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Ephesians 2:11

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Remember that once you were not Jewish physically. Those who called themselves “the circumcised” because of what they had done to their bodies called you “the uncircumcised.”

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There you will remember the way you lived and everything you did to dishonor yourselves. You will be disgusted by every wrong thing that you did.

Then you will remember your evil ways and the bad things that you did, and you will hate yourselves for all these wicked and disgusting things.

“ ‘No one has hired us,’ they answered him. “He said to them, ‘Work in my vineyard.’

But some of the olive branches have been broken off, and you, a wild olive branch, have been grafted in their place. You get your nourishment from the roots of the olive tree.

So if a man does what those laws demand, won’t he be considered circumcised even if he is uncircumcised?

The uncircumcised man who carries out what those laws say will condemn you for not following them. He will condemn you in spite of the fact that you are circumcised and have those laws in writing.

You know that when you were unbelievers, every time you were led to worship false gods you were worshiping gods who couldn’t even speak.

That’s what some of you were! But you have been washed and made holy, and you have received God’s approval in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.

We are Jewish by birth, not sinners from other nations.

These people who want to make a big deal out of a physical thing are trying to force you to be circumcised. Their only aim is to avoid persecution because of the cross of Christ.

You followed the ways of this present world and its spiritual ruler. This ruler continues to work in people who refuse to obey God.

Once you lived in the dark, but now the Lord has filled you with light. Live as children who have light.

Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and the Lord your God freed you. That’s why I’m giving you this command today.

Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and obey these laws carefully.

Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and that the Lord your God used his mighty hand and powerful arm to bring you out of there. This is why the Lord your God has commanded you to observe the day of rest as a holy day.

Remember that for 40 years the Lord your God led you on your journey in the desert. He did this in order to humble you and test you. He wanted to know whether or not you would wholeheartedly obey his commands.

Never forget how you made the Lord your God angry in the desert. You’ve rebelled against the Lord from the day you left Egypt until you came here.

We are the ⌞true⌟ circumcised people ⌞of God⌟ because we serve God’s Spirit and take pride in Christ Jesus. We don’t place any confidence in physical things,

Once you were separated from God. The evil things you did showed your hostile attitude.

In him you were also circumcised. It was not a circumcision performed by human hands. But it was a removal of the corrupt nature in the circumcision performed by Christ.

You were once dead because of your failures and your uncircumcised corrupt nature. But God made you alive with Christ when he forgave all our failures.

Where this happens, there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, uncivilized person, slave, or free person. Instead, Christ is everything and in everything.

David asked the men who were standing near him, “What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and gets rid of Israel’s disgrace? Who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he should challenge the army of the living God?”

I have killed lions and bears, and this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them because he has challenged the army of the living God.”




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