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Romans 2:26 KJV
Romans · chapter 2 · verse 26
Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision?Romans 2:26 · King James Version
Romans 2:26 in context
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:
Commentary
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 →
- countedlogizomaito reckon, count, compute, calculate, count over, to take into account, to make an…G3049 →
- keepphylassōto guard, to watch, keep watch, to guard or watch, have an eye upon lest he escape, to…G5442 →
- lawnomosanything established, anything received by usage, a custom, a law, a command, of any law…G3551 →
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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