Concision

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kon -sizh´un ( κατατομή , katatomḗ , "mutilation," "cutting"): A term by which Paul contemptuously designates the merely fleshly circumcision upon which the Judaizers insisted as being necessary for Gentile converts ( Philippians 3:2 ), as distinguished from peritomḗ , the true circumcision ( Philippians 3:3 ). Compare Galatians 5:12 and Deuteronomy 23:1 , and see Circumcision .