Romans 2:19-26

English Standard Version

¹⁹ and if you are sure that you yourself are ^(A)a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness, ²⁰ an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of children, having in the law ^(B)the embodiment of ^(C)knowledge and truth— ^21 (D)you then who teach others, do you not teach yourself? While you preach against stealing, do you steal? ²² You who say that one must not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you ^(E)rob temples? ²³ You who ^(F)boast in the law ^(G)dishonor God by breaking the law. ²⁴ For, ^(H)as it is written, “The name of God is blasphemed ^(I)among the Gentiles because of you.”

²⁵ For circumcision indeed is of value ^(J)if you obey the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision becomes uncircumcision. ²⁶ So, if ^(K)a man who is uncircumcised keeps ^(L)the precepts of the law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded^[a] as circumcision?