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- en:tw:christ
- en:tw:circumcise
- en:tw:covenant
- en:tw:flesh
- en:tw:gentile
- en:tw:god
- en:tw:hope
- en:tw:israel
- en:tw:uncircumcised
- en:tw:world
translationNotes
- Gentiles in the flesh - People who were not Jewish by birth.
- uncircumcised pagans - Non-Jewish people were not circumcised as babies and thus considered people who do not follow God.
- the circumcision - This was another term for Jewish people because all male infants were circumcised when they were eight days old.
- separated from Christ - "unbelievers"
- alienated from - “detached from” or “not included in”.
- the citizenship of Israel - “the people of Israel” or “the community of Israel”.
- strangers to the covenants of the promise - "you did not know the covenant promises of God"