Colossians 2:11

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;

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  • Rom 2:29 : 29 but he is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit 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 done away with, so that we would no longer be in bondage to sin.
  • Eph 4:22 : 22 that you put away, as concerning your former way of life, the old man, that grows corrupt after the lusts of deceit;
  • 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 them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and shameful speaking out of your mouth. 9 Don't lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old man with his doings,
  • Heb 9:11 : 11 But Christ having come as a high priest of the coming good things, through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation,
  • Heb 9:24 : 24 For Christ hasn't entered into holy places made with hands, which are representations of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us;
  • Gal 5:24 : 24 Those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and lusts.
  • 2 Cor 5:1 : 1 For we know that if the earthly house of our tent is dissolved, 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. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.
  • Gal 2:20 : 20 I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.
  • Deut 10:16 : 16 Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiff-necked.
  • Deut 30:6 : 6 Yahweh your God will circumcise your heart, and the heart of your seed, to love Yahweh your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, that you may live.
  • Jer 4:4 : 4 Circumcise yourselves to Yahweh, and take away the foreskins of your heart, you men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem; lest my wrath go forth like fire, and burn so that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
  • Mark 14:58 : 58 "We heard him say, 'I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and in three days I will build another made without hands.'"
  • Luke 2:21 : 21 When eight days were fulfilled for the circumcision of the child, his name was called Jesus, which was given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
  • Acts 7:48 : 48 However, the Most High doesn't dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says,
  • Acts 17:24 : 24 The God who made the world and all things in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, doesn't dwell in temples made with hands,
  • Gal 4:4-5 : 4 But when the fullness of the time came, God sent out his Son, born to a woman, born under the law, 5 that he might redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of children.
  • Eph 2:10-18 : 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them. 11 Therefore remember that once you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called "uncircumcision" by that which is called "circumcision," (in the flesh, made by hands); 12 that you were at that time separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of the 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 in the blood of Christ. 14 For he is our peace, who made both one, and broke down the middle wall of partition, 15 having abolished in the flesh the hostility, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man of the two, making peace; 16 and might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, having killed the hostility thereby. 17 He came and preached peace to you who were far off and to those who were near. 18 For through him we both have our access in one Spirit to the Father.

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  • Eph 2:11-13
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    11 Therefore remember that once you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called "uncircumcision" by that which is called "circumcision," (in the flesh, made by hands);

    12 that you were at that time separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of the 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 in the blood of Christ.

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    9 For in him all the fullness of the Godhead dwells bodily,

    10 and in him you are made full, who is the head of all principality and power;

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    25 For circumcision indeed profits, if you are a doer of the law, but if you are a transgressor of the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

    26 If therefore the uncircumcised keep the ordinances of the law, won't his uncircumcision be accounted as circumcision?

    27 Won't the uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfills the law, judge you, who with the letter and circumcision are a transgressor of the law?

    28 For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh;

    29 but he is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit not in the letter; whose praise is not from men, but from God.

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    3 For we are the circumcision, who worship God in the Spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh;

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    9 Don't lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old man with his doings,

    10 and have put on the new man, who is being renewed in knowledge after the image of his Creator,

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    20 If you died with Christ from the elements of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to ordinances,

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    15 For in Christ Jesus neither is circumcision anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation.

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    24 Those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and lusts.

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    9 But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if it is so that the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if any man doesn't have the Spirit of Christ, he is not his.

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    6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision amounts to anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love.

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    1 Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don't be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.

    2 Behold, I, Paul, tell you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will profit you nothing.

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    3 For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.

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    12 As many as desire to look good in the flesh, they compel you to be circumcised; only that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ.

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    11 Thus consider yourselves also to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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    27 For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.

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    4 We were buried therefore with him through baptism to death, that just like Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.

    5 For if we have become united with him in the likeness of his death, we will also be part of his resurrection;

    6 knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be in bondage to sin.

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    22 that you put away, as concerning your former way of life, the old man, that grows corrupt after the lusts of deceit;

    23 and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind,

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    20 I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

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    14 But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, for its lusts.

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    18 Was anyone called having been circumcised? Let him not become uncircumcised. Has anyone been called in uncircumcision? Let him not be circumcised.

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    14 in whom we have our redemption, the forgiveness of our sins;

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