Romans 2:17-29

New American Standard Bible 1995

The Jew Is Condemned by the Law

¹⁷ But if you bear the name “Jew” and ^(A)rely ^[a]upon the Law and boast in God, ¹⁸ and know His will and ^[b](B)approve the things that are essential, being instructed out of the Law, ¹⁹ and are confident that you yourself are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness, ²⁰ a ^[c]corrector of the foolish, a teacher of ^[d]the immature, having in the Law ^(C)the embodiment of knowledge and of the truth, ²¹ you, therefore, ^(D)who teach another, do you not teach yourself? You who ^[e]preach that one shall not steal, do you steal? ²² You who say that one should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you ^(E)rob temples? ²³ You who ^(F)boast ^[f]in the Law, through your breaking the Law, do you dishonor God? ²⁴ For “^(G)the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles ^(H)because of you,” just as it is written.

²⁵ For indeed circumcision is of value if you ^(I)practice ^[g]the Law; but if you are a transgressor ^[h]of the Law, ^(J)your circumcision has become uncircumcision. ^26 (K)So if ^(L)the ^[i]uncircumcised man ^(M)keeps the requirements of the Law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision? ²⁷ And ^(N)he who is physically uncircumcised, if he keeps the Law, will he not ^(O)judge you who ^[j]though having the letter of the Law and circumcision are a transgressor ^[k]of the Law? ²⁸ For ^(P)he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh. ²⁹ But ^(Q)he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and ^(R)circumcision is that which is of the heart, by the ^(S)Spirit, not by the letter; ^(T)and his praise is not from men, but from God.