¹⁸ Was anyone called having been circumcised? Let him not become uncircumcised. Has anyone been called in uncircumcision? Let him not be circumcised.

⁵ But some of the sect of the Pharisees who believed rose up, saying, "It is necessary to circumcise them, and to charge them to keep the law of Moses."

¹⁹ "Therefore my judgment is that we don't trouble those from among the Gentiles who turn to God,

²⁴ Because we have heard that some who went out from us have troubled you with words, unsettling your souls, saying, 'You must be circumcised and keep the law,' to whom we gave no commandment;

²⁸ For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit, and to us, to lay no greater burden on you than these necessary things:

¹ Some men came down from Judea and taught the brothers, "Unless you are circumcised after the custom of Moses, you can't be saved."

² Therefore when Paul and Barnabas had no small discord and discussion with them, they appointed Paul and Barnabas, and some others of them, to go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and elders about this question.

¹ Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don't be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.

² Behold, I, Paul, tell you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will profit you nothing.

³ Yes, I testify again to every man who receives circumcision, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.

¹¹ where there can't be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondservant, freeman; but Christ is all, and in all.