Romans 2:28 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised For a person is not a Jew who is one outwardly, and true circumcision is not something visible in the flesh. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For he is not a [real] Jew who is only one outwardly and publicly, nor is [true] circumcision something external and physical. American Standard Version (1901) For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh: Common English Bible It isn’t the Jew who maintains outward appearances who will receive praise from God, and it isn’t people who are outwardly circumcised on their bodies. 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. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For it is not he is a Jew, who is so outwardly; nor is that circumcision which is outwardly in the flesh: |
Circumcise yourselves to the Lord; remove the foreskin of your hearts, men of Judah and residents of Jerusalem. Otherwise, my wrath will break out like fire and burn with no one to extinguish it because of your evil deeds.
‘ “Look, the days are coming #– #this is the Lord’s declaration #– #when I will punish all the circumcised yet uncircumcised:
Egypt, Judah, Edom, the Ammonites, Moab, and all the inhabitants of the desert who clip the hair on their temples. All these nations are uncircumcised, and the whole house of Israel is uncircumcised in heart.” ’
And don’t presume to say to yourselves, “We have Abraham as our father.” For I tell you that God is able to raise up children for Abraham from these stones.
Then Jesus saw Nathanael coming towards him and said about him, ‘Here truly is an Israelite in whom there is no deceit.’
Now if you call yourself a Jew, and rely on the law, and boast in God,
For both circumcision and uncircumcision mean nothing; what matters instead is a new creation.
So, then, remember that at one time you were Gentiles in the flesh #– #called ‘the uncircumcised’ by those called ‘the circumcised’, which is done in the flesh by human hands.
Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you (not as the removal of dirt from the body, but the pledge of a good conscience towards God) through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
I know your affliction and poverty, but you are rich. I know the slander of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.