16 Therefore circumcise the foreskin of your (A)heart, and be (B)stiff-necked[a] no longer.

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  1. Deuteronomy 10:16 rebellious

16 (A)So circumcise [a]your heart, and do not (B)stiffen your neck any longer.

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  1. Deuteronomy 10:16 Lit the foreskin of your heart,

16 So circumcise [that is, remove sin from] your heart, and be stiff-necked (stubborn, obstinate) no longer.

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16 Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.

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And (A)the Lord your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your descendants, to love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live.

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“Moreover, (A)the Lord your God will circumcise your heart and the hearts of your [a]descendants, (B)to love the Lord your God with all your heart and all your soul, so that you may live.

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  1. Deuteronomy 30:6 Lit seed

“And the Lord your God will circumcise your heart and the hearts of your descendants [that is, He will remove the desire to sin from your heart], so that you will love the Lord your God with all your heart and all your soul, so that you may live [as a recipient of His blessing].

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And the Lord thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.

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28 For (A)he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh; 29 but he is a Jew (B)who is one inwardly; and (C)circumcision is that of the heart, (D)in the Spirit, not in the letter; (E)whose [a]praise is not from men but from God.

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  1. Romans 2:29 A play on words—Jew is literally praise.

28 For (A)he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh. 29 But (B)he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and (C)circumcision is of the heart, by the (D)Spirit, not by the letter; (E)and his praise is not from people, but from God.

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28 For he is not a [real] Jew who is only one outwardly, nor is [true] circumcision something external and physical. 29 But he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and [true] circumcision is circumcision of the heart, by the Spirit, not by [the fulfillment of] the letter [of the Law]. His praise is not from men, but from God.

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28 For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:

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

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Not Legalism but Christ

11 In Him you were also (A)circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, by (B)putting off the body [a]of the sins of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, 12 (C)buried with Him in baptism, in which you also were raised with Him through (D)faith in the working of God, (E)who raised Him from the dead.

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  1. Colossians 2:11 NU omits of the sins

11 and in Him (A)you were also circumcised with a circumcision performed without hands, in the removal of (B)the body of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ, 12 having been (C)buried with Him in baptism, in which you were also (D)raised with Him through faith in the working of God, who (E)raised Him from the dead.

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11 In Him you were also circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands, but by the [spiritual] circumcision of Christ in the stripping off of the body of the flesh [the sinful carnal nature], 12 having been buried with Him in baptism and raised with Him [to a new life] through [your] faith in the working of God, [as displayed] when He raised Christ from the dead.

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11 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:

12 Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.

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