⁹ not by works,^(A) so that no one can boast.^{(B) 10} For we are God’s handiwork,^(C) created^(D) in Christ Jesus to do good works,^(E) which God prepared in advance for us to do.

Jew and Gentile Reconciled Through Christ

¹¹ Therefore, remember that formerly^(F) you who are Gentiles by birth and called “uncircumcised” by those who call themselves “the circumcision” (which is done in the body by human hands)^(G)—