Romans 2:28 - Revised Standard Version For he is not a real Jew who is one outwardly, nor is true circumcision something external and physical. 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, O men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem; lest my wrath go forth like fire, and burn with none to quench it, because of the evil of your doings.”
“Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will punish all those who are circumcised but yet uncircumcised—
Egypt, Judah, Edom, the sons of Ammon, Moab, and all who dwell in the desert that cut the corners of their hair; for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel is uncircumcised in heart.”
and do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father’; for I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children to Abraham.
Jesus saw Nathana-el coming to him, and said of him, “Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!”
But if you call yourself a Jew and rely upon the law and boast of your relation to God
For neither circumcision counts for anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation.
Therefore remember that at one time you Gentiles in the flesh, called the uncircumcision by what is called the circumcision, which is made in the flesh by hands—
Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a clear conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
“ ‘I know your tribulation and your poverty (but you are rich) and the slander of those who say that they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.