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Eph 2:11. Μνημονεύετε, remember) Such remembrance sharpens gratitude and strengthens faith, Eph 2:19.-τὰ ἔθνη) הגוים, the Gentiles. ἐν σαρκὶ, in the flesh) Paul purposely joins this expression with Gentiles, for the Jews simply called the Gentiles the uncircumcision, not the uncircumcision in the flesh.-οἱ λεγόμενοι ἀκροβυστία, who are called uncircumcision) intended as a great insult to you. The word called, masc. and neut. (λεγόμενοι, λεγομένης), applied to the uncircumcision and the circumcision, shows that these words are no longer in use, since the distinction is taken away.-λεγομένης, called) This word is construed with the circumcision, apart from the epithet, in the flesh made by hands.[26] And the circumcision is used in the concrete for the people circumcised; in the flesh made by hands, in the abstract.
[26] i.e. λεγομένης does not apply to these last words.-ED.