Colossians 2:11

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In Christ, you have received a circumcision that has not been done by human hands. Your circumcision has been done by Christ, and he has put away the person you used to be when wrong desires ruled over you.

Cross References

Romans 2:29

No, a person is really a Jew if they’re one on the inside. True circumcision is when the Holy Spirit circumcises a person’s heart. It’s not when a person is circumcised according to the written law. A truly circumcised person receives praise from God, not from other people.

Philippians 3:3

We’re the ones who have truly been circumcised: We serve God by his Spirit, we boast in Christ Jesus, and we don’t put our trust in who we are or what we can do—although I myself could do that for many reasons.

Ephesians 4:22

You were taught not to live the way you used to, but to get rid of that old way of life, which was corrupted by its deceptive desires.

Romans 6:6

We know that our old self was nailed to the cross with him. That happened so that our bodies that were so used to sinning wouldn’t control us anymore. Now we’re not slaves of sin any longer.

Galatians 5:24

People who belong to Christ Jesus have nailed their wrong desires to his cross. They don’t want to follow them anymore.

Galatians 2:20

I’ve been crucified with Christ. I’m not the one living anymore. Christ is living in me. I do continue to live in this body, but I do that by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

2 Corinthians 5:17

If anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come. The old is gone! The new is here!

Hebrews 9:24

Christ didn’t enter a sanctuary made with human hands that was only a copy of the true one. He entered heaven itself in order to appear before God on our behalf. He’s there right now.

Hebrews 9:11

But then, when Christ came as the high priest of the good things that have already arrived, he went through the greater and more perfect holy tent. That tent wasn’t made with human hands. In other words, it’s not part of this creation.

2 Corinthians 5:1

We know the earthly tent we live in will be destroyed. But we have a building made by God himself, a house not made by human hands. It lasts forever, waiting for us in heaven.

Acts 17:24

“He’s the God who made the world and everything in it. He’s the Lord of heaven and earth, and so he doesn’t live in temples built by human hands.

Acts 7:48

“But the Most High God does not live in houses made by human hands. As God says through the prophet,

Luke 2:21

When the child was eight days old, he was circumcised. Then they named him Jesus, which was the name the angel had given him before his mother became pregnant.

Mark 14:58

“We heard him say, ‘I will destroy this temple made by human hands, and in three days I will build another temple that’s not made by human hands.’ ”

Romans 7:24

What a terrible situation I’m in! Who will save me from this sin that brings death to my body?

Colossians 3:5

So put to death anything that comes from your wrong desires: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.