¹² Throughout your generations, every male among you is to be circumcised^(A) at eight days old—every male born in your household or purchased from any foreigner and not your offspring. ¹³ Whether born in your household or purchased, he must be circumcised. My covenant will be marked in your flesh as a permanent covenant.

⁴ When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God had commanded him.^(A)

The Circumcision and Presentation of Jesus

²¹ When the eight days were completed for his circumcision,^(A) he was named Jesus^(B)—the name given by the angel before he was conceived.

⁵ So then, does God give you the Spirit and work miracles^(A) among you by your doing the works of the law? Or is it by believing what you heard—

⁶ For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision accomplishes anything; what matters is faith^(A) working through love.^(B)

¹⁵ For^[a] both circumcision and uncircumcision^(A) mean nothing; what matters instead is a new creation.^(B)