Quotes about Circumcision

When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God had commanded him.

and his son Ishmael was thirteen;

Was a man already circumcised when he was called? He should not become uncircumcised. Was a man still uncircumcised when called? He should not be circumcised.

If a man who is not circumcised keeps the requirements of the law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision?

But if any male is not circumcised, he will be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant.”

Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised on the same day.

Now this is why Joshua circumcised them: All those who came out of Egypt—all the men of war—had died on the journey in the wilderness after they had left Egypt.

And as the circumcised in the flesh, and not in the heart, have no part in God's good promises; even so they that be baptized in the flesh, and not in heart, have no part in Christ's blood.

If God entered Abraham into the covenant by circumcision and demanded Abraham enter his son through circumcision, then it is clear that God thinks the best way to form children into the covenant faith is by way of birthright entrance into the covenant.

Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and remove the foreskins of your hearts, O men of Judah and people of Jerusalem. Otherwise, My wrath will break out like fire and burn with no one to extinguish it, because of your evil deeds.”

On that very day Abraham took his son Ishmael and all those born in his household or purchased with his money—every male among the members of Abraham’s household—and he circumcised them, just as God had told him.

Yet not even Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, even though he was a Greek.