Colossians 2:11

in whom ye were also circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands, in the putting off of the body of the flesh, in the circumcision of Christ;

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

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 made complete in him[2:10], who is the head of all principality and power;

12being buried with him in the immersion, wherein ye were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.

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Cross References

Mark 14:58We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and in three days I will build another made without hands.

Acts 7:48Yet the Most High dwells not in temples made with hands; as says the prophet:

Romans 2:29But he is a Jew, who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.

2 Corinthians 5:1FOR we know that, if our earthly house of the tabernacle[5:1] were dissolved, we have a building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

Galatians 2:20I have been crucified with Christ; and no longer do I live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live in the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself 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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