ἐν ᾧ καὶ περιετμήθητε περιτομῇ ἀχειροποιήτῳ (Col. 2:11) In whom also you were circumcised with a circumcision not made by hands. 7.7. Agency is often left unexpressed and must be inferred from the context, although at times it may be unnecessary to speculate about the agent of a passive verb. The “divine passive,” a label employed by most grammars and commentaries, should probably not be treated as a category of usage separate from that of unexpressed agency. Καὶ ἐδόθη μοι κάλαμος