“Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;”
Therefore, remember that formerly you, who are Gentiles by birth and called 'uncircumcised' by those who call themselves 'the circumcision' (that done in the body by human hands) — the Gentile addressees are reminded of their former status: akrobystia ('uncircumcision,' both physical and metaphorical), a term of contempt in Jewish discourse, set against peritomē ('circumcision'), the covenant mark and badge of Jewish election.
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