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Romans 2:25-29 KJV
Romans · chapter 2 · verses 25–29
25For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision. 26Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision? 27And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision dost transgress the law? 28For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: 29But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.Romans 2:25-29 · King James Version
Romans 2:25-29 in context
23Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God?
24For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written.
25For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.
26Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision?
27And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision dost transgress the law?
28For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:
29But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.
Commentary
Cross references
- Galatians 6:15
- Deuteronomy 30:6
- Philippians 3:3
- Deuteronomy 10:16
- Colossians 2:11-12
- Jeremiah 4:4
- 1 Thessalonians 2:4
- 1 Peter 3:4
- 1 Corinthians 4:5
Key words (Strong's)
- uncircumcisionakrobystiahaving the foreskin, uncircumcised, a Gentile, a condition in which the corrupt desires…G203 →
- righteousnessdikaiōmathat which has been deemed right so as to have force of law, what has been established…G1345 →
- circumcisionperitomēcircumcised, the act or rite of circumcision, " they of the circumcision" is a…G4061 →
- profitethōpheleōto assist, to be useful or advantageous, to profitG5623 →
- outwardlyenin, by, with etcG1722 →
- outwardlyphanerosapparent, manifest, evident, known, manifest i.e to be plainly recognised or knownG5318 →
- inwardlykryptoshidden, concealed, secretG2927 →
- breakerparabatēsa transgressor, a lawbreakerG3848 →
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In the latter part of the chapter the apostle directs his discourse more closely to the Jews, and shows what sins they were guilty of, notwithstanding their profession and vain pretensions. He had said (Rom 2:13) that not the hearers but the doers of the law are justified;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 17-29