Misinterpretations often portray the passage as endorsing Jewish ethnic superiority or Gentile inferiority, fostering division rather than unity, or apply it literally to modern circumcision practices ignoring its metaphorical spiritual significance; others misuse it to justify anti-Semitism by fixating on Jewish terminology without grasping the context of reconciliation in Christ that abolishes such distinctions.
Ephesians 2:11
King James Version (1769)
11 Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;
Paul reminds Gentile Christians of their former status as outsiders to God's covenant with Israel, derogatorily called the 'Uncircumcision' by Jews who prided themselves as the 'Circumcision,' highlighting their past spiritual alienation in the flesh to emphasize that through Christ's blood, this dividing wall of hostility has been demolished, uniting both groups into one new humanity reconciled to God.