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28 For the Jew in the visible thing is not a Jew, nor is the circumcision in the visible[a] thing in the flesh circumcision, 29 but the Jew in the hidden thing is a Jew, and circumcision is of the heart, by[b] the Spirit not the letter— whose praise is not from people, but from God.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 2:28 That is, the outward, open, public things.
  2. Romans 2:29 Or, in the spirit.

28 A person is not a Jew who is one only outwardly,(A) nor is circumcision merely outward and physical.(B) 29 No, a person is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is circumcision of the heart,(C) by the Spirit,(D) not by the written code.(E) Such a person’s praise is not from other people, but from God.(F)

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