Colossians 2:11

New Century Version

Also in Christ you had a different kind of circumcision, a circumcision not done by hands. It was through Christ’s circumcision, that is, his death, that you were made free from the power of your sinful self.

Cross References

Jeremiah 4:4

Give yourselves to the service of the Lord, and decide to obey him, people of Judah and people of Jerusalem. If you don’t, my anger will spread among you like a fire, and no one will be able to put it out, because of the evil you have done.

Mark 14:58

“We heard this man say, ‘I will destroy this Temple that people made. And three days later, I will build another Temple not made by people.’ ”

Luke 2:21

When the baby was eight days old, he was circumcised and was named Jesus, the name given by the angel before the baby began to grow inside Mary.

Acts 17:24

The God who made the whole world and everything in it is the Lord of the land and the sky. He does not live in temples built by human hands.

Acts 7:48

“But the Most High does not live in houses that people build with their hands. As the prophet says:

Romans 2:29

A person is a Jew only if he is a Jew inside; true circumcision is done in the heart by the Spirit, not by the written law. Such a person gets praise from God rather than from people.

Romans 6:6

We know that our old life died with Christ on the cross so that our sinful selves would have no power over us and we would not be slaves to sin.

Romans 7:24

What a miserable man I am! Who will save me from this body that brings me death?

2 Corinthians 5:1

We know that our body—the tent we live in here on earth—will be destroyed. But when that happens, God will have a house for us. It will not be a house made by human hands; instead, it will be a home in heaven that will last forever.

2 Corinthians 5:17

If anyone belongs to Christ, there is a new creation. The old things have gone; everything is made new!

Galatians 2:20

I was put to death on the cross with Christ, and I do not live anymore—it is Christ who lives in me. I still live in my body, but I live by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave himself to save me.

Galatians 5:24

Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified their own sinful selves. They have given up their old selfish feelings and the evil things they wanted to do.

Ephesians 4:22

You were taught to leave your old self—to stop living the evil way you lived before. That old self becomes worse, because people are fooled by the evil things they want to do.

Deuteronomy 10:16

Give yourselves completely to serving him, and do not be stubborn any longer.

Deuteronomy 30:6

The Lord your God will prepare you and your descendants to love him with your whole being so that you will live.

Philippians 3:3

We are the ones who are truly circumcised. We worship God through his Spirit, and our pride is in Christ Jesus. We do not put trust in ourselves or anything we can do,

Colossians 3:5

So put all evil things out of your life: sexual sinning, doing evil, letting evil thoughts control you, wanting things that are evil, and greed. This is really serving a false god.

Hebrews 9:11

But when Christ came as the high priest of the good things we now have, he entered the greater and more perfect tent. It is not made by humans and does not belong to this world.

Hebrews 9:24

Christ did not go into the Most Holy Place made by humans, which is only a copy of the real one. He went into heaven itself and is there now before God to help us.