Romans 2:26

If therefore a man of uncircumcision keeps the ordinances of the law, will not his uncircumcision be considered circumcision?

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In The King James Version

Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision?

In Context

25For circumcision is indeed beneficial if thou perform law, but if thou are a transgressor of law, thy circumcision has become uncircumcision.

27And the man of natural uncircumcision who fulfills the law, will judge thee, a transgressor of law through a document and circumcision.

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Cross References

Joshua 5:5For all the people who came out were circumcised, but all the people who were born in the wilderness by the way as they came forth out of Egypt, they had not circumcised.

Matthew 8:11And I say to you, that many will come from east and west, and will sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of the heavens,

Acts 10:2a devout man, and fearing God with all his house, and doing many charities for the people, and beseeching God always.

Acts 11:3saying, Thou went in to uncircumcised men, having also eaten with them.

Romans 8:4so that the justice of the law might be fulfilled in us, those who walk not according to flesh, but according to Spirit.

Ephesians 2:11Remember therefore that once ye, the Gentiles in flesh, who are called uncircumcision by that which is called circumcision (in flesh, made by hands),

Matthew Henry on Romans 2:18-29

The Pretensions of the Jews; The Depravity of the Jews. ( a. d. 58.) 17 Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God, 18 And knowest his will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law; 19 And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness, 20 An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law. 21 Thou therefore which teachest… Read the whole commentary →

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