Romans 2:25

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

Circumcision indeed is of value if you obey the law; but if you break the law, your circumcision becomes uncircumcision.

Cross References

Jeremiah 4:4

Circumcise yourselves to the Lord, remove the foreskin of your hearts, O men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem; lest my wrath go forth like fire, and burn with none to quench it, because of the evil of your doings.”

Acts 7:51

“You stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did, so do you.

Romans 2:13

For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law who will be justified.

Romans 2:23

You who boast in the law, do you dishonor God by breaking the law?

Romans 2:26

So, if a man who is uncircumcised keeps the precepts of the law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision?

Romans 2:27

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

Romans 2:28

For he is not a real Jew who is one outwardly, nor is true circumcision something external and physical.

1 Corinthians 7:19

For neither circumcision counts for anything nor uncircumcision, but keeping the commandments of God.

Galatians 6:13

For even those who receive circumcision do not themselves keep the law, but they desire to have you circumcised that they may glory in your flesh.

Galatians 6:15

For neither circumcision counts for anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation.

Deuteronomy 30:6

And the Lord your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your offspring, so that you will love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live.