Romans 2:26

If then an uncircumcised man keeps the ordinances of the law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision?

Text-Critical English NT

In The King James Version

Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision?

In Context

25Circumcision does indeed benefit yoʋ if yoʋ observe the law, but if yoʋ transgress the law, yoʋr circumcision has become uncircumcision.

27And will not he who is physically uncircumcised and carries out the law judge yoʋ who, despite having the letter of the law and circumcision, transgress the law?

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Cross References

Matthew 8:11I tell you that many will come from east and west, and recline with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob at the banquet table in the kingdom of heaven,

Acts 10:2He was a devout man who feared God along with his entire household; he gave generously to those in need and always prayed to God.

Acts 11:3saying, “Yoʋ went into the house of uncircumcised men and ate with them!”

Romans 8:4so that the requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

Ephesians 2:11Therefore remember that you, once Gentiles in the flesh, who are called “the uncircumcision” by those who call themselves “the circumcision,” which is made in the flesh by hands—

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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