Romans 2:17-29

The Jew Is Judged by the Law

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

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