Romans 2:29

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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.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 29:17

I know, my God, that you test hearts, and that you love simplicity. Therefore, in the simplicity of my heart, I also have offered all these things joyfully. And I have seen, with immense gladness, your people, who have been found here, offering their donations to you.

Jeremiah 4:14

Wash your heart from malice, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will harmful thoughts abide in you?

Jeremiah 4:4

Be circumcised to the Lord, and take away the foreskins from your hearts, O men of Judah, O inhabitants of Jerusalem. Otherwise my indignation may burst forth and flare up like a fire. And then there will be no one who can extinguish it, because of the wickedness of your thoughts.

Jeremiah 9:25

Behold, the days are approaching, says the Lord, when I will visit upon all who are uncircumcised:

Luke 11:39

And the Lord said to him: "You Pharisees today clean what is outside the cup and the plate, but what is inside of you is full of plunder and iniquity.

Luke 17:21

And so, they will not say, 'Behold, it is here,' or 'Behold, it is there.' For behold, the kingdom of God is within you."

John 12:43

For they loved the glory of men more than the glory of God.

John 4:23

But the hour is coming, and it is now, when true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth. For the Father also seeks such persons who may worship him.

John 5:44

How are you able to believe, you who accept glory from one another and yet do not seek the glory that is from God alone?

Romans 14:17

For the kingdom of God is not food and drink, but rather justice and peace and joy, in the Holy Spirit.

Romans 2:27

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?

Romans 3:1

So then, what more is the Jew, or what is the usefulness of circumcision?

Romans 7:6

But now we have been released from the law of death, by which we were being held, so that now we may serve with a renewed spirit, and not in the old way, by the letter.

1 Corinthians 4:5

And so, do not choose to judge before the time, until the Lord returns. He will illuminate the hidden things of the darkness, and he will make manifest the decisions of hearts. And then each one shall have praise from God.

1 Corinthians 7:19

Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing; there is only the observance of the commandments of God.

2 Corinthians 10:18

For it is not he who commends himself who is approved, but rather he whom God commends.

2 Corinthians 3:6

And he has made us suitable ministers of the New Testament, not in the letter, but in the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

Deuteronomy 10:16

Therefore, circumcise the foreskin of your heart, and no longer stiffen your neck.

Deuteronomy 30:6

The Lord your God will circumcise your heart, and the heart of your offspring, so that you may love the Lord your God with your entire heart and with your entire soul, so that you may be able to live.

Philippians 3:3

For we are the circumcised, we who serve God in the Spirit and who glory in Christ Jesus, having no confidence in the flesh.

1 Thessalonians 2:4

But, just as we have been tested by God, so that the Gospel would be entrusted to us, so also did we speak, not so as to please men, but rather to please God, who tests our hearts.

1 Peter 3:4

Instead, you should be a hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptibility of a quiet and a meek spirit, rich in the sight of God.

1 Samuel 16:7

And the Lord said to Samuel: "You should not look with favor on his face, nor on the height of his stature. For I have rejected him. Neither do I judge by the appearance of a man. For man sees those things that are apparent, but the Lord beholds the heart."