On ¹  the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin ²  must be circumcised.

How then was it credited to him? Was he circumcised at the time, or not? No, he was not circumcised but uncircumcised!

In him you also were circumcised – not, however, ¹  with a circumcision performed by human hands, but by the removal ²  of the fleshly body, ³  that is, ⁴  through the circumcision done by Christ.

Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised on the very same day.

Was anyone called after he had been circumcised? He should not try to undo his circumcision. ¹  Was anyone called who is uncircumcised? He should not get circumcised.

Therefore what advantage does the Jew have, or what is the value of circumcision?

He replaced them with their sons, ¹  whom Joshua circumcised. They were uncircumcised; their fathers had not circumcised them along the way.

However, because Moses gave you the practice of circumcision ¹  (not that it came from Moses, but from the forefathers), you circumcise a male child ²  on the Sabbath.

For 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. ¹ 

And he is also the father of the circumcised, ¹  who are not only circumcised, but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham possessed when he was still uncircumcised. ² 

For ¹  neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for ²  anything; the only thing that matters is a new creation! ³ 

his son Ishmael was thirteen years old ¹  when he was circumcised.

For circumcision ¹  has its value if you practice the law, but ²  if you break the law, ³  your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

When all the men ¹  had been circumcised, they stayed there in the camp until they had healed.

Therefore if the uncircumcised man obeys ¹  the righteous requirements of the law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision?

Therefore, cleanse ¹  your heart and stop being so stubborn! ² 

Now ¹  all the men ²  who left were circumcised, but all the sons ³  born on the journey through the desert after they left Egypt were uncircumcised.

When his son Isaac was eight days old, ¹  Abraham circumcised him just as God had commanded him to do. ² 

So the Lord ¹  let him alone. (At that time ²  she said, “A bridegroom of blood,” referring to ³  the circumcision.)

But everyone’s servant who is bought for money, after you have circumcised him, may eat it.