Romans 2:28

Because a person is not a [true] Jew who is only one outwardly, nor is [true] circumcision something outward in the flesh;

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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 fulfills the law judge you, complete with written code and circumcision, who are a transgressor of the Law?

29but he is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is of the heart—in spirit, not 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 says about him, “ There, a genuine Israelite in whom there is no deceit!”

Romans 2:17Look, you declare yourself a Jew, and rest on the Law, and boast in God,

Romans 9:6However, it is not as though the Word of God has failed! For not all who have descended from Israel are ‘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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