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The Jews and the Law

Romans 2:28

In 9 translations

BSB
A man is not a Jew because he is one outwardly, nor is circumcision only outward and physical.
KJV
For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:
WEB
For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh;
ASV
For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh:
LSV
For he is not a Jew who is [so] outwardly, neither [is] circumcision that which is outward in flesh;
YLT
For he is not a Jew who is [so] outwardly, neither [is] circumcision that which is outward in flesh;
DBY
For he is not a Jew who [is] one outwardly, neither that circumcision which is outward in flesh;
DRC
For it is not he is a Jew, who is so outwardly; nor is that circumcision which is outwardly in the flesh:
GNV
For hee is not a Iewe, which is one outwarde: neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
οὐ γὰρ ὁ ἐν τῷ φανερῷ Ἰουδαῖός ἐστιν, οὐδὲ ἡ ἐν τῷ φανερῷ ἐν σαρκὶ περιτομή·
RP2018
Οὐ γὰρ ὁ ἐν τῷ φανερῷ Ἰουδαῖός ἐστιν, οὐδὲ ἡ ἐν τῷ φανερῷ ἐν σαρκὶ περιτομή·
TR-Boyd
Οὐ γὰρ ὁ ἐν τῷ φανερῷ Ἰουδαῖός ἐστιν, οὐδὲ ἡ ἐν τῷ φανερῷ ἐν σαρκὶ περιτομή·
SCR1894
ου γαρ ο εν τω φανερω ιουδαιος εστιν ουδε η εν τω φανερω εν σαρκι περιτομη

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Galatians 6:15For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything. What counts is a new creation.
  • Matthew 3:9And do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.
  • Revelation 2:9I know your affliction and your poverty—though you are rich! And I am aware of the slander of those who falsely claim to be Jews, but are in fact a synagogue of Satan.
  • Romans 9:6–8It is not as though God’s word has failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel. Nor because they are Abraham’s descendants are they all his children. On the contrary, “Through Isaac your offspring will…
  • Romans 4:10–12In what context was it credited? Was it after his circumcision, or before? It was not after, but before. And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still…
  • Isaiah 48:1–2“Listen to this, O house of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel, who have descended from the line of Judah, who swear by the name of the LORD, who invoke the God of Israel— but not in truth or…
  • Hosea 1:6–9Gomer again conceived and gave birth to a daughter, and the LORD said to Hosea, “Name her Lo-ruhamah, for I will no longer have compassion on the house of Israel, that I should ever forgive them. Yet I will have…
  • 1 Peter 3:21And this water symbolizes the baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body, but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God—through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
  • John 8:37–39I know you are Abraham’s descendants, but you are trying to kill Me because My word has no place within you. I speak of what I have seen in the presence of the Father, and you do what you have heard from your father.”…
  • Jeremiah 9:26Egypt, Judah, Edom, Ammon, Moab, and all the inhabitants of the desert who clip the hair of their temples. For all these nations are uncircumcised, and the whole house of Israel is uncircumcised in heart.”
  • Isaiah 1:9–15Unless the LORD of Hosts had left us a few survivors, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah. Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom; listen to the instruction of our God, you people…
  • Psalms 73:1Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.
  • John 1:47When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, He said of him, “Here is a true Israelite, in whom there is no deceit.”
  • Romans 2:17Now you, if you call yourself a Jew; if you rely on the law and boast in God;

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