For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.
For - confirming his crucifixion to the world (Galatians 6:14) by the instance of circumcision, which now is become a mere worldly, outward rite.
Availeth. Borrowed from Galatians 5:6, Vulgate. But 'Aleph (') A B C Delta G f g read 'is.' Not only are they of no avail, but they are nothing. So far are they from being matter for, 'glorying,', that they are 'nothing.' But Christ's cross is 'all in all,' as a subject for glorying, in the "new creature" (Ephesians 2:10; Ephesians 2:15-16).
New creature (2 Corinthians 5:17) - a transformation by the renewal of the mind (Romans 12:2).