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For we (hēmeis gar). We believers in Christ, the children of Abraham by faith, whether Jew or Gentile, the spiritual circumcision in contrast to the merely physical (Rom 2:25-29; Col 2:11; Eph 2:11). See note on Gal 5:12 for apotemnein (to cut off) in sense of mutilation also.
By the Spirit of God (pneumati theou). Instrumental case, though the dative case as the object of latreuō makes good sense also (worshipping the Spirit of God) or even the locative (worshipping in the Spirit of God).
No (ouk). Actual condition rather than mē with the participle.
In the flesh (en sarki). Technical term in Paul’s controversy with the Judaizers (2Co 11:18; Gal 6:13.). External privileges beyond mere flesh.