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Obedience Over Ritual
Commentators unanimously agree that Paul radically reorients religious focus here. External rites and ethnic markers, like circumcision, are declared insignificant for one's standing with God. The true measure of a person's faith is the internal reality of 'keeping the commandments of God,' which reflects a transformed heart.
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1 Corinthians
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Corinthians 7:19
18th Century
Theologian
Circumcision is nothing, etc. It is of no consequence in itself. It is not what God requires now. And the mere external rite can be of no …
AT Robertson
On 1 Corinthians 7:19
But the keeping of the commandments of God (αλλα τηρησις εντολων θεου). Old word in sense of watching (Acts 4:3). Paul…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Corinthians 7:19
19th Century
Bishop
Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing.—Often those who regard some ceremony as unimportant magnify the v…
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On 1 Corinthians 7:19
The apostle’s first application of this principle is to the religio-national distinctions related to being Jews or Gentiles, being circumcised or u…
John Calvin
On 1 Corinthians 7:19
16th Century
Theologian
Circumcision is nothing. While this analogy was suited to the subject at hand, it appears to have been deliberately used in order to incid…
John Gill
On 1 Corinthians 7:19
17th Century
Pastor
Circumcision is nothing
In the affair of justification before God, and acceptance with him; it cannot make any man righteous i…
Matthew Henry
On 1 Corinthians 7:17–24
17th Century
Minister
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…