18Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised.
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But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.
Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God:
Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye must be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandment:
For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things;
Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 17-24)Here the apostle takes occasion to advise them to continue in the state and condition in which Christianity found them, and in which they became converts to it. And here, I. He lays down this rule in general— as God hath distributed to every one . Note, Our states and circumstances in this world are distributions of divine Providence. This fixes the bounds of men’s habitations , and orders their s…
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