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25 Circumcision indeed has merit, if you keep the law, but if you are a breaker of the law, your circumcision becomes uncircumcision. 26 Therefore, if an uncircumcised man keeps the righteousness of the law, will not his uncircumcision be counted as circumcision? 27 Will the uncircumcised one who is righteous by nature, if he fulfills the law, not judge you who, by the letter of the law and circumcision, violate the law?

28 He is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is external in the flesh. 29 But he is a Jew who is one inwardly. And circumcision is of the heart, by the Spirit, and not by the letter. His praise is not from men, but from God.

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25 For circumcision is of value if you do the law, but if you should be a transgressor of the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision. 26 Therefore, if the uncircumcised person follows the requirements of the law, will not his uncircumcision be credited for circumcision? 27 And the uncircumcised person by nature who carries out the law will judge you who, though provided with the precise written code[a] and circumcision are a transgressor of the law. 28 For the Jew is not one outwardly[b], nor is circumcision outwardly[c], in the flesh. 29 But the Jew is one inwardly[d], and circumcision is of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter, whose praise is not from people but from God.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 2:27 Literally “the letter”
  2. Romans 2:28 Literally “in the open”
  3. Romans 2:28 Literally “in the open”
  4. Romans 2:29 Literally “in secret”