Romans 2:26

24 For ^a“the name of God is ^bblasphemed among the Gentiles because of you,” as it is written.

Circumcision of No Avail

25 ^aFor circumcision is indeed profitable if you keep the law; but if you are a breaker of the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

26 Therefore, ^aif an uncircumcised man keeps the righteous requirements of the law, will not his uncircumcision be counted as circumcision?

27 And will not the physically uncircumcised, if he fulfills the law, ^ajudge you who, even with your written code and circumcision, are a transgressor of the law?

28 For ^ahe is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh;

29 but he is a Jew ^awho is one inwardly; and ^bcircumcision is that of the heart, ^cin the Spirit, not in the letter; ^dwhose praise is not from men but from God.

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What Does Romans 2:26 Mean?

Romans 2:26

This verse begins to clarify what makes a person circumcised or uncircumcised.

John W. Ritenbaugh
The Covenants, Grace, and Law (Part Seven)

Romans 2:26-28

"The uncircumcision," here referring to non-Israelites, is ethnos in Greek—those of a different ethnic background. Paul asks, "Shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision?" as if he were an Israelite, and part of the Covenant. The one "who . . . [is] a transgressor the law" is the Jew or the Israelite.

Paul is carrying the pattern that God established through Israel to a clearly higher level than it had been before. The real Jew—Israelite—is what one is inwardly.What is he talking about? Spiritual conversion. This neatly ties with Galatians 3:26-29.

John W. Ritenbaugh
The Covenants, Grace, and Law (Part Eleven)

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