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23 You brag about having God’s law. But you bring shame to God by breaking his law. 24 It is written in the Scriptures: “The non-Jews speak against God’s name because of you Jews.”[a]

25 If you follow the law, then your circumcision has meaning. But if you break the law, then it is as if you were never circumcised.

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  1. 2:24 “The non-Jews . . . Jews.” Quotation from Isaiah 52:5; Ezekiel 36:20.

23 You who boast in the law,(A) do you dishonor God by breaking the law? 24 As it is written: “God’s name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.”[a](B)

25 Circumcision has value if you observe the law,(C) but if you break the law, you have become as though you had not been circumcised.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 2:24 Isaiah 52:5 (see Septuagint); Ezek. 36:20,22