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Romans 2:27

And 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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In The King James Version

And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision dost transgress the law?

In Context

26And so, if the uncircumcised keep the justices of the law, shall not this lack of circumcision be counted as circumcision?

28For a Jew is not he who seems so outwardly. Neither is circumcision that which seems so outwardly, in the flesh.

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Cross References

Matthew 3:15And responding, Jesus said to him: “Permit this for now. For in this way it is fitting for us to fulfill all justice.” Then he allowed him.

Matthew 12:41The men of Nineveh shall arise in judgment with this generation, and they shall condemn it. For, at the preaching of Jonah, they repented. And behold, there is a greater than Jonah here.

Romans 2:20an instructor to the foolish, a teacher to children, because you have a type of knowledge and truth in the law.

Romans 7:6But now we have been released from the law of death, by which we were being held, so that now we may serve with a renewed spirit, and not in the old way, by the letter.

Romans 13:10The love of neighbor does no harm. Therefore, love is the plenitude of the law.

Galatians 5:14For the entire law is fulfilled by one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

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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