Romans 2:17-29
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17But if you bear the name “Jew” and arely 1upon the Law and boast in God, 18and know His will and 1,aapprove the things that are essential, being instructed out of the Law, 19and are confident that you yourself are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness, 20a 1corrector of the foolish, a teacher of 2the immature, having in the Law athe embodiment of knowledge and of the truth, 21you, therefore, awho teach another, do you not teach yourself? You who 1preach that one shall not steal, do you steal? 22You who say that one should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you arob temples? 23You who aboast 1in the Law, through your transgression of the Law, do you dishonor God? 24For “athe name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles bbecause of you,” just as it is written.
25For indeed circumcision is of value if you apractice 1the Law, but if you are a transgressor 2of the Law, byour circumcision has become uncircumcision. 26aSo if bthe 1uncircumcised man cobserves the righteous requirements of the Law, will not his uncircumcision be counted as circumcision? 27And ahe who is physically uncircumcised, if he 1fulfills the Law, will he not bjudge you who, through the letter of the Law and circumcision, are a transgressor 2of the Law? 28For ahe is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh. 29But ahe is a Jew who is one inwardly; and bcircumcision is that which is of the heart, by the cSpirit, not by the letter; dand his praise is not from men, but from God.