Galatians 6:15

Galatians 6:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.
• New International Version (NIV)Neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything; what counts is the new creation.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For neither circumcision counts for anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but a new creation.

Context of Galatians 6:15

13Even those men that someone has circumcised do not obey all the Jewish rules. They want to circumcise you only to make themselves seem important. They want to show that they have authority over your bodies. 14But I do not want to say any great things about myself. The only thing that makes me great is our Lord Jesus Christ's death on the cross. Because of Christ's sacrifice on the cross, it is like I have also died. The things that belong to this world have become dead to me, and I have become dead to them. It does not matter whether anyone has circumcised you or not. What matters is that God has made you a new person. 16I pray that God will bless everyone who lives by that rule. I pray that God will give them peace in their minds and that he will be kind to them. I pray this for all who belong to God's true people. 17I want to receive no more trouble from anyone after this. The marks on my body show that I am Jesus' servant.

Galatians 6:15 word by word

οὔτε γὰρ περιτομή τί ἐστιν οὔτε ἀκροβυστία ἀλλὰ καινὴ κτίσις.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Forγάρgar · forG1063
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• ChristΧριστόςChristos · ChristG5547
• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• neitherοὔτεoute · neitherG3777
• circumcisionπεριτομήperitomē · circumcisionG4061
• availethἰσχύωischuō · be strongG2480
• any thingτιςtis · oneG5100
• uncircumcisionἀκροβυστίαakrobustia · uncircumcisionG203
• butἀλλάalla · butG235
• a newκαινόςkainos · newG2537
• creatureκτίσιςktisis · creationG2937

Cross-references for Galatians 6:15

• Galatians 5:6We belong to Christ Jesus. So it does not matter whether anyone has circumcised us or not. The only thing that matters is that we believe in Christ. As a result we will love others in the way that we live.
• Romans 8:1Now we know this: God has forgiven those people who are united with Christ Jesus. God will never say that they are guilty.
• 2 Corinthians 5:17When anyone belongs to Christ, they become a new person. Their old way of life has gone. Their new life has begun!
• 1 Corinthians 7:19It is not important whether someone has circumcised you or not. The important thing is this: Obey what God says.
• Ephesians 2:10It is God who has worked in us to make us what we are. He has given us a new life because we are united with Christ Jesus. He saved us so that now we can do good things in our lives. Those are good things that he has already prepared for us to do.
• Ephesians 4:24Take up the new nature that God has prepared for you. That nature is like God's own nature. Then you will live in a truly good way that pleases God.
• Colossians 3:10Now you have received a new nature. It is God who made it for you so that you can become more and more like him. You will learn to know him better and better.
• Revelation 21:5God, who was sitting on the throne, said, ‘I am making everything new!’ Then he said, ‘Write this down, because these words are true. Everyone should believe them.’

Commentaries on Galatians 6:15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15In Christ Jesus - Under the dispensation of the Gospel, of which he is head and supreme, neither circumcision - nothing that the Jew can boast of, nothing that the Gentile can call excellent, availeth any thing - can in the least contribute to the salvation of the soul. But a new creature - · But a new creation; not a new creature merely, (for this might be restrained to any new power or faculty), but a total renewal of the whole man, of all the powers…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15For in Christ Jesus - In his religion; see the note at Galatians 5:6. But a new creature - The fact that a man is created anew, or born again, constitutes the real difference between him and other people. This is what Christ requires; this is the distinction which he designs to make. It is not by conformity to certain rites and customs that a man is to be accepted; it is not by elevated rank, or by wealth, or beauty, or blood; it is not by the color of…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-15Verses 12-15 Proud, vain, and carnal hearts, are content with just so much religion as will help to keep up a fair show. But the apostle professes his own faith, hope, and joy; and that his principal glory was in the cross of Christ. By which is here meant, his sufferings and death on the cross, the doctrine of salvation by a crucified Redeemer. By Christ, or by the cross of Christ, the world is crucified to the believer, and he to the world. The more we…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15The Galatians misunderstood the good news about Jesus. A new creation comes through Jesus Christ by the Holy Spirit, not by human effort (compare 2 Corinthians 5:16–17).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. availeth--The oldest manuscripts read, "is" (compare Ga 5:6). Not only are they of no avail, but they are nothing. So far are they from being matter for "glorying," that they are "nothing." But Christ's cross is "all in all," as a subject for glorying, in "the new creature" (Ep 2:10, 15, 16). new creature--(2Co 5:17). A transformation by the renewal of the mind (Ro 12:2).Read the comment

Topics related to Galatians 6:15

• Creature
• Holiness
• Ordinance
• Regeneration
• Works

In the dictionaries

• Christ
• Jesus
• Christ, Messiah
• Jesus, Jesus Christ, Christ Jesus
• Christ, Jesus
• Birth
• Circumcision
• Communicate
• Crucify
• Cutting

Commentaries on Galatians 6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings