Romans 2:28

For the real Jew is not the man who is one outwardly, and the real circumcision is not outward in the flesh;

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In The King James Version

For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:

In Context

27And shall not those who are physically uncircumcised, but who keep the Law, condemn you who are a breaker of the Law, although you have a written law and circumcision?

29but the real Jew is one inwardly, and real circumcision is heart- circumcision, spiritual, not literal, praised not by men, but by God.

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Cross References

John 1:47Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him, and said, "Behold a true Israelite in whom there is no deceit."

Romans 2:17Now if you bear the name of a Jew, and rely upon law, and boast yourself in God,

Romans 9:6It is not, however, as though God’s word had failed! For they are not all Israel who have sprung from 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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