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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You will no longer be called Abram (Exalted Father). Your name will be Abraham (means Father of Many). I have made you a father of many nations.

Circumcise your heart, and do not stiffen your neck. (Circumcise: Cut short the foreskin.) (Remove hardness of the heart.)

Jehovah your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants, to LOVE JEHOVAH YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART AND WITH ALL YOUR BEING, that you may live.

Be circumcised by Jehovah, and get rid of the foreskins of your hearts (cleanse your hearts), people of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem. If you do not, my fury will blaze like a fire. It will burn, and no one will be able to put it out. This is because of the evil you do.

I will punish Egypt, Judah, Edom, Ammon, and Moab. I will punish all who shave the hair on their foreheads or live in the desert. Even though all these nations are uncircumcised, all Israel has uncircumcised hearts.

Circumcision is a benefit if you obey the law. But if you are a transgressor of the law your circumcision becomes uncircumcision.

He received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith that he had while he was not circumcised. That way he could be the father of all those who believe, though they are not circumcised, that righteousness might be counted to them.

You were also circumcised in him with a circumcision not made with hands, in the putting off of the body of the flesh, in the circumcision of Christ.

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I might have confidence even in the flesh. If any other man thinks to have confidence in the flesh, I have more!

You have been given a new birth, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which lives and endures.

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I will find joy in Jehovah and be joyful about his salvation.

In days to come Jacob will take root, Israel will bud and blossom and fill the entire world with fruit.

Mary said: My life magnifies Jehovah my God. (1 Samuel 2:1)

If therefore someone not circumcised obeys the requirements of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be considered circumcision?

If God is one he will justify the circumcised by faith, and the uncircumcised through faith.

Let it be as it is written, He that boasts, let him boast in Jehovah! (Jeremiah 9:24)

But he who boasts let him boast in Jehovah! (Jeremiah 9:24)

Let your rejoicing abound in Christ Jesus through my presence with you again.