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

Romans 2:29

Philippians 3:3

Without

In putting

Colossians 3:8

Romans 6:6

Ephesians 4:22

General references

Romans 2:26

Romans 3:30

Bible References

Whom

The real Jew is the man who is one inwardly, and real circumcision is a matter of the heart, a spiritual, not a literal, thing. Such a man receives his praise not from men, but from God.

We are the true circumcision, who worship God by his Spirit, priding ourselves only on Christ Jesus, and not relying on physical advantages,

Without

"We ourselves have heard him say, 'I will tear down this sanctuary built by men's hands, and in three days I will build another, made without hands.' "

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

God who created the world and all that is in it, since he is Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples built by human hands,

For I know that if this earthly tent that I live in is taken down, God will provide me a building in heaven to live in, not built by human hands but eternal.

So remember that you were once physically heathen, and called uncircumcised by those who called themselves circumcised, though only physically, by human hands.

But when Christ came, as the high priest of the better system under which we live, he went once for all, through that greater, more perfect tent of worship not made by human hands nor a part of our material creation, into the sanctuary,

In putting

But now you too must put them all aside??nger, rage, spite, rough, abusive talk??hese must be banished from your lips.

for we know that our old self was crucified with him, to do away with our sinful body, so that we might not be enslaved to sin any longer,

You must lay aside with your former habits your old self which is going to ruin through its deceptive passions.

General references

So if people who are uncircumcised observe the requirements of the Law, will they not be treated as though they were circumcised?

there is but one God, and he will make the circumcised upright on the ground of their faith and the uncircumcised upright because of theirs."