Romans 2:28

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

English Majority Text (NT)

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 will not the physically uncircumcised, who keeps the law, judge you along with your written code and circumcision, as a lawbreaker?

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

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Cross References

John 1:47Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward Him, and said about him, “Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!”

Romans 2:17Behold, you are called a Jew, and rely on the law, and boast in God,

Romans 9:6But it is not as though the word of God has failed. For not all those of Israel 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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