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I. SHOW WHAT UNCIRCUMCISION DENOTES.

1. Rebellion (Jeremiah 9:25, 26).

2. Exclusion from the privileges of God's chosen (Ephesians 2:12).

3. Pollution (Ezekiel 44:7).

4. Liableness to death (Genesis 17:4).

II. THE ENDS FOR WHICH BELIEVERS SHOULD REMEMBER THEIR FORMER STATE OF SIN.

1. To create shame and self-abhorrence (Ezekiel 16:60).

2. To create renewed views of Christ and His salvation (1 Timothy 1:13).

3. To remind us of the awful state of the ungodly (1 Corinthians 6:9-11).

4. To exclude boasting (Deuteronomy 9:6, 7).

5. As a motive to forgive others (Ephesians 4:22).

6. As a motive to relieve the distressed (1 Corinthians 8:9).

7. To increase our love to God.

(H. Foster, M. A.)

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KJV: 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;

WEB: Therefore remember that once you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called "uncircumcision" by that which is called "circumcision," (in the flesh, made by hands);