Deuteronomy 10:16
Deuteronomy 30:6
Jeremiah 4:4
Romans 2:29
29No, a person is a Jew inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by a written law. ▼▼Lit. what is written
That person's praise will come from God, not from people.Rom 7:6; 1Cor 4:5; 2Cor 3:6; 10:18; Phil 3:3; Col 2:11; 1Thes 2:4; 1Pet 3:4 Romans 6:6
6We know that our old selves were crucified with him so that our sinful bodies might be rendered powerless and we might no longer be slaves to sin.Gal 2:20; 5:24; 6:14; Eph 4:22; Col 2:11Ephesians 4:22
22Regarding your former way of life, you were taught ▼▼The Gk. lacks you were taught
to strip off your old man, which is being ruined by its deceptive desires,Rom 6:6; Eph 2:2-3, 17; Col 2:11; 3:7-9; Heb 12:1; 1Pet 2:1; 4:3 Philippians 3:3
3For it is we who are the circumcision ▼▼Gk. peritome (a cutting around)
—we who worship in the Spirit of God ▼▼Other mss. read worship God in the Spirit
and boast in Christ Jesus. We have not placed any confidence in the flesh,Deut 10:16; 30:6; Jer 4:4; John 4:23-24; Rom 2:29; 4:11-12; 7:6; Gal 6:14; Col 2:11 Colossians 3:8-9
8But now you must also get rid of anger, wrath, malice, slander, obscene language from your mouth, and all such sins.Eph 4:22, 29; 5:4; Heb 12:1; James 1:21; 1Pet 2:1 9Do not lie to one another, for you have stripped off the old man with its practicesLev 19:11; Eph 4:22, 24-25
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