Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'circumcision' occurs 40 times in the standard works.

22 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'circumcision' in the standard works and contain 55% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 9 minutes to read the entire list.

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Rom. 2:25-3:1 (7 in 6 verses)

Rom. 4:9-12 (6 in 4 verses)

Gal. 2:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Col. 2:11 (2 in 1 verse)

John 7:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 74:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 1 0 1
NT 35 16 51
BM 1 0 1
DC 3 0 3
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 40 16 56

D&C 74:2
Now, in the days of the apostles the law of circumcision was had among all the Jews who believed not the gospel of Jesus Christ.

D&C 74:3
And it came to pass that there arose a great contention among the people concerning the law of circumcision, for the unbelieving husband was desirous that his children should be circumcised and become subject to the law of Moses, which law was fulfilled.

D&C 74:6
That their children might remain without circumcision; and that the tradition might be done away, which saith that little children are unholy; for it was had among the Jews;