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Verse	Translation	Text
Ga 6:15	King James	For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
availeth--The oldest manuscripts read, "is" (compare Gal 5:6). Not only are they of no avail, but they are nothing. So far are they from being matter for "glorying," that they are "nothing." But Christ's cross is "all in all," as a subject for glorying, in "the new creature" (Eph 2:10, Eph 2:15-16). new creature-- (Co2 5:17). A transformation by the renewal of the mind (Rom 12:2).

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

availeth--The oldest manuscripts read, "is" (compare Gal 5:6). Not only are they of no avail, but they are nothing. So far are they from being matter for "glorying," that they are "nothing." But Christ's cross is "all in all," as a subject for glorying, in "the new creature" (Eph 2:10, Eph 2:15-16).

new creature-- (Co2 5:17). A transformation by the renewal of the mind (Rom 12:2).

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
For in Christ Jesus - In his religion; see the note at Gal 5:6. But a new creature - The fact that a man is created anew, or born again, constitutes the real difference between him and other people. This is what Christ requires; this is the distinction which he designs to make. It is not by conformity to certain rites and customs that a man is to be accepted; it is not by elevated rank, or by wealth, or beauty, or blood; it is not by the color of the complexion; but the grand inquiry is, whether a man is born again, and is in fact a new creature in Christ Jesus; see the note at Co2 5:17, for an explanation of the phrase "a new creature."

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

For in Christ Jesus - In his religion; see the note at Gal 5:6.

But a new creature - The fact that a man is created anew, or born again, constitutes the real difference between him and other people. This is what Christ requires; this is the distinction which he designs to make. It is not by conformity to certain rites and customs that a man is to be accepted; it is not by elevated rank, or by wealth, or beauty, or blood; it is not by the color of the complexion; but the grand inquiry is, whether a man is born again, and is in fact a new creature in Christ Jesus; see the note at Co2 5:17, for an explanation of the phrase "a new creature."

Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886]
A new creature (καινὴ κτίσις) Comp. Co2 5:17. For καινὴ new see on Mat 26:29. For κτίσις see on Rom 8:19; see on Co2 5:17. Here of the thing created, not of the act of creating. The phrase was common in Jewish writers for one brought to the knowledge of the true God. Comp. Eph 2:10, Eph 2:15.

Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886]

A new creature (καινὴ κτίσις)

Comp. Co2 5:17. For καινὴ new see on Mat 26:29. For κτίσις see on Rom 8:19; see on Co2 5:17. Here of the thing created, not of the act of creating. The phrase was common in Jewish writers for one brought to the knowledge of the true God. Comp. Eph 2:10, Eph 2:15.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
For neither circumcision is anything, nor uncircumcision - Neither of these is of any account. But a new creation - Whereby all things in us become new.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

For neither circumcision is anything, nor uncircumcision - Neither of these is of any account. But a new creation - Whereby all things in us become new.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
In Christ Jesus - Under the dispensation of the Gospel, of which he is head and supreme, neither circumcision - nothing that the Jew can boast of, nothing that the Gentile can call excellent, availeth any thing - can in the least contribute to the salvation of the soul. But a new creature - Αλλα καινη κτισις· But a new creation; not a new creature merely, (for this might be restrained to any new power or faculty), but a total renewal of the whole man, of all the powers and passions of the soul; and as creation could not be effected but by the power of the Almighty, so this change cannot be effected but by the same energy; no circumcision can do this; only the power that made the man at first can new make him. See the note on Co1 7:19, and on Co2 5:17 (note).

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

In Christ Jesus - Under the dispensation of the Gospel, of which he is head and supreme, neither circumcision - nothing that the Jew can boast of, nothing that the Gentile can call excellent, availeth any thing - can in the least contribute to the salvation of the soul.

But a new creature - Αλλα καινη κτισις· But a new creation; not a new creature merely, (for this might be restrained to any new power or faculty), but a total renewal of the whole man, of all the powers and passions of the soul; and as creation could not be effected but by the power of the Almighty, so this change cannot be effected but by the same energy; no circumcision can do this; only the power that made the man at first can new make him. See the note on Co1 7:19, and on Co2 5:17 (note).

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