The Jewish ceremony of circumcision has value only if you obey God’s law. But if you don’t obey God’s law, you are no better off than an uncircumcised Gentile.

你若是行律法的，割礼固然于你有益；若是犯律法的，你的割礼就算不得割礼。

你若遵行律法，割礼固然于你有益；若违犯律法，你的割礼就算不得割礼。

你若遵行律法，割礼固然于你有益；若违犯律法，你的割礼就算不得割礼。

如果你遵行律法，割礼才有价值；如果你违犯律法，受了割礼也如同未受割礼。

你若遵行律法，割礼固然有益处；但你若是犯律法的，你的割礼就不是割礼了。

你如果是遵行律法的，割礼才有益处；但你如果是违犯律法的人，你的割礼就不是割礼了。

你若是行律法的，割禮固然於你有益；若是犯律法的，你的割禮就算不得割禮。

你若遵行律法，割禮固然於你有益；若違犯律法，你的割禮就算不得割禮。

你若遵行律法，割禮固然於你有益；若違犯律法，你的割禮就算不得割禮。

如果你遵行律法，割禮才有價值；如果你違犯律法，受了割禮也如同未受割禮。

你若遵行律法，割禮固然有益處；但你若是犯律法的，你的割禮就不是割禮了。

你如果行律法，割禮於你、固然有益；但你若違犯律法，你的受割禮就等於沒受割禮了。

你如果是遵行律法的，割禮才有益處；但你如果是違犯律法的人，你的割禮就不是割禮了。

爾若行律、則割禮有益、若干律、則割如未割、

爾遵法、則割禮有益、爾犯法、雖已割若未割然、

爾若遵行律法、割禮有益、若犯律法、雖受割禮、亦若未受、

爾苟能遵法而行、割禮固屬有益；如仍犯法、則雖受割、亦猶未割。

Circumcision has value if you observe the law, but if you break the law, you have become as though you had not been circumcised.

Circumcision has value if you obey the law. But if you break the law, it is just as if you hadn’t been circumcised.

For circumcision indeed is of value if you obey the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision becomes uncircumcision.

Circumcision benefits you if you observe the law, but if you are a lawbreaker, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

For indeed circumcision is of value if you practice the Law; but if you are a violator of the Law, your circumcision has turned into uncircumcision.

For circumcision is indeed profitable if you keep the law; but if you are a breaker of the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

For circumcision indeed profiteth, if thou be a doer of the law: but if thou be a transgressor of the law, thy circumcision is become uncircumcision.

For circumcision benefits you if you observe the law, but if you are a lawbreaker, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.

For circumcision has its value if you practice the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

For circumcision indeed profits, if you are a doer of the law, but if you are a transgressor of the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

“ You stubborn people! You are heathen at heart and deaf to the truth. Must you forever resist the Holy Spirit? That’s what your ancestors did, and so do you!

“ The Lord your God will change your heart and the hearts of all your descendants, so that you will love him with all your heart and soul and so you may live!

O people of Judah and Jerusalem, surrender your pride and power. Change your hearts before the Lord, or my anger will burn like an unquenchable fire because of all your sins.

It doesn’t matter whether we have been circumcised or not. What counts is whether we have been transformed into a new creation.

You are so proud of knowing the law, but you dishonor God by breaking it.

I’ll say it again. If you are trying to find favor with God by being circumcised, you must obey every regulation in the whole law of Moses.For if you are trying to make yourselves right with God by keeping the law, you have been cut off from Christ! You have fallen away from God’s grace.But we who live by the Spirit eagerly wait to receive by faith the righteousness God has promised to us.For when we place our faith in Christ Jesus, there is no benefit in being circumcised or being uncircumcised. What is important is faith expressing itself in love.

“ A time is coming,” says the Lord,“ when I will punish all those who are circumcised in body but not in spirit—the Egyptians, Edomites, Ammonites, Moabites, the people who live in the desert in remote places, and yes, even the people of Judah. And like all these pagan nations, the people of Israel also have uncircumcised hearts.”

Don’t forget that you Gentiles used to be outsiders. You were called“ uncircumcised heathens” by the Jews, who were proud of their circumcision, even though it affected only their bodies and not their hearts.In those days you were living apart from Christ. You were excluded from citizenship among the people of Israel, and you did not know the covenant promises God had made to them. You lived in this world without God and without hope.

For you are not a true Jew just because you were born of Jewish parents or because you have gone through the ceremony of circumcision.No, a true Jew is one whose heart is right with God. And true circumcision is not merely obeying the letter of the law; rather, it is a change of heart produced by the Spirit. And a person with a changed heart seeks praise from God, not from people.Then what’s the advantage of being a Jew? Is there any value in the ceremony of circumcision?Yes, there are great benefits! First of all, the Jews were entrusted with the whole revelation of God.

Circumcision was a sign that Abraham already had faith and that God had already accepted him and declared him to be righteous— even before he was circumcised. So Abraham is the spiritual father of those who have faith but have not been circumcised. They are counted as righteous because of their faith.And Abraham is also the spiritual father of those who have been circumcised, but only if they have the same kind of faith Abraham had before he was circumcised.