Galatians 6:15 (LSB)

Passage

For neither is circumcision anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation.

Nearby Context

Galatians 6:13 For those who are circumcised do not even keep the Law themselves, but they want to have you circumcised so that they may boast in your flesh.

Galatians 6:14 But may it never be that I would boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

Galatians 6:15 For neither is circumcision anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation.

Galatians 6:16 And those who will walk in step with this rule, peace and mercy be upon them, and upon the Israel of God.

Galatians 6:17 From now on let no one cause trouble for me, for I bear on my body the marks of Jesus.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "neither", "circumcision", "anything", "uncircumcision", and "creation". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "neither" and "circumcision", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 14's "But may it never be that I..." into verse 16's "And those who will walk in step...", so "neither" and "circumcision" belong inside that flow. In Galatians context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "neither" and "circumcision" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.