Romans 2:28
For he is not a Jew who is merely one outwardly; neither is circumcision that which is merely outward in the flesh.
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Psalms 73:1Surely God is good to Israel, 1 to those with a pure heart. 1
Isaiah 48:1Hear this, house of Jacob, 1 who are called by the name Israel, and have come from the sperm of Judah; 1 you who swear by the name of Yahweh and invoke the God of Israel, 1 but not sincerely nor in a righteous manner. 1
Hosea 1:6Gomer conceived again and bore a daughter. Then Yahweh said to Hosea, 1 “Call her name Lo-Ruhamah, 1 for I will no longer have mercy 1 on the house of Israel, 1 that I should forgive them at all. 1
John 1:47Jesus saw Nathaniel coming to him and said about him, “See, a true Israelite, in whom is no deceit!”
Romans 2:17But if you call yourself a Jew and rest upon the law and boast in God,
Romans 9:6But it is not as though the promises of God have failed. For it is not everyone in Israel who truly belongs to 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 →