circumcision of the heart

It was the symbol of the circumcision of the heart.

What is of value is the circumcision of the heart.

Circumcision of the flesh without circumcision of the heart was absolutely worthless.

The Circumcision of the Heart", a sermon by John Wesley "

Several others, including one from 1733, The Circumcision of the Heart, are now included in the published collection of his sermons.

Paul further characterizes physical circumcision as "by the letter" as opposed to the circumcision of the heart, which "by the Spirit."

As baptism with water is the symbol of the baptism of the Spirit, so circumcision of the flesh was the symbol of the circumcision of the heart.

As the Torah describes two levels of Jewish covenant, physical "covenant of circumcision" and spiritual "circumcision of the heart", so women are considered born already physically circumcised.

Philo could draw on Jewish tradition to use customs which Greeks thought as primitive or exotic as the basis for metaphors: such as "circumcision of the heart" in the pursuit of virtue.

Such laws as circumcision have met there goal in the circumcision of the heart by the Spirit, coupled with the writing of God's law upon our hearts (see Romans 2:17ff.26 in comparison with Romans 8:1ff.).