Colossenses 2:11

11 In him you were also circumcised with a circumcision not performed by human hands. Your whole self ruled by the flesh In contexts like this, the Greek word for [flesh] ([sarx]) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit; also in verse 13. was put off when you were circumcised by Or [put off in the circumcision of] Christ,

11 in whom ye were also circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands, in the putting off of the body of the flesh, in the circumcision of Christ;