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Let him not become uncircumcized (mē epispasthō). Present middle imperative of epispaō, old verb to draw on. In lxx (1 Maccabees 1:15) and Josephus (Ant. XII, V. I) in this sense. Here only in N.T. The point is that a Jew is to remain a Jew, a Gentile to be a Gentile. Both stand on an equality in the Christian churches. This freedom about circumcision illustrates the freedom about Gentile mixed marriages.