Romans 2:28

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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

Cross References

Psalm 73:1

Truly God is good to the upright, to those who are pure in heart.

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.”

Jeremiah 9:25

“Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will punish all those who are circumcised but yet uncircumcised—

Jeremiah 9:26

Egypt, Judah, Edom, the sons of Ammon, Moab, and all who dwell in the desert that cut the corners of their hair; for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel is uncircumcised in heart.”

Matthew 3:9

and do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father’; for I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children to Abraham.

John 1:47

Jesus saw Nathana-el coming to him, and said of him, “Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!”

Romans 2:17

But if you call yourself a Jew and rely upon the law and boast of your relation to God

Galatians 6:15

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

Ephesians 2:11

Therefore remember that at one time you Gentiles in the flesh, called the uncircumcision by what is called the circumcision, which is made in the flesh by hands—

1 Peter 3:21

Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a clear conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

Revelation 2:9

“ ‘I know your tribulation and your poverty (but you are rich) and the slander of those who say that they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.