Philippians 3:3
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3 For it is we who are the circumcision,(A) we who serve God by his Spirit, who boast in Christ Jesus,(B) and who put no confidence in the flesh—
Colossians 2:11
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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,
Footnotes
- 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.
- Colossians 2:11 Or put off in the circumcision of
Galatians 6:13-15
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13 Not even those who are circumcised keep the law,(A) yet they want you to be circumcised that they may boast about your circumcision in the flesh.(B) 14 May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ,(C) through which[a] the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.(D) 15 Neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything;(E) what counts is the new creation.(F)
Footnotes
- Galatians 6:14 Or whom
Deuteronomy 30:6
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6 The Lord your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants,(A) so that you may love(B) him with all your heart and with all your soul, and live.
Romans 7:6
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6 But now, by dying to what once bound us, we have been released from the law(A) so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code.(B)
Galatians 5:25
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25 Since we live by the Spirit,(A) let us keep in step with the Spirit.
Romans 8:15
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15 The Spirit(A) you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again;(B) rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship.[a] And by him we cry, “Abba,[b] Father.”(C)
Footnotes
- Romans 8:15 The Greek word for adoption to sonship is a term referring to the full legal standing of an adopted male heir in Roman culture; also in verse 23.
- Romans 8:15 Aramaic for father
Romans 2:25-29
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25 Circumcision has value if you observe the law,(A) but if you break the law, you have become as though you had not been circumcised.(B) 26 So then, if those who are not circumcised keep the law’s requirements,(C) will they not be regarded as though they were circumcised?(D) 27 The one who is not circumcised physically and yet obeys the law will condemn you(E) who, even though you have the[a] written code and circumcision, are a lawbreaker.
28 A person is not a Jew who is one only outwardly,(F) nor is circumcision merely outward and physical.(G) 29 No, a person is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is circumcision of the heart,(H) by the Spirit,(I) not by the written code.(J) Such a person’s praise is not from other people, but from God.(K)
Footnotes
- Romans 2:27 Or who, by means of a
1 Peter 1:23-25
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23 For you have been born again,(A) not of perishable seed, but of imperishable,(B) through the living and enduring word of God.(C) 24 For,
“All people are like grass,
and all their glory is like the flowers of the field;
the grass withers and the flowers fall,
25 but the word of the Lord endures forever.”[a](D)
And this is the word that was preached to you.
Footnotes
- 1 Peter 1:25 Isaiah 40:6-8 (see Septuagint)
Romans 8:26-27
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26 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit(A) himself intercedes for us(B) through wordless groans. 27 And he who searches our hearts(C) knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes(D) for God’s people in accordance with the will of God.
Romans 4:11-12
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11 And he received circumcision as a sign, a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised.(A) So then, he is the father(B) of all who believe(C) but have not been circumcised, in order that righteousness might be credited to them. 12 And he is then also the father of the circumcised who not only are circumcised but who also follow in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.
John 4:23-24
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23 Yet a time is coming and has now come(A) when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit(B) and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. 24 God is spirit,(C) and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.”
Jeremiah 4:4
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