²⁸ For ^(A)he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh. ²⁹ But ^(B)he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and ^(C)circumcision is of the heart, by the ^(D)Spirit, not by the letter; ^(E)and his praise is not from people, but from God.

¹¹ and in Him ^(A)you were also circumcised with a circumcision performed without hands, in the removal of ^(B)the body of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ,

^5 (A)He saved us, ^(B)not on the basis of deeds which we did in righteousness, but ^(C)in accordance with His mercy, by the ^(D)washing of regeneration and ^(E)renewing by the Holy Spirit, ^6 (F)whom He ^(G)richly poured out upon us through Jesus Christ our Savior, ⁷ so that being justified by His grace we would be made ^(H)heirs ^[a]according to the hope of eternal life.