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16 Circumcise, then, the foreskin of your heart, and do not be stubborn any longer.(A)

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Circumcise yourselves to the Lord;
    remove the foreskin of your hearts,
    O people of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem,
or else my wrath will go forth like fire
    and burn with no one to quench it,
    because of the evil of your doings.(A)

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“Moreover, the Lord your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your descendants, so that you will love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, in order that you may live.(A)

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41 so that I in turn was hostile to them and brought them into the land of their enemies—if, then, their uncircumcised heart is humbled and they make amends for their iniquity,(A)

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11 In him also you were circumcised with a spiritual circumcision,[a] by the removal of the body[b] of the flesh in the circumcision of Christ;(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 2.11 Gk a circumcision made without hands
  2. 2.11 Other ancient authorities add of the sins

28 For a person is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision something external and physical.(A) 29 Rather, a person is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not the written code. Such a person receives praise not from humans but from God.(B)

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“Know, then, that the Lord your God is not giving you this good land to occupy because of your righteousness, for you are a stubborn people.(A)

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14 O Jerusalem, wash your heart clean of wickedness
    so that you may be saved.
How long shall your evil schemes
    lodge within you?(A)

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27 For I know well how rebellious and stubborn you are. If you already have been so rebellious toward the Lord while I am still alive among you, how much more after my death!(A)

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13 Furthermore, the Lord said to me, ‘I have seen that this people is indeed a stubborn people.(A)

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But God gives all the more grace; therefore it says,

“God opposes the proud
    but gives grace to the humble.”(A)

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.(B)

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