since there is only one God, who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through that same faith.
Parallel translations
- WEB since indeed there is one God who will justify the circumcised by faith, and the uncircumcised through faith.
- KJV Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.
- NKJV since there is one God who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith.
- NASB since indeed God who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith is one.
- NLT There is only one God, and he makes people right with himself only by faith, whether they are Jews or Gentiles.
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Quick answer
The one God justifies both Jew and Gentile by the same faith. There is a single way of salvation for all.
Overview
Paul grounds his point in the oneness of God: because there is one God, there is one way to be made right with him, through faith. Whether circumcised or uncircumcised, all are justified on the same basis. This underscores that the gospel unites diverse peoples under a common Savior and a common faith.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 11
- Gal 3:8The Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and foretold the gospel to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.”
- Gal 3:20A mediator is unnecessary, however, for only one party; but God is one.
- Phil 3:3For it is we who are the circumcision, we who worship by the Spirit of God, who glory in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh—
- Col 2:10–11And you have been made complete in Christ, who is the head over every ruler and authority.
- Gal 2:14–16When I saw that they were not walking in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all, “If you, who are a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?”
- Rom 4:11–12And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. So then, he is the father of all who believe but are not circumcised, in order that righteousness might be credited to them.
- Gal 5:6For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. All that matters is faith, expressed through love.
- Gal 6:15For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything. What counts is a new creation.
- Rom 3:28For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the law.
- Gal 3:28There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
- Rom 10:12–13For there is no difference between Jew and Greek: The same Lord is Lord of all, and gives richly to all who call on Him,
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