Bible Dictionary: Circumcision: Called The: Covenant of Circumcision

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Torrey's Topical Textbook

Acts 7:8
And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs.
Torrey's Topical Textbook

Library

Perfect Righteousness was Conferred Neither by Circumcision nor by ...
... him for righteousness; and he was called the friend ... Enoch, too, pleasing God, without
circumcision, discharged the ... The Lord thy God formed a covenant in Horeb. ...
/.../irenaeus/against heresies/chapter xvi perfect righteousness was conferred.htm

Circumcision, Temple Service, and Naming of Jesus.
... Circumcision, Temple Service, and Naming of Jesus ... that is, he became a member of
the covenant nation, and ... law"Galatians 5:3] , his name was called JESUS [see ...
/.../mcgarvey/the four-fold gospel/xii circumcision temple service and.htm

The Christians' Circumcision Far More Excellent.
... what I:say: the blood of that circumcision is obsolete ... of salvation; there is now
another covenant, and another law ... Me, unto nations which were not called by My ...
/.../chapter xxiv the christians circumcision far.htm

Consecration to God --Illustrated by Abraham's Circumcision
... to perceive your personal interest in the covenant, the divine ... upon us: we are no
longer called sinners and ... set forth to Abraham by the rite of circumcision. ...
/.../spurgeons sermons volume 14 1868/consecration to godillustrated by abrahams.htm

Of the Male, who was to Lose his Soul if He was not Circumcised on ...
... it is written in the book called Ecclesiasticus, "All ... For the covenant from the
beginning is, Thou ... no prevarication." And thus, be cause circumcision was the ...
//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/city of god/chapter 27 of the male who.htm

Doctrine of the Rest of the Apostles.
... God, who removed Abraham, who made to him the promise of inheritance, who in due
season gave to him the covenant of circumcision, who called his descendants ...
/.../irenaeus/against heresies/chapter xii doctrine of the rest.htm

Acts vii. 6, 7
... "And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so ... Then sent Joseph, and called
his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls ...
/.../chrysostom/homilies on acts and romans/homily xvi acts vii 6.htm

The Foundation of the Church.
... Instead of being admitted to the covenant by circumcision, which was ... Gentile alike,
to the Lord's Flock, the Church or House of the Lord, as it was called. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/yonge/the chosen people/lesson xxi the foundation of.htm

Acts XVI
... then, feel bound by the Abrahamic covenant to circumcise ... That circumcision is nothing,
and uncircumcision nothing, means ... had been, before he was called, a Jew ...
/.../mcgarvey/a commentary on acts of the apostles/acts xvi.htm

Of God's Attestation to Abraham, by which He Assures Him, when Now ...
... For what else does circumcision signify than a nature renewed ... And what does the term
new covenant imply but ... For many things are called secular which so happen ...
/.../augustine/city of god/chapter 26 of gods attestation to.htm

Subtopics

Circumcision

Circumcision was Performed by Persons in Authority

Circumcision was Performed by the Heads of Families

Circumcision was Performed in the Presence of the Family

Circumcision was Performed with Knives of Flint

Circumcision was Performed: Even on the Sabbath Day

Circumcision was Performed: On Males Home-Born and Bought

Circumcision was Performed: On the Eighth Day

Circumcision without Faith, Vain

Circumcision without Obedience, Vain

Circumcision: A Designation of Christians