Catholic Public Domain Version
"For a Jew is not he who seems so outwardly. Neither is circumcision that which seems so outwardly, in the flesh. "
— Romans 2:28, Catholic Public Domain Version
“For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:”
“For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh: ”
“For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh;”
“For a person is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision something that is outward in the flesh,”
“For it is not he is a Jew, who is so outwardly: nor is that circumcision which is outwardly in the flesh.”
“The true Jew is not one who is only so publicly, and circumcision is not that which may be seen in the flesh:”
“For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:”
Certainly, circumcision is beneficial, if you observe the law. But if you are a betrayer of the law, your circumcision becomes uncircumcision.
And so, if the uncircumcised keep the justices of the law, shall not this lack of circumcision be counted as circumcision?
And that which is by nature uncircumcised, if it fulfills the law, should it not judge you, who by the letter and by circumcision are a betrayer of the law?
For a Jew is not he who seems so outwardly. Neither is circumcision that which seems so outwardly, in the flesh.
But a Jew is he who is so inwardly. And circumcision of the heart is in the spirit, not in the letter. For its praise is not of men, but of God.