Genesis 17:1-11

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Abraham and the Covenant of Circumcision

17 When Abram was ninety-nine years old the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty;^[a] walk before me, and be ^(A)blameless, ²that I may make my covenant between me and you, and ^(B)may multiply you greatly.” ³Then Abram ^(C)fell on his face. And God said to him, ⁴“Behold, my covenant is with you, and you shall be ^(D)the father of a multitude of nations. ⁵No longer shall your name be called Abram,^[b] but ^(E)your name shall be Abraham,^[c] ^(F)for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations. ⁶I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make ^(G)you into nations, and ^(H)kings shall come from you. ⁷And I will ^(I)establish my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, ^(J)to be God to you and to your offspring after you. ⁸And ^(K)I will give to you and to your offspring after you the land of your sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession, and ^(L)I will be their God.”

⁹And God said to Abraham, “As for you, you shall keep my covenant, you and your offspring after you throughout their generations. ¹⁰This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you and your offspring after you: Every male among you shall be circumcised. ¹¹You shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskins, and it shall be a ^(M)sign of the covenant between me and you.

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Footnotes

Genesis 17:1 Hebrew El Shaddai
Genesis 17:5 Abram means exalted father
Genesis 17:5 Abraham means father of a multitude

Colossians 2:6-12

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Alive in Christ

⁶^(A)Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, ⁷^(B)rooted and ^(C)built up in him and ^(D)established in the faith, just ^(E)as you were taught, abounding ^(F)in thanksgiving.

⁸See to it that no one takes you captive by ^(G)philosophy and ^(H)empty deceit, according to ^(I)human tradition, according to the ^(J)elemental spirits^[a] of the world, and not according to Christ. ⁹For ^(K)in him the whole fullness of deity dwells ^(L)bodily, ¹⁰and ^(M)you have been filled in him, who is ^(N)the head of all rule and authority. ¹¹In him also ^(O)you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, by ^(P)putting off the body of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, ¹²^(Q)having been buried with him in baptism, in which ^(R)you were also raised with him through faith in ^(S)the powerful working of God, ^(T)who raised him from the dead.