Circumcision

[Guest agua]

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[UncleAbee]

I don't know if there are any Jewish Christians today. If there are their shouldn't be. After all Christ came to bring everyone together under His name (Gal 3:28). In the 1st century Jews who became Christians attempted to make others follow certain Mosaic laws. This issue was discussed and put to rest in Acts 15. It was decided that circumcision was not necessary for salvation and not necessary to be done. There should not be any Christians practicing circumcision as a spiritual rite.

[hr.jr.]

I don't know if there are any Jewish Christians today. If there are their shouldn't be. After all Christ came to bring everyone together under His name (Gal 3:28). In the 1st century Jews who became Christians attempted to make others follow certain Mosaic laws. This issue was discussed and put to rest in Acts 15. It was decided that circumcision was not necessary for salvation and not necessary to be done. There should not be any Christians practicing circumcision as a spiritual rite.

There are plenty of Jewish Christians today. They are called Messianic Jews. All that I know do practice circumcision.

[nebula]

A Jew coming to faith in Yeshua as their Mashiach doesn't make them a Gentile (non-Jew).

Peter, Paul, and the other disciples never ceased considering themselves to be Jews.

[Guest shiloh357]

Did Jewish people who joined the church continue to circumcise and do Jewish Christians circumcise today?

As per the covenant with Abraham that is.

Lot's of Jewish believers continue circumise their sons, as well as have Bar Mitzvahs Bat Mitzvah's and even conduct Jewish weddings.

[Guest shiloh357]

I don't know if there are any Jewish Christians today. If there are their shouldn't be.

Are you equally opposed to African American Christians, Hispanic Christians, Korean Christians, etc.?

After all Christ came to bring everyone together under His name (Gal 3:28).

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

(Gal 3:28)

What Paul is talking about is that God recognizes no ethnic pedigree, gender, or social status in terms of who may be saved. No one regardless of ethnicty, gender or social status has any advantage or disadvantage where accss to God grace is concerned.

In the 1st century Jews who became Christians attempted to make others follow certain Mosaic laws.

No, that was judaizing cult.

This issue was discussed and put to rest in Acts 15. It was decided that circumcision was not necessary for salvation and not necessary to be done.

It was decided that the Gentiles did not need to be circumcized. It did not address Jewish people at all.

There should not be any Christians practicing circumcision as a spiritual rite.

Circumcision was not ever and is not now, a "spiritual rite." It was/is done to acknowledge God's eternal covenant made by God to Abraham and his descendents. The New Testament does not EVER condemn circumcision. It condemns the belief that circumcision is a necessary pre-condition for salvation.

[BlindSeeker]

Perhaps you would expound on these verses -

Ga 5:1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.

2 Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.

3 For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.

Php 3:2 (KJV) Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision.

Php 3:2 (NASB) Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of the false circumcision;

Php 3:2 (NIV) Watch out for those dogs, those men who do evil, those mutilators of the flesh.

Php 3:2 (NRSV) Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of those who mutilate the flesh!

Php 3:2 (RSV) Look out for the dogs, look out for the evil-workers, look out for those who mutilate the flesh.

Php 3:2 (ASV) Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of the concision:

Php 3:2 (NAS95) Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of the false circumcision;

Php 3:2 (BBE) Be on the watch against dogs, against the workers of evil, against those of the circumcision:

Php 3:2 (WEB) Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of the false circumcision.

Php 3:2 (DBY) See to dogs, see to evil workmen, see to the concision.

Php 3:2 (YLT) look to the dogs, look to the evil-workers, look to the concision;

Php 3:2 (NKJV) Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the mutilation!

Php 3:2 (MKJV) Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision party.

Php 3:2 (MNT) Beware of "these dogs," these mischievous workers, beware of the concision!

Php 3:2 (Oracl) Beware of the snarlers, beware of evil workers, beware of the excision;

Php 3:2 (TCNT) Beware of those 'dogs'! Beware of those mischievous workers! Beware of the men who mutilate themselves!

Php 3:2 (WNT) Beware of `the dogs,' the bad workmen, the self-mutilators.

[Guest shiloh357]

Perhaps you would expound on these verses -

Do you see something in them that is inconcistent in what I posted already?

Ga 5:1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.

2 Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.

3 For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.

That is talking Gentiles about why they don't need circumcision to enter the Kingdom of God.

Php 3:2 (KJV) Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision.

That is referencing the Judiazing cult, whom Paul said should cut off their own genitals. Again, it is referencing Gentiles not needing to be circumcised.

Do you have a problem with Jewish believers being circumcised?

[nebula]

Perhaps you would expound on these verses -

Ga 5:1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.

2 Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.

3 For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.

The problem in the first century was that many Jews were trying to force Gentiles to become Jews in order to become saved.

Notice vs. 4:

You have been severed from Christ, you who are seeking to be justified by law ; you have fallen from grace.

When circumcision was viewed as a form of justification, it was a distorted view of why the Lord had Abraham and his descendants be circumcised in the first place.

Php 3:2 (KJV) Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision.

Php 3:2 (NASB) Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of the false circumcision;

Php 3:2 (NIV) Watch out for those dogs, those men who do evil, those mutilators of the flesh.

Php 3:2 (NRSV) Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of those who mutilate the flesh!

Php 3:2 (RSV) Look out for the dogs, look out for the evil-workers, look out for those who mutilate the flesh.

Php 3:2 (ASV) Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of the concision:

Php 3:2 (NAS95) Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of the false circumcision;

Php 3:2 (BBE) Be on the watch against dogs, against the workers of evil, against those of the circumcision:

Php 3:2 (WEB) Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of the false circumcision.

Php 3:2 (DBY) See to dogs, see to evil workmen, see to the concision.

Php 3:2 (YLT) look to the dogs, look to the evil-workers, look to the concision;

Php 3:2 (NKJV) Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the mutilation!

Php 3:2 (MKJV) Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision party.

Php 3:2 (MNT) Beware of "these dogs," these mischievous workers, beware of the concision!

Php 3:2 (Oracl) Beware of the snarlers, beware of evil workers, beware of the excision;

Php 3:2 (TCNT) Beware of those 'dogs'! Beware of those mischievous workers! Beware of the men who mutilate themselves!

Php 3:2 (WNT) Beware of `the dogs,' the bad workmen, the self-mutilators.

Notice how many times it mentions "false circumcision" - not "circumcision" nor "circumcision, which is false."

[BlindSeeker]

Do you have a problem with Jewish believers being circumcised?

No