Philippians 3:3

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Summary

For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.

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Philippians 3:4

1 Peter 1:23

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Bible References

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“No longer shall your name be called Abram,
But your name shall be Abraham;
For I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.

So circumcise your heart, and stiffen your neck no longer.

“Moreover 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, so that you may live.

“Circumcise yourselves to the Lord
And remove the foreskins of your heart,
Men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem,
Or else My wrath will go forth like fire
And burn with none to quench it,
Because of the evil of your deeds.”

Egypt and Judah, and Edom and the sons of Ammon, and Moab and all those inhabiting the desert who clip the hair on their temples; for all the nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised of heart.”

For indeed circumcision is of value if you practice the Law; but if you are a transgressor of the Law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

and he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while uncircumcised, so that he might be the father of all who believe without being circumcised, that righteousness might be credited to them,

and in Him you were also circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, in the removal of the body of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ;

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although I myself might have confidence even in the flesh. If anyone else has a mind to put confidence in the flesh, I far more:

for you have been born again not of seed which is perishable but imperishable, that is, through the living and enduring word of God.

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And my soul shall rejoice in the Lord;
It shall exult in His salvation.

In the days to come Jacob will take root,

Israel will blossom and sprout,
And they will fill the whole world with fruit.

And Mary said:
“My soul

exalts the Lord,

So if the uncircumcised man keeps the requirements of the Law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision?

since indeed God who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith is one.

so that, just as it is written, “Let him who boasts, boast in the Lord.”

But he who boasts is to boast in the Lord.

so that your proud confidence in me may abound in Christ Jesus through my coming to you again.