Colossians 2:11

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,

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  • Rom 2:29 : 29 but a Jew `is' he who is `so' inwardly, and circumcision `is' of the heart, in spirit, not in letter, of which the praise is not of men, but of God.
  • Rom 6:6 : 6 this knowing, that our old man was crucified with `him', that the body of the sin may be made useless, for our no longer serving the sin;
  • Eph 4:22 : 22 ye are to put off concerning the former behaviour the old man, that is corrupt according to the desires of the deceit,
  • Phil 3:3 : 3 for we are the circumcision, who by the Spirit are serving God, and glorying in Christ Jesus, and in flesh having no trust,
  • Col 3:8-9 : 8 but now put off, even ye, the whole -- anger, wrath, malice, evil-speaking, filthy talking -- out of your mouth. 9 Lie not one to another, having put off the old man with his practices,
  • Heb 9:11 : 11 And Christ being come, chief priest of the coming good things, through the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands -- that is, not of this creation --
  • Heb 9:24 : 24 for not into holy places made with hands did the Christ enter -- figures of the true -- but into the heaven itself, now to be manifested in the presence of God for us;
  • Gal 5:24 : 24 and those who are Christ's, the flesh did crucify with the affections, and the desires;
  • 2 Cor 5:1 : 1 For we have known that if our earthly house of the tabernacle may be thrown down, a building from God we have, an house not made with hands -- age-during -- in the heavens,
  • 2 Cor 5:17 : 17 so that if any one `is' in Christ -- `he is' a new creature; the old things did pass away, lo, become new have the all things.
  • Gal 2:20 : 20 with Christ I have been crucified, and live no more do I, and Christ doth live in me; and that which I now live in the flesh -- in the faith I live of the Son of God, who did love me and did give himself for me;
  • Deut 10:16 : 16 and ye have circumcised the foreskin of your heart, and your neck ye do not harden any more;
  • Deut 30:6 : 6 `And Jehovah thy God hath circumcised thy heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, for the sake of thy life;
  • Jer 4:4 : 4 Be circumcised to Jehovah, And turn aside the foreskins of your heart, O man of Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, Lest My fury go out as fire, and hath burned, And there is none quenching, Because of the evil of your doings.
  • Mark 14:58 : 58 `We heard him saying -- I will throw down this sanctuary made with hands, and by three days, another made without hands I will build;'
  • Luke 2:21 : 21 And when eight days were fulfilled to circumcise the child, then was his name called Jesus, having been so called by the messenger before his being conceived in the womb.
  • Acts 7:48 : 48 `But the Most High in sanctuaries made with hands doth not dwell, according as the prophet saith:
  • Acts 17:24 : 24 `God, who did make the world, and all things in it, this One, of heaven and of earth being Lord, in temples made with hands doth not dwell,
  • Gal 4:4-5 : 4 and when the fulness of time did come, God sent forth His Son, come of a woman, come under law, 5 that those under law he may redeem, that the adoption of sons we may receive;
  • Eph 2:10-18 : 10 for of Him we are workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to good works, which God did before prepare, that in them we may walk. 11 Wherefore, remember, that ye `were' once the nations in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that called Circumcision in the flesh made by hands, 12 that ye were at that time apart from Christ, having been alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, having no hope, and without God, in the world; 13 and now, in Christ Jesus, ye being once afar off became nigh in the blood of the Christ, 14 for he is our peace, who did make both one, and the middle wall of the enclosure did break down, 15 the enmity in his flesh, the law of the commands in ordinances having done away, that the two he might create in himself into one new man, making peace, 16 and might reconcile both in one body to God through the cross, having slain the enmity in it, 17 and having come, he did proclaim good news -- peace to you -- the far-off and the nigh, 18 because through him we have the access -- we both -- in one Spirit unto the Father.

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    25For circumcision, indeed, doth profit, if law thou mayest practise, but if a transgressor of law thou mayest be, thy circumcision hath become uncircumcision.

    26If, therefore the uncircumcision the righteousness of the law may keep, shall not his uncircumcision for circumcision be reckoned?

    27and the uncircumcision, by nature, fulfilling the law, shall judge thee who, through letter and circumcision, `art' a transgressor of law.

    28For he is not a Jew who is `so' outwardly, neither `is' circumcision that which is outward in flesh;

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