Romans 2:28

New International Reader's Version

A person is not a Jew if they are a Jew only on the outside. And circumcision is more than just something done to the outside of a man’s body.

Cross References

Psalm 73:1

God is truly good to Israel. He is good to those who have pure hearts.

Jeremiah 4:4

People of Judah and you who live in Jerusalem, obey me. Do not let your hearts be stubborn. If you do, my anger will blaze out against you. It will burn like fire because of the evil things you have done. No one will be able to put it out.

Jeremiah 9:25

“The days are coming when I will judge people,” announces the Lord. “I will punish all those who are circumcised only in their bodies.

Jeremiah 9:26

That includes the people of Egypt, Judah, Edom, Ammon and Moab. It also includes all those who live in the desert in places far away. None of the people in these nations is really circumcised. And not even the people of Israel are circumcised in their hearts.”

Matthew 3:9

Don’t think you can say to yourselves, ‘Abraham is our father.’ I tell you, God can raise up children for Abraham even from these stones.

John 1:47

Jesus saw Nathanael approaching. Here is what Jesus said about him. “He is a true Israelite. Nothing about him is false.”

Romans 2:17

Suppose you call yourself a Jew. You trust in the law. You brag that you know God.

Galatians 6:15

Circumcision and uncircumcision don’t mean anything. What really counts is that the new creation has come.

Ephesians 2:11

You who are not Jews by birth, here is what I want you to remember. You are called “uncircumcised” by those who call themselves “circumcised.” But they have only been circumcised in their bodies by human hands.

1 Peter 3:21

The water of the flood is a picture. It is a picture of the baptism that now saves you too. This baptism has nothing to do with removing dirt from your body. Instead, it promises God that you will keep a clear sense of right and wrong. This baptism saves you by the same power that raised Jesus Christ from the dead.

Revelation 2:9

‘I know that you suffer and are poor. But you are rich! Some people say they are Jews but are not. I know that their words are evil. Their worship comes from Satan.