I will establish my covenant(A) as an everlasting covenant(B) between me and you and your descendants after you for the generations to come, to be your God(C) and the God of your descendants after you.(D)

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Then God said to Abraham, “As for you, you must keep my covenant,(A) you and your descendants after you for the generations to come.(B) 10 This is my covenant with you and your descendants after you, the covenant you are to keep: Every male among you shall be circumcised.(C) 11 You are to undergo circumcision,(D) and it will be the sign of the covenant(E) between me and you.

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38 Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized,(A) every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins.(B) And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.(C) 39 The promise is for you and your children(D) and for all who are far off(E)—for all whom the Lord our God will call.”

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32 Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all the others in his house. 33 At that hour of the night(A) the jailer took them and washed their wounds; then immediately he and all his household were baptized.(B)

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11 In him you were also circumcised(A) with a circumcision not performed by human hands. Your whole self ruled by the flesh[a](B) was put off when you were circumcised by[b] Christ, 12 having been buried with him in baptism,(C) in which you were also raised with him(D) through your faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Colossians 2:11 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit; also in verse 13.
  2. Colossians 2:11 Or put off in the circumcision of

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