those who are trying to force you to be circumcised are doing it for just one reason. They don't want to be persecuted for teaching that the cross of Christ alone can save.

Galatians 5:11

  1. Dear brothers and sisters, if I were still preaching that you must be circumcised--as some say I do--why would the Jews persecute me? The fact that I am still being persecuted proves that I am still preaching salvation through the cross of Christ alone.

Colossians 2:23

  1. These rules may seem wise because they require strong devotion, humility, and severe bodily discipline. But they have no effect when it comes to conquering a person's evil thoughts and desires.

Acts 15:1

  1. While Paul and Barnabas were at Antioch of Syria, some men from Judea arrived and began to teach the Christians: "Unless you keep the ancient Jewish custom of circumcision taught by Moses, you cannot be saved."

Galatians 2:3

  1. And they did agree. They did not even demand that my companion Titus be circumcised, though he was a Gentile.

2 Corinthians 11:13

  1. These people are false apostles. They have fooled you by disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.

Acts 15:5

  1. But then some of the men who had been Pharisees before their conversion stood up and declared that all Gentile converts must be circumcised and be required to follow the law of Moses.

Luke 20:47

  1. But they shamelessly cheat widows out of their property, and then, to cover up the kind of people they really are, they make long prayers in public. Because of this, their punishment will be the greater."

Matthew 6:2

  1. When you give a gift to someone in need, don't shout about it as the hypocrites do--blowing trumpets in the synagogues and streets to call attention to their acts of charity! I assure you, they have received all the reward they will ever get.

Galatians 6:13

  1. And even those who advocate circumcision don't really keep the whole law. They only want you to be circumcised so they can brag about it and claim you as their disciples.

Luke 16:15

  1. Then he said to them, "You like to look good in public, but God knows your evil hearts. What this world honors is an abomination in the sight of God.

Matthew 23:28

  1. You try to look like upright people outwardly, but inside your hearts are filled with hypocrisy and lawlessness.

John 7:18

  1. Those who present their own ideas are looking for praise for themselves, but those who seek to honor the one who sent them are good and genuine.

Matthew 6:16

  1. "And when you fast, don't make it obvious, as the hypocrites do, who try to look pale and disheveled so people will admire them for their fasting. I assure you, that is the only reward they will ever get.

Matthew 23:5

  1. "Everything they do is for show. On their arms they wear extra wide prayer boxes with Scripture verses inside, and they wear extra long tassels on their robes.

Philippians 1:15

  1. Some are preaching out of jealousy and rivalry. But others preach about Christ with pure motives.

2 Corinthians 10:12

  1. Oh, don't worry; I wouldn't dare say that I am as wonderful as these other men who tell you how important they are! But they are only comparing themselves with each other, and measuring themselves by themselves. What foolishness!

Galatians 2:14

  1. When I saw that they were not following the truth of the Good News, I said to Peter in front of all the others, "Since you, a Jew by birth, have discarded the Jewish laws and are living like a Gentile, why are you trying to make these Gentiles obey the Jewish laws you abandoned?

Philippians 2:4

  1. Don't think only about your own affairs, but be interested in others, too, and what they are doing.

Philippians 3:18

  1. For I have told you often before, and I say it again with tears in my eyes, that there are many whose conduct shows they are really enemies of the cross of Christ.

Matthew 6:5

  1. "And now about prayer. When you pray, don't be like the hypocrites who love to pray publicly on street corners and in the synagogues where everyone can see them. I assure you, that is all the reward they will ever get.
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