Colossians 2:11

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

In him you were also circumcised with a circumcision not done by hands, by putting off the body of the flesh, through the circumcision of Christ.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἐν ᾧ καὶ περιετμήθητε περιτομῇ ἀχειροποιήτῳ, ἐν τῇ ἀπεκδύσει τοῦ σώματος τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν τῆς σαρκός ἐν τῇ περιτομῇ τοῦ Χριστοῦ:

Transliteration

In whom also you were periετμήthēte with peritomē acheiropoiētō, in the apekdysei of the sōmatos of the hamartiōn of the sarkos in the peritomē of the Christou:

Grammar Details

• *periετμήthēte*: aorist passive indicative, 2nd person plural - you were circumcised
• *peritomē*: dative, feminine, singular - circumcision
• *acheiropoiētō*: dative, feminine, singular - not made with hands
• *apekdysei*: dative, feminine, singular - putting off/stripping off
• *sōmatos*: genitive, neuter, singular - body
• *hamartiōn*: genitive, feminine, plural - sins
• *sarkos*: genitive, feminine, singular - flesh
• *Christou*: genitive, masculine, singular - Christ

Word Meanings

• *periετμήthēte*: were circumcised/cut around
• *peritomē*: circumcision/cutting around
• *acheiropoiētō*: not made with hands/not physical/spiritual
• *apekdysei*: putting off/stripping off/removal
• *sōmatos*: body/physical form
• *hamartiōn*: sins/offenses/wrongdoings
• *sarkos*: flesh/body/human nature
• *Christou*: Christ/Messiah/Anointed One

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  In whom also you are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  in whom ye were also circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands, in the putting off of the body of the flesh, in the circumcision of Christ;

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  in whom also ye are circucised with circumcision made mith out hondes by puttinge of the sinfull boddy of the flesshe thorow the circumcision yt is in Christ

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  in whom also ye are circumcysed with circumcision without handes, by puttynge of the synfull body of the flesh: (namely) with the circumcysion of Christ,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  In whome also yee are circumcised with circumcision made without handes, by putting off the sinfull body of the flesh, through the circumcision of Christ,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  In whom also ye are circumcised with circumcisio made without handes, by puttyng of the body of sinnes of the fleshe, in the circumcision of Christe:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  in whom you were also circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands, in the putting off of the body of the sins of the flesh, in the circumcision of Christ;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  in whom also ye were circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands, in the putting off of the body of the sins of the flesh in the circumcision of the Christ,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  in whom ye were also circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands, in the putting off of the body of the flesh, in the circumcision of Christ;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  in whom ye were also circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands, in the putting off of the body of the flesh, in the circumcision of Christ;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  In whom you had a circumcision not made with hands, in the putting off of the body of the flesh, in the circumcision of Christ;

• World English Bible (2000)

  in whom you were also circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands, in the putting off of the body of the sins of the flesh, in the circumcision of Christ;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  In him you also were circumcised– not, however, with a circumcision performed by human hands, but by the removal of the fleshly body, that is, through the circumcision done by Christ.

Referenced Verses

• Rom 2:29 : 29 But a person is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter. Such a person’s praise is not from people, but from God.
• Rom 6:6 : 6 We know this: our old self was crucified with Him so that the body of sin might be rendered powerless, and we would no longer be enslaved to sin.
• Eph 4:22 : 22 You were taught to put off your former way of life, the old self, which is corrupted by deceitful desires,
• Phil 3:3 : 3 For we are the circumcision, the ones who worship by the Spirit of God, glory in Christ Jesus, and do not put confidence in the flesh.
• Col 3:8-9 : 8 But now you must put away all these: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and filthy language from your mouth. 9 Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old self with its practices,
• Heb 9:11 : 11 But Christ came as the high priest of the good things that are to come. He entered through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is, not of this creation.
• Heb 9:24 : 24 For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made with hands, which is only a copy of the true one, but He entered heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us.
• Gal 5:24 : 24 Now those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
• 2 Cor 5:1 : 1 For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.
• 2 Cor 5:17 : 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!
• Gal 2:20 : 20 I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.
• Deut 10:16 : 16 Therefore, circumcise the foreskin of your hearts and do not be stiff-necked any longer.
• Deut 30:6 : 6 The LORD your God will circumcise your heart and the hearts of your descendants, so that you will love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live.
• Jer 4:4 : 4 Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and remove the foreskin of your hearts, men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem. Otherwise, my wrath will break out like a fire and burn with no one to extinguish it, because of your wicked deeds.
• Mark 14:58 : 58 "We heard him say, 'I will destroy this temple made with human hands and in three days will build another, not made with hands.'"
• Luke 2:21 : 21 On the eighth day, when it was time to circumcise the child, he was named Jesus, the name the angel had given him before he was conceived in the womb.
• Acts 7:48 : 48 However, the Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands, as the prophet says:
• Acts 17:24 : 24 The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by human hands.
• Gal 4:4-5 : 4 But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, 5 to redeem those under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.
• Eph 2:10-18 : 10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we might walk in them. 11 Therefore, remember that formerly you, the Gentiles in the flesh—who are called 'the uncircumcision' by those who are called 'the circumcision,' which is done in the flesh by human hands— 12 were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. 13 But now in Christ Jesus, you who were once far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ. 14 For He Himself is our peace, who has made the two groups one and has broken down in His flesh the dividing wall of hostility. 15 He has abolished the law with its commandments and regulations, so that He might create in Himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace, 16 and might reconcile both to God in one body through the cross, by which He put their hostility to death. 17 He came and proclaimed peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near. 18 For through Him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.