The non-Jews are not circumcised. But if they do what the law says, then it is like they were circumcised.
Romans 3:30 - Easy To Read Version There is only one God. He will make Jews {\cf2\super [30]} right with him by their faith. And he will also make non-Jews {\cf2\super [31]} right with him through their faith. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Since it is one and the same God Who will justify the circumcised by faith [which germinated from Abraham] and the uncircumcised through their [newly acquired] faith. [For it is the same trusting faith in both cases, a firmly relying faith in Jesus Christ]. American Standard Version (1901) if so be that God is one, and he shall justify the circumcision by faith, and the uncircumcision through faith. Common English Bible Since God is one, then the one who makes the circumcised righteous by faith will also make the one who isn’t circumcised righteous through faith. Catholic Public Domain Version For One is the God who justifies circumcision by faith and uncircumcision through faith. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For it is one God, that justifieth circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith. |
The non-Jews are not circumcised. But if they do what the law says, then it is like they were circumcised.
You Jews have the written law and circumcision, but you break the law. So the people that are not circumcised in their bodies, but still obey the law, will show that you people are guilty.
God makes people right through their faith in Jesus Christ. God does this for all people that believe in Christ. All people are the same.
A person is not a true Jew if he is only a Jew in his physical body. True circumcision {\cf2\super [23]} is not only on the outside of the body.
So people get God’s promise by having faith. This happens so that the promise can be a free gift. And if the promise is a free gift, then all of Abraham’s {\cf2\super [42]} people can have that promise. The promise is not only for those people that live under the law \{of Moses\}. The promise is for any person that lives with faith like Abraham. Abraham is the father of us all.
Is this happiness only for those people that are circumcised {\cf2\super [36]} (the Jews)? Or is this happiness also for people that are not circumcised (non-Jews)? We have already said that God accepted Abraham’s faith, and that faith made him right with God.
But a mediator is not needed when there is only one side, and God, \{who gave the promise,\} is only one.
The Scriptures told what would happen in the future. These writings said that God would make the non-Jewish people right through their faith. God told this Good News {\cf2\super [26]} to Abraham before it happened. God said to Abraham, “I will use you to bless all the people on earth.” {\cf2\super [27]}
When a person is in Christ Jesus, it is not important if he is circumcised or not. The important thing is faith—the kind of faith that works through love.
It is not important if a person is circumcised or not circumcised. The important thing is being the new people God has made.
But we are the people who are truly circumcised. {\cf2\super [16]} We worship (serve) God through his Spirit. {\cf2\super [17]} We are proud to be in Christ Jesus. And we don’t trust in ourselves or anything we can do.
There is only one God. And there is only one way that people can reach God. That way is through Jesus Christ, who is also a man.