Romans 2:25
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25 Circumcision indeed is of value if you obey the law, but if you are a transgressor of the law your circumcision has become uncircumcision.(A)
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Romans 2:25
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25 Circumcision has value if you observe the law,(A) but if you break the law, you have become as though you had not been circumcised.(B)
Galatians 5:3-6
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3 Once again I testify to every man who lets himself be circumcised that he is obliged to obey the entire law. 4 You who want to be reckoned as righteous[a] by the law have cut yourselves off from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.(A) 5 For through the Spirit, by faith, we eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness.(B) 6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything; the only thing that counts is faith working[b] through love.(C)
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Galatians 5:3-6
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3 Again I declare to every man who lets himself be circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law.(A) 4 You who are trying to be justified by the law(B) have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.(C) 5 For through the Spirit we eagerly await by faith the righteousness for which we hope.(D) 6 For in Christ Jesus(E) neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value.(F) The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.(G)
Jeremiah 4:4
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4 Circumcise yourselves to the Lord;
remove the foreskin of your hearts,
O people of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem,
or else my wrath will go forth like fire
and burn with no one to quench it,
because of the evil of your doings.(A)
Galatians 6:15
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15 For[a] neither circumcision nor uncircumcision is anything, but a new creation is everything!(A)
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- 6.15 Other ancient authorities add in Christ Jesus
Galatians 6:15
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Acts 7:51
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51 “You stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you are forever opposing the Holy Spirit, just as your ancestors used to do.(A)
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Acts 7:51
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51 “You stiff-necked people!(A) Your hearts(B) and ears are still uncircumcised. You are just like your ancestors: You always resist the Holy Spirit!
Deuteronomy 30:6
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6 “Moreover, the Lord your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your descendants, so that you will love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, in order that you may live.(A)
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Deuteronomy 30:6
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6 The Lord your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants,(A) so that you may love(B) him with all your heart and with all your soul, and live.
Romans 2:28-3:2
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28 For a person is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision something external and physical.(A) 29 Rather, a person is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not the written code. Such a person receives praise not from humans but from God.(B)
3 Then what advantage has the Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision? 2 Much, in every way. For in the first place, the Jews[a] were entrusted with the oracles of God.(C)
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- 3.2 Gk they
Romans 2:28-3:2
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28 A person is not a Jew who is one only outwardly,(A) nor is circumcision merely outward and physical.(B) 29 No, a person is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is circumcision of the heart,(C) by the Spirit,(D) not by the written code.(E) Such a person’s praise is not from other people, but from God.(F)
God’s Faithfulness
3 What advantage, then, is there in being a Jew, or what value is there in circumcision? 2 Much in every way!(G) First of all, the Jews have been entrusted with the very words of God.(H)
Romans 2:23
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23 You who boast in the law, do you dishonor God by your transgression of the law?
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Romans 2:23
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23 You who boast in the law,(A) do you dishonor God by breaking the law?
Jeremiah 9:25-26
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25 The days are surely coming, says the Lord, when I will attend to all those who are circumcised only in the foreskin:(A) 26 Egypt, Judah, Edom, the Ammonites, Moab, and all those with shaved temples who live in the desert. For all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel is uncircumcised in heart.(B)
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Jeremiah 9:25-26
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25 “The days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will punish all who are circumcised only in the flesh(A)— 26 Egypt, Judah, Edom, Ammon, Moab and all who live in the wilderness in distant places.[a](B) For all these nations are really uncircumcised,(C) and even the whole house of Israel is uncircumcised in heart.(D)”
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- Jeremiah 9:26 Or wilderness and who clip the hair by their foreheads
Ephesians 2:11-12
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One in Christ
11 So then, remember that at one time you gentiles by birth,[a] called “the uncircumcision” by those who are called “the circumcision”—a circumcision made in the flesh by human hands(A)— 12 remember that you were at that time without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.(B)
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- 2.11 Gk in the flesh
Ephesians 2:11-12
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Jew and Gentile Reconciled Through Christ
11 Therefore, remember that formerly(A) you who are Gentiles by birth and called “uncircumcised” by those who call themselves “the circumcision” (which is done in the body by human hands)(B)— 12 remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, excluded from citizenship in Israel and foreigners(C) to the covenants of the promise,(D) without hope(E) and without God in the world.
Romans 4:11-12
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11 He received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith[a] while he was still uncircumcised. The purpose was to make him the ancestor of all who believe[b] without being circumcised and who thus have righteousness reckoned to them,(A) 12 and likewise the ancestor of the circumcised who are not only circumcised but follow the example of the faith that our ancestor Abraham had before he was circumcised.
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Romans 4:11-12
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11 And he received circumcision as a sign, a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised.(A) So then, he is the father(B) of all who believe(C) but have not been circumcised, in order that righteousness might be credited to them. 12 And he is then also the father of the circumcised who not only are circumcised but who also follow in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.
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