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uncircumcision

American  
[uhn-sur-kuhm-sizh-uhn] / ˌʌn sɜr kəmˈsɪʒ ən /

noun

  1. the state or condition of being uncircumcised.

  2. people who are not circumcised; gentiles. Romans 2:26.


uncircumcision British  
/ ˌʌnsɜːkəmˈsɪʒən /

noun

  1. New Testament the state of being uncircumcised

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of uncircumcision

First recorded in 1520–30; un- 1 + circumcision

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He likes to quote Paul's Epistle to the Colossians: "There is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free, but Christ is all, and in all."

From Time Magazine Archive

Yea, of Gentiles also: if so be that God is one, and he shall justify the circumcision by faith, and the uncircumcision through faith.

From St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, Vol. I A Practical Exposition by Charles Gore

Yes, of Gentiles also; 30seeing that God is one, who will justify the circumcision by faith, and the uncircumcision through the faith. 31Do we then make void law through the faith?

From The New Testament of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The common English version, corrected by the final committee of the American Bible Union. by American Bible Union

“For in Christ Jesus,” says St. Paul, “neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.”

From Grace, Actual and Habitual A Dogmatic Treatise by Arthur Preuss

How was it then reckoned? when he was in circumcision or in uncircumcision?

From The Ordinance of Covenanting by John Cunningham

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