Romans 2:25

New English Translation

For circumcision has its value if you practice the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

Cross References

Jeremiah 4:4

Just as ritual circumcision cuts away the foreskin as an external symbol of dedicated covenant commitment, you must genuinely dedicate yourselves to the Lord and get rid of everything that hinders your commitment to me, people of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem. If you do not, my anger will blaze up like a flaming fire against you that no one will be able to extinguish. That will happen because of the evil you have done.”

Acts 7:51

“You stubborn people, with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You are always resisting the Holy Spirit, like your ancestors did!

Romans 2:13

For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous before God, but those who do the law will be declared righteous.

Romans 2:23

You who boast in the law dishonor God by transgressing the law!

Romans 2:26

Therefore if the uncircumcised man obeys the righteous requirements of the law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision?

Romans 2:27

And will not the physically uncircumcised man who keeps the law judge you who, despite the written code and circumcision, transgress the law?

Romans 2:28

For a person is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision something that is outward in the flesh,

1 Corinthians 7:19

Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing. Instead, keeping God’s commandments is what counts.

Galatians 6:13

For those who are circumcised do not obey the law themselves, but they want you to be circumcised so that they can boast about your flesh.

Galatians 6:15

For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything; the only thing that matters is a new creation!

Deuteronomy 30:6

The Lord your God will also cleanse your heart and the hearts of your descendants so that you may love him with all your mind and being and so that you may live.