Colossians 2:11

In whom also ye were circumcised a circumcision not made with hands, in the removal of the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of the Christ.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

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:

In Context

10And ye are men who have been made full in him, who is the head of every principal office and position of authority.

12Having been buried with him in immersion, in which also ye were raised together through faith of the working of God, who raised him from the dead.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 30:6And LORD thy God will circumcise thy heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love LORD thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, that thou may live.

Mark 14:58We heard him saying, I will destroy this temple made with hands, and by three days I will build another not made with hands.

Acts 7:48However the Most High does not dwell in man-made temples, just as the prophet says,

Romans 2:29but he is a Jew in what is hidden, and circumcision is of the heart, in spirit not a document, whose praise is not from men but from God.

2 Corinthians 5:1For we know that if the earthly house of our tent were destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made by hands, eternal in the heavens.

Galatians 2:20I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. And what I now live in flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God who loved me and gave himself up for me.

Matthew Henry on Colossians 2:5-13

The Glory of the Christian Economy. ( a. d. 62.) 4 And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words. 5 For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ. 6 As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him: 7 Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving. 8 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and… Read the whole commentary →

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