27 And the uncircumcised person by nature who carries out the law will judge you who, though provided with the precise written code[a] and circumcision are a transgressor of the law. 28 For the Jew is not one outwardly[b], nor is circumcision outwardly[c], in the flesh. 29 But the Jew is one inwardly[d], and circumcision is of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter, whose praise is not from people but from God.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 2:27 Literally “the letter”
  2. Romans 2:28 Literally “in the open”
  3. Romans 2:28 Literally “in the open”
  4. Romans 2:29 Literally “in secret”