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1 Corinthians 7:18The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
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περιτετμημένος τις ἐκλήθη; μὴ ἐπισπάσθω· ἐν ἀκροβυστίᾳ κέκληταί τις; μὴ περιτεμνέσθω.
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1 Corinthians 7:18The Bible in Living English
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18 One was called in circumcised condition—let him not obliterate the mark; one was called in uncircumcised condition—let him not get himself circumcised.
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1 Corinthians 7:18American Standard Version
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18 Was any man called being circumcised? Let him not become uncircumcised. Hath any been called in uncircumcision? Let him not be circumcised.
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1 Corinthians 7:18The Emphasized Bible
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18 After being circumcised was any called? Let him not become uncircumcised; In uncircumcision hath any been called? Let him not be circumcised:
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1 Corinthians 7:18King James Version
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18 Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised.
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1 Corinthians Study Notes—Chapter 7New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
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Let him not undo his circumcision: Paul may have been alluding to a practice on the part of some Jewish athletes who desired to participate in Hellenistic games, in which runners wore no clothing. In an effort to avoid scorn and ridicule, some Jews would try to ‘undo their circumcision’ by means of a surgical procedure aimed at restoring some semblance of a foreskin. Because arguments over circumcision were apparently dividing the congregation in Corinth, Paul urged Christians to refrain from trying to change the state in which they were called, whether circumcised or uncircumcised.—1Co 7:17-20; Heb 13:17.
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