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

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.”

But he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that which is of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter; and his praise is not from men, but from God.

for we are the true circumcision, who worship in the Spirit of God and glory in Christ Jesus and put no confidence in the flesh,

Without

“We heard Him say, ‘I will destroy this temple made with hands, and in three days I will build another made without hands.’”

However, the Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands; as the prophet says:

The God who made the world and all things in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands;

For we know that if the earthly tent which is our house is torn down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

Therefore remember that formerly you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called “Uncircumcision” by the so-called “Circumcision,” which is performed in the flesh by human hands—

But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things to come, He entered through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation;

In putting

But now you also, put them all aside: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and abusive speech from your mouth.

knowing this, that our old self was crucified with Him, in order that our body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin;

that, in reference to your former manner of life, you lay aside the old self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the lusts of deceit,

General references

On the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.

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.