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. ‡