Romans 2:28-3:4
Holman Christian Standard Bible
28 For a person is not a Jew who is one outwardly,(A) and true circumcision is not something visible in the flesh. 29 On the contrary, a person is a Jew who is one inwardly,(B) and circumcision is of the heart—by the Spirit, not the letter.[a](C) That man’s praise[b] is not from men but from God.(D)
Paul Answers an Objection
3 So what advantage does the Jew have? Or what is the benefit of circumcision? 2 Considerable in every way. First, they were entrusted(E) with the spoken words of God.(F) 3 What then? If some did not believe,(G) will their unbelief cancel God’s faithfulness? 4 Absolutely not!(H) God must be true, even if everyone is a liar,(I) as it is written:
Footnotes
- Romans 2:29 Or heart—spiritually, not literally
- Romans 2:29 In Hb, the words Jew, Judah, and praise are related.
- Romans 3:4 Ps 51:4
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