Galatians 6:15 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision avails any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature. This spiritual renewal springs out of living union to Christ, and it is everything. For it re-enstamps the image of God on the soul, and restores it to its pristine felicity and fellowship. It is not external — neither a change of opinion, party, or outer life. Nor is it a change in the essence or organization of the soul, but in its inner being — in its springs of thought and feeling, in its powers and motives — by the Spirit of God and the influence of the truth (2 Corinthians 5:17). This creation is "new" — new in its themes of thought, in its susceptibilities of enjoyment, and in its spheres of energy; it finds itself in a new world, into which it is ushered by a new birth. (John Eadie, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.WEB: For in Christ Jesus neither is circumcision anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation. |
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