Romans 2:29

The true Yehudi is so in [ Hashemʼs] hidden way, and true milah is of the lev, in the [hitkhadshut (renewal) of the] Ruach Hakodesh, + 2:29 Yn 3:3 not in [chumra (stringency, boasting of zokheh in machmir meritorious strict)] letter. He has y'hodeh (praise) + 2:29 Yehudah, yadah praise…see Gn 29:35 that comes not from Bnei Adam but from Hashem. + 2:29 T.N. Jer 31:31-34

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

28For the true Yehudi (Jew) is not the one [humanly] perceived as such, nor true milah that which is performed visibly in the flesh;

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 10:16Circumcise therefore the arlat (foreskin) of your lev, and be no more stiffnecked.

1 Samuel 16:7But Hashem said unto Shmuel, Look not on his mareh (appearance), or on the height of his stature; because I have rejected him; for Hashem seeth not as HaAdam seeth; for HaAdam looketh at the einayim (eyes, outward form); Hashem looketh at the lev.

Psalms 45:13And the Bat Tzor (Tyre) shall be there with a minchah (gift); 1 even the ashirim (rich ones) among the people shall entreat thy favor. 1

Jeremiah 4:14O Yerushalayim, wash thine lev from rah, 1 that thou mayest be saved. 1 Ad mosai (how long, how much longer) 1 shall thy sinful machsh'vot lodge within thee? 1

Luke 11:39But Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Adoneinu said to him, Now you Perushim wash the outside of the kos and the dish you clean, but the inside of you is full of gezel (robbery) and resha.

John 3:5In reply, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said, Omein, omein, I say to you: unless someone is born of mayim + 3:5 Ps 36:9 [10] and Ruach Hakodesh, + 3:5 Ezek 36:25-27; 37:14 he is not able to enter into the Malchut Hashem. + 3:5 Lk 17:21

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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