Colossians 2:11

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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:

Whom

Philippians 3:3

Without

In putting

Colossians 3:8

Romans 6:6

Ephesians 4:22

General references

Leviticus 12:3

Romans 2:26

Romans 3:30

Bible References

Whom

Therefore, circumcise your heart and stop being stubborn.

Then the LORD your God will circumcise both your hearts and those of your descendants so that you can love him with your heart and with your soul and therefore live.

Circumcise yourselves to the LORD and remove the foreskin of your heart, you men of Judah and residents of Jerusalem, or else my wrath will break out like fire and burn with no one to put it out, because of your evil deeds."

No, a person is a Jew inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, brought about by the Spirit, not by a written law. That person's praise will come from God, not from people.

For it is we who are the circumcision we who worship in the Spirit of God and find our joy in the Messiah Jesus. We have not placed any confidence in the flesh,

Without

"We ourselves heard him say, "I will destroy this sanctuary made by human hands, and in three days I will build another one not made by human hands.'"

However, the Most High does not live in buildings made by human hands. As the prophet says,

The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth. He doesn't live in shrines made by human hands,

We know that if the earthly tent we live in is torn down, we have a building in heaven that comes from God, an eternal house not built by human hands.

So then, remember that at one time you gentiles by birth were called "the uncircumcised" by those who called themselves "the circumcised." They underwent physical circumcision done by human hands.

But when the Messiah came as a high priest of the good things that have come, he went through the greater and more perfect tent that was not made by human hands and that is not a part of this creation.

In putting

But now you must also get rid of anger, wrath, malice, slander, obscene speech, and all such sins.

We know that our old natures were crucified with him so that our sin-laden bodies might be rendered powerless and we might no longer be slaves to sin.

Regarding your former way of life, you were taught to strip off your old nature, which is being ruined by its deceptive desires,

General references

On the eighth day, the flesh of the baby's foreskin is to be circumcised.

So if a man who is uncircumcised keeps the requirements of the Law, his uncircumcision will be regarded as circumcision, won't it?

since there is only one God who will justify the circumcised on the basis of faith and the uncircumcised by that same faith.