28 For he is not a Jew, which is one [a]outward: neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:

29 But he is a Jew which is one within, and the circumcision is of the heart, in the [b]spirit, not in the letter, whose praise is not of men, but of God.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 2:28 By the outward ceremony only.
  2. Romans 2:29 Whose force is inward, and in the heart.

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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