Colossians 2:11

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:

📖 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

• 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.

• 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:

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  in{G1722} whom{G3739} ye were also{G2532} circumcised{G4059} with a circumcision{G4061} not made with hands,{G886} in{G1722} the putting off{G555} of the body{G4983} of the flesh,{G4561} in{G1722} the circumcision{G4061} of Christ;{G5547}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  In{G1722} whom{G3739} also{G2532} ye are circumcised{G4059}{(G5681)} with the circumcision{G4061} made without hands{G886}, in{G1722} putting off{G555} the body{G4983} of the sins{G266} of the flesh{G4561} by{G1722} the circumcision{G4061} of Christ{G5547}:

• 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 he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not from men, but from God.
• Rom 6:6 : 6 Knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that we should no longer be slaves to sin.
• Eph 4:22 : 22 That you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts,
• Phil 3:3 : 3 For we are the circumcision, who worship God in the Spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.
• Col 3:8-9 : 8 But now you also put off all these: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth. 9 Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its deeds.
• Heb 9:11 : 11 But Christ came as a high priest of the good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation;
• Heb 9:24 : 24 For Christ has not entered into holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:
• Gal 5:24 : 24 And those who are Christ's have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
• 2 Cor 5:1 : 1 For we know that if our earthly body, this tabernacle, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
• 2 Cor 5:17 : 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.
• Gal 2:20 : 20 I have been crucified with Christ; nevertheless, I live, yet not I, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.
• Deut 10:16 : 16 Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no longer stubborn.
• Deut 30:6 : 6 And the LORD your God will circumcise your heart, and the heart of your descendants, to 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 take away the foreskins of your heart, you men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn so that no one can quench it, because of the evil of your deeds.
• Mark 14:58 : 58 We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands.
• Luke 2:21 : 21 And when eight days were completed for the circumcision of the child, his name was called JESUS, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
• Acts 7:48 : 48 However, the Most High does not dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says:
• Acts 17:24 : 24 God, who made the world and all things in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands;
• Gal 4:4-5 : 4 But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, 5 To redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons.
• Eph 2:10-18 : 10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God has before ordained that we should walk in them. 11 Therefore, remember that you being in times past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by what is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands; 12 That at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world: 13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off are made near by the blood of Christ. 14 For He is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of partition between us; 15 Having abolished in His flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances, to create in Himself of the two one new man, so making peace; 16 And that He might reconcile both to God in one body through the cross, having slain the enmity thereby: 17 And came and preached peace to you who were afar off, and to those who were near. 18 For through Him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father.