Let him not become uncircumcized (μη επισπασθω). Present middle imperative of επισπαω, old verb to draw on. In LXX (I Macc. 1:15) …

Is any man called. Does any one become a Christian. (See Barnes on 1 Corinthians 7:26).

Being circumcised. Bein…

Is any man called being circumcised?—Better, Was any one called having been circumcised? The previous general ru…

The apostle’s first application of this principle is to the religio-national distinctions related to being Jews or Gentiles, being circumcised or u…

Circumcised, etc. Having mentioned the calling, he takes the opportunity, from a particular instance, to digress briefly into a g…

Is any man called being circumcised ?
&c.] That is, if any man that is a Jew, who has been circumcised in his infanc…

The rules of Christianity reach every condition. In every station of life, a person may live so as to be a credit to it. It is the duty of every Ch…