Cross references

Colossians 2:11

In Him you were also circumcised, in the putting off of your sinful nature, with the circumcision performed by Christ and not by human hands.

Colossians 2:11 BSB
  1. a Literally in the cutting away of the body of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ

Colossians 2:11 has 20 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 15 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Romans 2:29 (24 votes) and Philippians 3:3 (18 votes). 34 other verses point back to it. It links with 18 other books, from Genesis 17 to Hebrews 9.

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Which verses does Colossians 2:11 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Romans 2:2924 votes

    No, a man is a Jew because he is one inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written code. Such a man’s praise does not come from men, but from God.

  2. For it is we who are the circumcision, we who worship by the Spirit of God, who glory in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh—

  3. Romans 6:614 votes

    We know that our old self was crucified with Him so that the body of sin might be rendered powerless, that we should no longer be slaves to sin.

  4. The LORD your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants, and you will love Him with all your heart and with all your soul, so that you may live.

  5. Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

  6. I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.

  7. to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;

  8. But now you must put aside all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips. Do not lie to one another, since you have taken off the old self with its practices,

  9. Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!

  10. Circumcise your hearts, therefore, and stiffen your necks no more.

  11. Acts 7:482 votes
  12. Acts 17:242 votes
  13. Luke 2:211 vote

Which verses point to Colossians 2:11?

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