23 You who amake your boast in the law, do you dishonor God through breaking the law?
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.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
Commentaries:
| << Romans 2:24 | Romans 2:26 >> |
What Does Romans 2:25 Mean?
Romans 2:25
In other words, even if one is circumcised, if he breaks the law, it becomes as if one were not circumcised.
John W. Ritenbaugh
The Covenants, Grace, and Law (Part Seven)
Related Topics: Circumcised in the Mind
| Circumcision
| Circumcision of the Heart
| Circumcision, Physical
| Circumcision, Spiritual
| Law Breaking
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