Romans 2:28

For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh:

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:

In Context

27And shall not he whose want of circumcision is owing to his birth, if he keeps the law, condemn you, who, by the literal circumcision, transgress the law?

29but he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, not in the letter, whose praise is not of men, but of God.

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Cross References

John 1:47And Nathaniel said to him: Can any thing good come out of Nazareth? Philip said to him: Come and see.

Romans 2:17But if you are named Jew, and rest in the law, and make your boast in God.

Romans 9:6It is not possible that the word of God has failed; for they are not all Israel who are of Israel.

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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