but he is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, not in the letter; whose praise is not from men, but from God.
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Romans 2:29 in context
Romans 2:26–29
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If therefore the uncircumcised keep the ordinances of the law, won’t his uncircumcision be accounted as circumcision?
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Won’t those who are physically uncircumcised, but fulfill the law, judge you, who with the letter and circumcision are a transgressor of the law?
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For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh;
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but he is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, not in the letter; whose praise is not from men, but from God.
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