Genesis 17:10
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10 This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you and your offspring after you: Every male among you shall be circumcised.
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Colossians 2:11-12
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11 In him also (A)you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, by (B)putting off the body of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, 12 (C)having been buried with him in baptism, in which (D)you were also raised with him through faith in (E)the powerful working of God, (F)who raised him from the dead.
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Romans 4:9-11
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9 Is this blessing then only for (A)the circumcised, or also for the uncircumcised? (B)For we say that faith was counted to Abraham as righteousness. 10 How then was it counted to him? Was it before or after he had been circumcised? It was not after, but before he was circumcised. 11 (C)He received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. The purpose was (D)to make him the father of all who believe without being circumcised, so that righteousness would be counted to them as well,
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Philippians 3:3
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3 For (A)we are the circumcision, (B)who worship (C)by the Spirit of God[a] and (D)glory in Christ Jesus and put no confidence in the flesh—
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- Philippians 3:3 Some manuscripts God in spirit
1 Corinthians 7:18-19
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18 Was anyone at the time of his call already circumcised? Let him not seek to remove the marks of circumcision. Was anyone at the time of his call uncircumcised? (A)Let him not seek circumcision. 19 (B)For neither circumcision counts for anything nor uncircumcision, but (C)keeping the commandments of God.
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Romans 3:30
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30 since (A)God is one—who will justify the circumcised by faith and (B)the uncircumcised through faith.
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Romans 2:28-3:1
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28 For (A)no one is a Jew (B)who is merely one outwardly, nor is circumcision outward and physical. 29 But a Jew is one (C)inwardly, and (D)circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter. (E)His praise is not from man but from God.
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3 Then what advantage has the Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision?
Ephesians 2:11
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11 Therefore remember that at one time you Gentiles in the flesh, called “the uncircumcision” by what is called (A)the circumcision, which is made in the flesh by hands—
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Galatians 6:12
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12 (A)It is those who want to make a good showing in the flesh (B)who would force you to be circumcised, and only (C)in order that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ.
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Galatians 5:3-6
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3 I testify again to every man who accepts circumcision that (A)he is obligated to keep the whole law. 4 You are (B)severed from Christ, (C)you who would be justified[a] by the law; (D)you have fallen away from grace. 5 For through the Spirit, by faith, we ourselves eagerly (E)wait for the hope of righteousness. 6 For in Christ Jesus (F)neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but (G)only faith working through love.
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- Galatians 5:4 Or counted righteous
Galatians 3:28
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28 (A)There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave[a] nor free, (B)there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
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- Galatians 3:28 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface
Romans 3:28
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28 For we hold that one is justified by faith (A)apart from works of the law.
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John 7:22
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22 (A)Moses gave you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, but (B)from the fathers), and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath.
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Jeremiah 9:25-26
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25 “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when (A)I will punish all those who are circumcised merely in the flesh— 26 (B)Egypt, Judah, Edom, the sons of Ammon, Moab, and (C)all who dwell in the desert who cut the corners of their hair, for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are (D)uncircumcised in heart.”
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Jeremiah 4:4
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4 (A)Circumcise yourselves to the Lord;
remove the foreskin of your hearts,
O men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem;
(B)lest my wrath go forth like fire,
and burn with none to quench it,
(C)because of the evil of your deeds.”
Joshua 5:4
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4 And this is the reason why Joshua circumcised them: (A)all the males of the people who came out of Egypt, all the men of war, had died in the wilderness on the way after they had come out of Egypt.
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Joshua 5:2
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2 At that time the Lord said to Joshua, “Make (A)flint knives and circumcise the sons of Israel a second time.”
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Deuteronomy 30:6
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6 And (A)the Lord your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your offspring, (B)so that you will love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live.
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Deuteronomy 10:16
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16 Circumcise therefore (A)the foreskin of your heart, and be no longer (B)stubborn.
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Exodus 12:48
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48 (A)If a stranger shall sojourn with you and would keep the Passover to the Lord, let all his males be circumcised. Then he may come near and keep it; he (B)shall be as a native of the land. But no uncircumcised person shall eat of it.
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Exodus 4:25
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25 Then (A)Zipporah took a (B)flint and cut off her son's foreskin and touched Moses'[a] feet with it and said, “Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me!”
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- Exodus 4:25 Hebrew his
Genesis 34:15
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15 Only on this condition will we agree with you—that you will become as we are by every male among you being circumcised.
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Genesis 17:11
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11 You shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskins, and it shall be a (A)sign of the covenant between me and you.
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