Romans 2:28

God's Word

A person is not a Jew because of his appearance, nor is circumcision a matter of how the body looks.

Cross References

Psalm 73:1

God is truly good to Israel, to those whose lives are pure.

Jeremiah 4:4

Be circumcised by the Lord, and get rid of the foreskins of your hearts, people of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem. If you don’t, my fury will flare up like a fire. It will burn, and no one will be able to put it out, because of the evil you do.

Jeremiah 9:25

“The days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will punish all who are circumcised.

Jeremiah 9:26

I will punish Egypt, Judah, Edom, Ammon, and Moab. I will punish all who shave the hair on their foreheads or live in the desert. Even though these nations are circumcised, all Israel has uncircumcised hearts.”

Matthew 3:9

Don’t think you can say, ‘Abraham is our ancestor.’ I can guarantee that God can raise up descendants for Abraham from these stones.

John 1:47

Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and remarked, “Here is a true Israelite who is sincere.”

Romans 2:17

You call yourself a Jew, rely on the laws in Moses’ Teachings, brag about your God,

Galatians 6:15

Certainly, it doesn’t matter whether a person is circumcised or not. Rather, what matters is being a new creation.

Ephesians 2:11

Remember that once you were not Jewish physically. Those who called themselves “the circumcised” because of what they had done to their bodies called you “the uncircumcised.”

1 Peter 3:21

Baptism, which is like that water, now saves you. Baptism doesn’t save by removing dirt from the body. Rather, baptism is a request to God for a clear conscience. It saves you through Jesus Christ, who came back from death to life.

Revelation 2:9

I know how you are suffering, how poor you are—but you are rich. I also know that those who claim to be Jews slander you. They are the synagogue of Satan.