Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - 1 Corinthians 7:19

Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - 1 Corinthians 7:19 - 7:19

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Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - 1 Corinthians 7:19 - 7:19

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19. ἡ περιτομὴ οὐδέν ἐστιν. It is not circumcision or uncircumcision that are of any value in themselves. No external act has any inherent value. It is simply the keeping of God’s commands which avails with Him. It is obvious that this reasoning is equally true of the two Sacraments of the Christian covenant. It is not the reception of the Sacraments in themselves, as a mere opus operatum, which profits us, but their reception in obedience to a Divine command, and in the spirit, and for the purposes which God designed in their institution. Infant baptism, it is obvious, profits nothing save when the gift bestowed is made use of afterwards.