From fe6cca424cce203549993d4e156959f903cec69b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: PaulDeYoung Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2023 16:18:30 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update 'col/02/11.md' --- col/02/11.md | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/col/02/11.md b/col/02/11.md index 138aa63207..d6cdcd3623 100644 --- a/col/02/11.md +++ b/col/02/11.md @@ -1,8 +1,7 @@ # In him you were also circumcised -Paul is speaking of those who belong to Christ as if they were inside Christ's body. This can also be made active. Alternate translation: "When you joined the church in baptism, God circumcised you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]]) +Paul is speaking of those who belong to Christ as if they were inside Christ's body. Alternate translation: "When you joined the church in baptism, God circumcised you" # a circumcision not done by humans -With this metaphor, Paul says that God has made Christian believers acceptable to himself in a way that reminded him of circumcision, the ceremony through which Hebrew male babies were added to the community of Israel. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]]) - +Here Paul says that God has made Christian believers acceptable to himself in a way that reminded him of circumcision, the ceremony through which Hebrew male babies were added to the community of Israel.