by Numbers » Sun Oct 28, 2018 5:57 pm
First Corinthians chapter 7, verse 18 reads: "Was anyone at the time of his call already circumcised? Let him not seek to remove the marks of circumcision." (ESV)
My question is how is that even possible (and why bother)? This suggests to me some sort of cosmetic surgery, carried out in Paul's day, wherein one could make it appears as if one was not circumcised. Was there an actual procedure to do that? And if there was, why trouble oneself because who would be seeing one's private parts anyway? Perhaps one's wife, but surely she would know if her husband was of a people who are generally circumcised in their early youth. So who would one be fooling?
First Corinthians chapter 7, verse 18 reads: "Was anyone at the time of his call already circumcised? Let him not seek to remove the marks of circumcision." (ESV)
My question is how is that even possible (and why bother)? This suggests to me some sort of cosmetic surgery, carried out in Paul's day, wherein one could make it appears as if one was not circumcised. Was there an actual procedure to do that? And if there was, why trouble oneself because who would be seeing one's private parts anyway? Perhaps one's wife, but surely she would know if her husband was of a people who are generally circumcised in their early youth. So who would one be fooling?