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# In him you were also circumcised
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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"
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# a circumcision not done by humans
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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.
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