24 For, as it is written: The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.(A)[a]

Circumcision of the Heart

25 For circumcision benefits you if you observe the law, but if you are a lawbreaker, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.(B) 26 Therefore if an uncircumcised(C) man keeps the law’s requirements,(D) will his uncircumcision not be counted as circumcision?

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 2:24 Is 52:5

24 As it is written: “God’s name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.”[a](A)

25 Circumcision has value if you observe the law,(B) but if you break the law, you have become as though you had not been circumcised.(C) 26 So then, if those who are not circumcised keep the law’s requirements,(D) will they not be regarded as though they were circumcised?(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 2:24 Isaiah 52:5 (see Septuagint); Ezek. 36:20,22