Romans 2:29

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

Rather, a person is a Jew who is one inwardly, and real circumcision is a matter of the heart—it is spiritual and not literal. Such a person receives praise not from others but from God.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 29:17

I know, my God, that you search the heart, and take pleasure in uprightness; in the uprightness of my heart I have freely offered all these things, and now I have seen your people, who are present here, offering freely and joyously to you.

Psalm 45:13

with all kinds of wealth. The princess is decked in her chamber with gold-woven robes;

Jeremiah 4:14

O Jerusalem, wash your heart clean of wickedness so that you may be saved. How long shall your evil schemes lodge within you?

Jeremiah 4:4

Circumcise yourselves to the Lord, remove the foreskin of your hearts, O people of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem, or else my wrath will go forth like fire, and burn with no one to quench it, because of the evil of your doings.

Jeremiah 9:25

The days are surely coming, says the Lord, when I will attend to all those who are circumcised only in the foreskin:

Luke 11:39

Then the Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.

Luke 17:21

nor will they say, ‘Look, here it is!’ or ‘There it is!’ For, in fact, the kingdom of God is among you.”

John 12:43

for they loved human glory more than the glory that comes from God.

John 4:23

But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such as these to worship him.

John 5:44

How can you believe when you accept glory from one another and do not seek the glory that comes from the one who alone is God?

Romans 14:17

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

Romans 2:27

Then those who are physically uncircumcised but keep the law will condemn you that have the written code and circumcision but break the law.

Romans 3:1

Then what advantage has the Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision?

Romans 7:6

But now we are discharged from the law, dead to that which held us captive, so that we are slaves not under the old written code but in the new life of the Spirit.

1 Corinthians 4:5

Therefore do not pronounce judgment before the time, before the Lord comes, who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart. Then each one will receive commendation from God.

1 Corinthians 7:19

Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing; but obeying the commandments of God is everything.

2 Corinthians 10:18

For it is not those who commend themselves that are approved, but those whom the Lord commends.

2 Corinthians 3:6

who has made us competent to be ministers of a new covenant, not of letter but of spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

Deuteronomy 10:16

Circumcise, then, the foreskin of your heart, and do not be stubborn any longer.

Deuteronomy 30:6

Moreover, the Lord your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your descendants, so that you will love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, in order that you may live.

Philippians 3:3

For it is we who are the circumcision, who worship in the Spirit of God and boast in Christ Jesus and have no confidence in the flesh—

1 Thessalonians 2:4

but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the message of the gospel, even so we speak, not to please mortals, but to please God who tests our hearts.

1 Peter 3:4

rather, let your adornment be the inner self with the lasting beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in God's sight.

1 Samuel 16:7

But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for the Lord does not see as mortals see; they look on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.”