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Philippians 3:3
For we are the circumcision, the ones who worship by the Spirit of God, boast in Christ Jesus, and do not put confidence in the flesh—
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Deuteronomy 30:6
The LORD your God will circumcise your heart and the hearts of your descendants, and you will love him with all your heart and all your soul so that you will live.
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Deuteronomy 10:16
Therefore, circumcise your hearts and don’t be stiff-necked any longer.
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Colossians 2:11-12
You were also circumcised in him with a circumcision not done with hands, by putting off the body of flesh, in the circumcision of Christ,when you were buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.
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1 Thessalonians 2 4
Instead, just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not to please people, but rather God, who examines our hearts.
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Jeremiah 4:4
Circumcise yourselves to the LORD; remove the foreskin of your hearts, men of Judah and residents of Jerusalem. Otherwise, my wrath will break out like fire and burn with no one to extinguish it because of your evil deeds.
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1 Peter 3 4
but rather what is inside the heart— the imperishable quality of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight.
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2 Corinthians 10 18
For it is not the one commending himself who is approved, but the one the Lord commends.
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1 Corinthians 4 5
So don’t judge anything prematurely, before the Lord comes, who will both bring to light what is hidden in darkness and reveal the intentions of the hearts. And then praise will come to each one from God.
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Romans 7:6
But now we have been released from the law, since we have died to what held us, so that we may serve in the newness of the Spirit and not in the old letter of the law.
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1 Chronicles 29 17
I know, my God, that you test the heart and that you are pleased with what is right. I have willingly given all these things with an upright heart, and now I have seen your people who are present here giving joyfully and willingly to you.
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Romans 2:27
A man who is physically uncircumcised, but who keeps the law, will judge you who are a lawbreaker in spite of having the letter of the law and circumcision.
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John 5:44
How can you believe, since you accept glory from one another but don’t seek the glory that comes from the only God?
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John 12:43
For they loved human praise more than praise from God.
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Romans 14:17
for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
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2 Corinthians 3 6
He has made us competent to be ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter, but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
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Luke 11:39
But the Lord said to him,“ Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and evil.
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Matthew 23:25-28
“ Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup, so that the outside of it may also become clean.“ Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which appear beautiful on the outside, but inside are full of the bones of the dead and every kind of impurity.In the same way, on the outside you seem righteous to people, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
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Jeremiah 4:14
Wash the evil from your heart, Jerusalem, so that you will be delivered. How long will you harbor malicious thoughts?
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John 3:5-8
Jesus answered,“ Truly I tell you, unless someone is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.Whatever is born of the flesh is flesh, and whatever is born of the Spirit is spirit.Do not be amazed that I told you that you must be born again.The wind blows where it pleases, and you hear its sound, but you don’t know where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”
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Luke 17:21
no one will say,‘ See here!’ or‘ There!’ For you see, the kingdom of God is in your midst.”
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1 Samuel 16 7
But the LORD said to Samuel,“ Do not look at his appearance or his stature because I have rejected him. Humans do not see what the LORD sees, for humans see what is visible, but the LORD sees the heart.”
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John 4:23
But an hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in Spirit and in truth. Yes, the Father wants such people to worship him.
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Psalms 45:13
In her chamber, the royal daughter is all glorious, her clothing embroidered with gold.