Colossians 2:11

In him you also were circumcised – not, however, ¹  with a circumcision performed by human hands, but by the removal ²  of the fleshly body, ³  that is, ⁴  through the circumcision done by Christ.

De 10:16; De 30:6; Jer 4:4; Mr 14:58; Lu 2:21; Ac 7:48; Ac 17:24; Ro 2:29; Ro 6:6; 2Co 5:1; 2Co 5:17; Ga 2:20; Ga 4:4,5; Eph 2:10-18; Eph 2:11; Eph 4:22; Php 3:3; Col 3:8,9; Heb 9:11,24

¹ tn The terms “however” and “but” in this sentence were supplied in order to emphasize the contrast.

² tn The articular noun τῇ ἀπεκδύσει (th apekdusei) is a noun which ends in -σις (-sis) and therefore denotes action, i.e., “removal.” Since the head noun is a verbal noun, the following genitive τοῦ σώματος (tou swmatos) is understood as an objective genitive, receiving the action of the head noun.

³ tn Grk “in the removal of the body of flesh.” The genitive τῆς σαρκός (th" sarko") has been translated as an attributive genitive, “fleshly body.”

⁴ tn The second prepositional phrase beginning with ἐν τῇ περιτομῇ (en th peritomh) is parallel to the prepositional phrase ἐν τῇ ἀπεκδύσει (en th apekdusei) and gives a further explanation of it. The words “that is” were supplied to bring out this force in the translation.