As many as desire to make a fair shew in the flesh, they constrain you to be circumcised; only lest they should suffer persecution for the cross of Christ. For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh. But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world. 15 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.
Kwanza tutazame maelezo kuhusu Yesu katika mstari wa 14 halafu tusome mistari ya 12-13. Kwa yaliomo “Kwa hivyo kama kwa mmoja dhambi iliingia ulimwenguni na kwa dhambi hiyo mauti, na hivyo mauti ikafikia watu wote, kwa sababu walifanya dhambi. 13 Maana kabla ya sheria dhambi ilikuweko ulimwenguni, lakini dhambi haihesabiwi isipokuwapo sheria. 14 Walakini dhambi ilitawala tangu Adamu mpaka Musa nayo iliwatawala hata wao wasiofanya dhambi ifananayo na kosa la Adamu, aliye mfano wake yeye atakayekuja.