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In the OT, circumcision is seen as an outward sign of membership of Israel, the people of God.
Ge 17:10-14 See also Ac 7:8
Circumcision is also for Abraham’s descendants Ge 17:7
Lev 12:3; Jn 7:22 It was later sometimes forgotten that circumcision predated the Mosaic law.
Ex 12:44,48-49; Jdg 14:3 Some of Israel’s neighbours practised circumcision, but not the Philistines.
Lk 1:59 John; Lk 2:21 Jesus Christ; Jn 7:23 Circumcision was permitted on the Sabbath; Php 3:5 Paul refers to his own circumcision; Ac 16:3 Timothy
Ac 10:45; Ac 11:2; Ac 15:5; Gal 2:3 That Titus, a Greek, was not required to be circumcised illustrates the change in the attitude of the church concerning the relevance of the law to Gentile believers; Eph 2:11; Col 3:11; Tit 1:10
1348 | covenant with Abraham |
1680 | types |
5378 | law, OT |
6260 | uncircumcised |
7140 | people of God |
7422 | ritual |
7957 | sacraments |