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 Nele também vocês foram circuncidados, não com uma circuncisão feita por mãos humanas, mas com a circuncisão feita por Cristo, que é o despojar do corpo da carne.