Ephesians 2:11 Cross References

Ephesians 2:11

11: Don't forget that you Gentiles used to be outsiders by birth. You were called "the uncircumcised ones" by the Jews, who were proud of their circumcision, even though it affected only their bodies and not their hearts.

Colossians 2:11

  1. When you came to Christ, you were "circumcised," but not by a physical procedure. It was a spiritual procedure--the cutting away of your sinful nature.

Colossians 2:13

  1. You were dead because of your sins and because your sinful nature was not yet cut away. Then God made you alive with Christ. He forgave all our sins.

Colossians 3:11

  1. In this new life, it doesn't matter if you are a Jew or a Gentile, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbaric, uncivilized, slave, or free. Christ is all that matters, and he lives in all of us.

Colossians 1:21

  1. This includes you who were once so far away from God. You were his enemies, separated from him by your evil thoughts and actions,

1 Corinthians 12:2

  1. You know that when you were still pagans you were led astray and swept along in worshiping speechless idols.

Romans 2:28

  1. For you are not a true Jew just because you were born of Jewish parents or because you have gone through the Jewish ceremony of circumcision.
  2. No, a true Jew is one whose heart is right with God. And true circumcision is not a cutting of the body but a change of heart produced by God's Spirit. Whoever has that kind of change seeks praise from God, not from people.

1 Corinthians 6:11

  1. There was a time when some of you were just like that, but now your sins have been washed away, and you have been set apart for God. You have been made right with God because of what the Lord Jesus Christ and the Spirit of our God have done for you.

Ephesians 5:8

  1. For though your hearts were once full of darkness, now you are full of light from the Lord, and your behavior should show it!

Jeremiah 9:25

  1. "A time is coming," says the LORD, "when I will punish all those who are circumcised in body but not in spirit--
  2. the Egyptians, Edomites, Ammonites, Moabites, the people who live in distant places, and yes, even the people of Judah. Like all these pagan nations, the people of Israel also have uncircumcised hearts."

Philippians 3:3

  1. For we who worship God in the Spirit are the only ones who are truly circumcised. We put no confidence in human effort. Instead, we boast about what Christ Jesus has done for us.

Deuteronomy 8:2

  1. Remember how the LORD your God led you through the wilderness for forty years, humbling you and testing you to prove your character, and to find out whether or not you would really obey his commands.

1 Samuel 17:26

  1. David talked to some others standing there to verify the report. "What will a man get for killing this Philistine and putting an end to his abuse of Israel?" he asked them. "Who is this pagan Philistine anyway, that he is allowed to defy the armies of the living God?"

Galatians 4:8

  1. Before you Gentiles knew God, you were slaves to so-called gods that do not even exist.
  2. And now that you have found God (or should I say, now that God has found you), why do you want to go back again and become slaves once more to the weak and useless spiritual powers of this world?

Deuteronomy 15:15

  1. Remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt and the LORD your God redeemed you! That is why I am giving you this command.

Isaiah 51:1

  1. "Listen to me, all who hope for deliverance--all who seek the LORD! Consider the quarry from which you were mined, the rock from which you were cut!
  2. Yes, think about your ancestors Abraham and Sarah, from whom you came. Abraham was alone when I called him. But when I blessed him, he became a great nation."

Ezekiel 16:61

  1. Then you will remember with shame all the evil you have done. I will make your sisters, Samaria and Sodom, to be your daughters, even though they are not part of our covenant.
  2. And I will reaffirm my covenant with you, and you will know that I am the LORD.
  3. You will remember your sins and cover your mouth in silence and shame when I forgive you of all that you have done, says the Sovereign LORD."

Galatians 6:12

  1. Those who are trying to force you to be circumcised are doing it for just one reason. They don't want to be persecuted for teaching that the cross of Christ alone can save.

Deuteronomy 9:7

  1. "Remember how angry you made the LORD your God out in the wilderness. From the day you left Egypt until now, you have constantly rebelled against him.

Deuteronomy 16:12

  1. Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, so be careful to obey all these laws.

Ezekiel 36:31

  1. Then you will remember your past sins and hate yourselves for all the evil things you did.

Deuteronomy 5:15

  1. Remember that you were once slaves in Egypt and that the LORD your God brought you out with amazing power and mighty deeds. That is why the LORD your God has commanded you to observe the Sabbath day.

Galatians 2:15

  1. You and I are Jews by birth, not 'sinners' like the Gentiles.

1 Samuel 17:36

  1. I have done this to both lions and bears, and I'll do it to this pagan Philistine, too, for he has defied the armies of the living God!

Ezekiel 20:43

  1. You will look back at all your sins and hate yourselves because of the evil you have done.
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