en_tn_condensed/eph/02/11.md

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# Connecting Statement:
Paul reminds these believers that God has now made Gentiles and Jews into one body through Christ and his cross.
# Gentiles in the flesh
This refers to people who were not born Jewish. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
# uncircumcision
Non-Jewish people were not circumcised as babies and thus the Jews considered them people who do not follow any of God's laws. Alternate translation: "uncircumcised pagans" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
# circumcision
This was another term for Jewish people because all male infants were circumcised. Alternate translation: "circumcised people" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
# what is called the "circumcision" in the flesh made by human hands
Possible meanings are 1) "Jews, who are circumcised by humans" or 2) "Jews, who circumcise the physical body."
# by what is called
This can be translated with an active form. Alternate translation: "by what people call" or "by those whom people call" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])