7:19a Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing.

It does not matter if a person is circumcised or not circumcised.
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We cannot please God more by getting circumcised. And we cannot please him more by not getting circumcised.
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It does not matter to God whether a man is circumcised or uncircumcised.

7:19b Keeping God’s commandments is what counts.

What is important is that we (incl.) do what God tells us.
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We can please God only by doing/obeying what he commands us to do.

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