Galatians 6:13-15

New English Translation

¹³For those who are circumcised do not obey the law themselves, but they want you to be circumcised so that they can boast about your flesh.^[a] ¹⁴But may I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which^[b] the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. ¹⁵For^[c] neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for^[d] anything; the only thing that matters is a new creation!^[e]

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Footnotes

Galatians 6:13 tn Or “boast about you in external matters,” “in the outward rite” (cf. v. 12).
Galatians 6:14 tn Or perhaps, “through whom,” referring to the Lord Jesus Christ rather than the cross.
Galatians 6:15 tc The phrase “in Christ Jesus” is found after “For” in some mss (א A C D F G 0278 1881 2464 M lat bo), but lacking in P⁴⁶ B Ψ 33 1175 1505 1739* and several fathers. The longer reading probably represents a scribal harmonization to Gal 5:6.
Galatians 6:15 tn Grk “is.”
Galatians 6:15 tn Grk “but a new creation”; the words “the only thing that matters” have been supplied to reflect the implied contrast with the previous clause (see also Gal 5:6).

Galatians 6:13-15

New International Version

¹³Not even those who are circumcised keep the law,^(A) yet they want you to be circumcised that they may boast about your circumcision in the flesh.^(B) ¹⁴May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ,^(C) through which^[a] the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.^(D) ¹⁵Neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything;^(E) what counts is the new creation.^(F)