Romans 2:26

And so, if the uncircumcised keep the justices of the law, shall not this lack of circumcision be counted as 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

25Certainly, circumcision is beneficial, if you observe the law. But if you are a betrayer of the law, your circumcision becomes uncircumcision.

27And that which is by nature uncircumcised, if it fulfills the law, should it not judge you, who by the letter and by circumcision are a betrayer of the law?

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Cross References

Joshua 5:5all these had been circumcised. But the people who were born in the desert,

Matthew 8:11For I say to you, that many shall come from the east and the west, and they shall sit at table with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.

Acts 10:2a devout man, fearing God with all his house, giving many alms to the people, and praying to God continually.

Acts 11:3saying, “Why did you enter to uncircumcised men, and why did you eat with them?”

Romans 8:4so that the justification of the law might be fulfilled in us. For we are not walking according to the flesh, but according to the spirit.

Ephesians 2:11Because of this, be mindful that, in times past, you were Gentiles in the flesh, and that you were called uncircumcised by those who are called circumcised in the flesh, something done by man,

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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