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24 For, as it is written, “The name of God is blasphemed[a] among the gentiles because of you.”(A)

25 Circumcision indeed is of value if you obey the law, but if you are a transgressor of the law your circumcision has become uncircumcision.(B) 26 So, if the uncircumcised keep the requirements of the law, will not their uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision?

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  1. 2.24 Or despised

24 As it is written: “God’s name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.”[a](A)

25 Circumcision has value if you observe the law,(B) but if you break the law, you have become as though you had not been circumcised.(C) 26 So then, if those who are not circumcised keep the law’s requirements,(D) will they not be regarded as though they were circumcised?(E)

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