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24 For as it is written, “the name of God is slandered among the nations because of you.”[a]

25 Circumcision is indeed worthwhile if you keep the Torah; but if you break the Torah, your circumcision has become uncircumcision. [b] 26 Therefore, if the uncircumcised keeps the righteous decrees of the Torah, will not his uncircumcision be counted as circumcision?

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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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Footnotes

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