²⁹ No, a person is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is circumcision of the heart,^(A) by the Spirit,^(B) not by the written code.^(C) Such a person’s praise is not from other people, but from God.^(D)

⁸ The one who plants and the one who waters have one purpose, and they will each be rewarded according to their own labor.^(A)

¹⁸ For it is not the one who commends himself^(A) who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends.^(B)