Circumcise yourselves to the Lord; remove the foreskin of your hearts, men of Judah and residents of Jerusalem. Otherwise, my wrath will break out like fire and burn with no one to extinguish it because of your evil deeds.
Romans 2:25 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Circumcision benefits you if you observe the law; but if you are a lawbreaker, your circumcision has become uncircumcision. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Circumcision does indeed profit if you keep the Law; but if you habitually transgress the Law, your circumcision is made uncircumcision. American Standard Version (1901) For circumcision indeed profiteth, if thou be a doer of the law: but if thou be a transgressor of the law, thy circumcision is become uncircumcision. Common English Bible Circumcision is an advantage if you do what the Law says. But if you are a person who breaks the Law, your status of being circumcised has changed into not being circumcised. Catholic Public Domain Version Certainly, circumcision is beneficial, if you observe the law. But if you are a betrayer of the law, your circumcision becomes uncircumcision. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Circumcision profiteth indeed, if thou keep the law; but if thou be a transgressor of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision. |
Circumcise yourselves to the Lord; remove the foreskin of your hearts, men of Judah and residents of Jerusalem. Otherwise, my wrath will break out like fire and burn with no one to extinguish it because of your evil deeds.
‘You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You are always resisting the Holy Spirit. As your ancestors did, you do also.
For the hearers of the law are not righteous before God, but the doers of the law will be justified.
So if an uncircumcised man keeps the law’s requirements, will not his uncircumcision be counted as circumcision?
A man who is physically uncircumcised, but who keeps the law, will judge you who are a lawbreaker in spite of having the letter of the law and circumcision.
For a person is not a Jew who is one outwardly, and true circumcision is not something visible in the flesh.
Circumcision does not matter and uncircumcision does not matter. Keeping God’s commands is what matters.
For even the circumcised don’t keep the law themselves, and yet they want you to be circumcised in order to boast about your flesh.
For both circumcision and uncircumcision mean nothing; what matters instead is a new creation.
The Lord your God will circumcise your heart and the hearts of your descendants, and you will love him with all your heart and all your soul so that you will live.