16 Therefore circumcise the foreskin of your (A)heart, and be (B)stiff-necked[a] no longer.

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  1. Deuteronomy 10:16 rebellious

(A)Circumcise yourselves to the Lord,
And take away the foreskins of your hearts,
You men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem,
Lest My fury come forth like fire,
And burn so that no one can quench it,
Because of the evil of your doings.”

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And (A)the Lord your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your descendants, to love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live.

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41 and that I also have walked contrary to them and have brought them into the land of their enemies;

if their (A)uncircumcised hearts are (B)humbled, and they (C)accept their guilt—

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Not Legalism but Christ

11 In Him you were also (A)circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, by (B)putting off the body [a]of the sins of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ,

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  1. Colossians 2:11 NU omits of the sins

28 For (A)he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh; 29 but he is a Jew (B)who is one inwardly; and (C)circumcision is that of the heart, (D)in the Spirit, not in the letter; (E)whose [a]praise is not from men but from God.

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  1. Romans 2:29 A play on words—Jew is literally praise.

Therefore understand that the Lord your God is not giving you this good land to possess because of your righteousness, for you are a (A)stiff-necked[a] people.

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  1. Deuteronomy 9:6 stubborn or rebellious

14 O Jerusalem, (A)wash your heart from wickedness,
That you may be saved.
How long shall your evil thoughts lodge within you?

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27 (A)for I know your rebellion and your (B)stiff neck. If today, while I am yet alive with you, you have been rebellious against the Lord, then how much more after my death?

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13 “Furthermore (A)the Lord spoke to me, saying, ‘I have seen this people, and indeed (B)they are a [a]stiff-necked people.

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  1. Deuteronomy 9:13 stubborn or rebellious

But He gives more grace. Therefore He says:

(A)“God resists the proud,
But gives grace to the humble.”

Humility Cures Worldliness

Therefore submit to God. (B)Resist the devil and he will flee from you.

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