# neither circumcision nor uncircumcision These are metonymy for being a Jew or a non-Jew. Alternate translation: "neither being a Jew nor not being a Jew" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]]) # neither ... has power, but only faith working through love "neither ... has power; rather, God is concerned with our faith in him, which we show by loving others" # has power "has meaning" or "gives value to a person" or "makes God think a person is important"