Ephesians 2:11
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One in Christ
11 So then, remember that at one time you gentiles by birth,[a] called “the uncircumcision” by those who are called “the circumcision”—a circumcision made in the flesh by human hands(A)—
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- 2.11 Gk in the flesh
Colossians 2:11
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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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Colossians 2:13
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13 And when you were dead in trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God[a] made you[b] alive together with him, when he forgave us all our trespasses,(A)
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Colossians 3:11
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11 In that renewal[a] there is no longer Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, enslaved and free, but Christ is all and in all!(A)
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- 3.11 Gk its creator,
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1 Corinthians 12:2
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2 You know that when you were gentiles you were enticed and led astray to idols that could not speak.(A)
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Colossians 1:21
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21 And you who were once estranged and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds,
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Philippians 3:3
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3 For it is we who are the circumcision, who worship in the Spirit of God[a] and boast in Christ Jesus and have no confidence in the flesh(A)—
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- 3.3 Other ancient authorities read worship God in spirit
Ephesians 5:8
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8 for once you were darkness, but now in the Lord you are light. Walk as children of light,(A)
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Galatians 6:12
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12 It is those who want to make a good showing in the flesh who try to compel you to be circumcised—only that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ.(A)
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1 Corinthians 6:11
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11 And this is what some of you used to be. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ[a] and in the Spirit of our God.(A)
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- 6.11 Other ancient authorities lack Christ
Romans 2:28-29
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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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Jeremiah 9:25-26
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25 The days are surely coming, says the Lord, when I will attend to all those who are circumcised only in the foreskin:(A) 26 Egypt, Judah, Edom, the Ammonites, Moab, and all those with shaved temples who live in the desert. For all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel is uncircumcised in heart.(B)
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Galatians 4:8-9
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Paul Reproves the Galatians
8 Formerly, when you did not know God, you were enslaved to beings that by nature are not gods.(A) 9 Now, however, that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how can you turn back again to the weak and beggarly elemental principles?[a] How can you want to be enslaved to them again?(B)
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- 4.9 Or spirits
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