# Gentiles in the flesh This refers to people who were not born Jewish. Paul reminds these believers that God has now made Gentiles and Jews into one body through Christ and his cross. # uncircumcision "uncircumcised pagans". Non-Jewish people were not circumcised as babies and thus the Jews considered them people who do not follow any of God's laws. # circumcision "circumcised people". This was another term for Jewish people because all male infants were circumcised. # what is called the "circumcision" in the flesh made by human hands "Jews, who are circumcised by humans" or "Jews, who circumcise the physical body" # by what is called "by what people call" or "by those whom people call"