Romans 2:29

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No, a person is really a Jew if they’re one on the inside. True circumcision is when the Holy Spirit circumcises a person’s heart. It’s not when a person is circumcised according to the written law. A truly circumcised person receives praise from God, not from other people.

Cross References

Philippians 3:3

We’re the ones who have truly been circumcised: We serve God by his Spirit, we boast in Christ Jesus, and we don’t put our trust in who we are or what we can do—although I myself could do that for many reasons.

1 Thessalonians 2:4

No, we speak as people God has approved and entrusted with the good news. We’re not trying to please people; we’re trying to please God, who tests our hearts.

1 Corinthians 4:5

So don’t judge anything before the appointed time. Wait until the Lord returns, and he will bring what’s now hidden in the dark out into the light. He’ll show the real reasons why people do what they do. At that time God will give each person the praise they deserve.

2 Corinthians 10:18

It’s not the ones who praise themselves who are accepted—it’s the ones the Lord praises.

Romans 7:6

But now we have died to what used to control us, and we have been set free from the law. We serve in the new way of the Holy Spirit, not in the old way of the written law.

Romans 2:27

Someone who isn’t circumcised physically, but who obeys the law, will show that you’re guilty if you break the law, even though you have it in writing and you are circumcised.

2 Corinthians 3:6

He has given us the power to serve under a new covenant. It’s not based on the written Law of Moses; it comes from the Holy Spirit. The written Law kills, but the Spirit gives life.

John 12:43

They loved praise from people more than praise from God.

John 5:44

You accept praise from one another, but you don’t seek the praise that comes from the only God. So how can you believe?

Luke 11:39

Then the Lord told him, “You Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and evil.

Romans 14:17

The kingdom of God isn’t about eating or drinking. It’s about doing what’s right and having peace and joy through the Holy Spirit.

John 4:23

But a time is coming—in fact, it’s already here—when true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth. Those are the kind of worshipers the Father is looking for.

Luke 17:21

and people won’t say, ‘Here it is,’ or, ‘There it is.’ That’s because God’s kingdom is among you.”

Romans 3:1

So is there any advantage in being a Jew? Is there any value in being circumcised?

1 Corinthians 7:19

Being circumcised means nothing and being uncircumcised means nothing. Doing what God commands is what matters.