Romans 2:25
Being circumcised has value only if you do what the law says. But if you break the law, your circumcision is as worthless as those who are not circumcised at all.
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24As Scripture says, “God's character is defamed among the foreigners because of you.”
Cross References
Deuteronomy 30:6The Lord your God will make you and your descendants his again, and you will love him with all your mind and with all your being, so that you'll live.
Jeremiah 9:25Watch out, for the time is coming, declares the Lord, when I will punish all who are only physically circumcised.
Romans 2:23You boast about having the law, but don't you misrepresent God by breaking it?
Romans 4:11It was actually before he became a Jew by being circumcised, which was a confirmation of his trust in God to make him right. This happened before he was circumcised, so he is the father of everyone who trusts in God and are considered as right by God, even though they may not be circumcised Jews.
Galatians 6:15Circumcision or uncircumcision doesn't matter—what matters is that we're created brand new!
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 →