Romans 2:27

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The one who is not physically circumcised but keeps the law will condemn you who, even though you have the written code and circumcision, are a lawbreaker.

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  • Matt 12:41-42 : 41 The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at Jonah's preaching, and look—something greater than Jonah is here. 42 The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to listen to the wisdom of Solomon, and look—something greater than Solomon is here.
  • Rom 2:29 : 29 But a person is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter. Such a person’s praise is not from people, but from God.
  • 2 Cor 3:6 : 6 He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
  • Gal 5:14 : 14 For the entire law is fulfilled in one statement: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'
  • Heb 11:3 : 3 By faith we understand that the universe was formed by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible.
  • Rom 7:6-8 : 6 But now we have been released from the law, having died to what once bound us, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit and not in the old way of the written code. 7 What shall we say then? Is the law sinful? Certainly not! Nevertheless, I would not have known what sin was had it not been for the law. For I would not have known what coveting really was if the law had not said, 'You shall not covet.' 8 But sin, seizing the opportunity provided by the commandment, produced in me every kind of coveting. For apart from the law, sin was dead.
  • Rom 8:4 : 4 This was so that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
  • Rom 13:10 : 10 Love does no harm to a neighbor. Therefore, love is the fulfillment of the law.
  • Acts 13:22 : 22 After removing him, He raised up David to be their king, about whom He testified, 'I have found David, the son of Jesse, to be a man after My own heart, who will do all My will.'
  • Rom 2:20 : 20 an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of children, having in the law the form of knowledge and truth—
  • Ezek 16:48-52 : 48 As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, your sister Sodom and her daughters did not do as you and your daughters have done. 49 Behold, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: pride, fullness of food, and abundant ease were hers and her daughters', but they did not strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. 50 They became haughty and committed abominations before me; therefore, I removed them as I saw fit. 51 Samaria did not sin as much as you did. You multiplied your abominations more than they did, and your actions have justified your sisters in comparison to all your abominations. 52 Now bear your disgrace as you have judged your sisters. Because your sins were more abominable than theirs, they appear more righteous than you. So, be ashamed and bear your disgrace, for you have justified your sisters.
  • Matt 3:15 : 15 Jesus answered him, 'Allow it for now, because this is the proper way for us to fulfill all righteousness.' Then John allowed Him.
  • Matt 5:17-20 : 17 Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. 18 For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter, not a single stroke of a pen, will disappear from the law until everything is accomplished. 19 So whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do so will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever obeys them and teaches others will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. 20 For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven.

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    23You who boast in the law, do you dishonor God by breaking the law?

    24For as it is written, 'The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.'

    25Circumcision indeed has value if you obey the law, but if you are a lawbreaker, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

    26So, if those who are uncircumcised keep the righteous requirements of the law, will their uncircumcision not be regarded as circumcision?

  • Rom 2:28-29
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    28For a person is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision merely outward and physical.

    29But a person is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter. Such a person’s praise is not from people, but from God.

  • Gal 6:12-13
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    12Those who want to make a good impression in the flesh are the ones compelling you to be circumcised—only so that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ.

    13For even those who are circumcised do not keep the law themselves, but they want you to be circumcised so they can boast about your flesh.

  • Rom 2:12-15
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    12For all who have sinned without the law will also perish without the law, and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law.

    13For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but it is the doers of the law who will be justified.

    14For when the Gentiles, who do not have the law, by nature do the things required by the law, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law.

    15They demonstrate the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts alternately accusing or even defending them.

  • 1 Cor 7:18-19
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    18Was anyone called after being circumcised? Let him not undo his circumcision. Was anyone called while uncircumcised? Let him not be circumcised.

    19Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing. Keeping God’s commandments is what matters.

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    30Since there is only one God, who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through the same faith.

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    1Therefore, you have no excuse, O person, whoever you are who judges. For when you judge someone else, you condemn yourself, because you practice the same things you judge others for.

    2We know that God's judgment is based on truth against those who practice such things.

    3Do you think this, O person who judges those who practice such things, yet does the same yourself, that you will escape God’s judgment?

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    9Is this blessedness then only for the circumcised, or also for the uncircumcised? For we say that faith was credited to Abraham as righteousness.

    10How then was it credited? Was it while he was circumcised or uncircumcised? It was not while he was circumcised, but while he was uncircumcised.

    11And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. So that he might be the father of all who believe without being circumcised, so that righteousness might also be credited to them,

    12and to be the father of the circumcised who are not only circumcised but also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.

  • Gal 2:15-16
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    15We are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners,

    16yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ. So we also have believed in Christ Jesus in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.

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    2Listen! I, Paul, say to you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no benefit to you.

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    15For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything, but what matters is a new creation.

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    17Now you, if you call yourself a Jew, and rely on the law and boast in God,

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    11Therefore, remember that formerly you, the Gentiles in the flesh—who are called 'the uncircumcision' by those who are called 'the circumcision,' which is done in the flesh by human hands—

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    3Yet not even Titus, who was with me, though he was Greek, was forced to be circumcised.

  • Gal 3:10-12
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    10For all who rely on the works of the law are under a curse, as it is written: 'Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.'

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    11In him you were also circumcised with a circumcision not done by hands, by putting off the body of the flesh, through the circumcision of Christ.

  • Gen 17:14
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    14But any uncircumcised male who has not been circumcised in the flesh will be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant.

  • John 7:22
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    22Because of this, Moses gave you circumcision (not that it comes from Moses, but from the fathers), and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath.

  • Rom 7:7
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    7What shall we say then? Is the law sinful? Certainly not! Nevertheless, I would not have known what sin was had it not been for the law. For I would not have known what coveting really was if the law had not said, 'You shall not covet.'

  • Jer 9:25
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    25Egypt, Judah, Edom, Ammon, Moab, and all who live in the wilderness and shave the edges of their hair, for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in heart.

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    9But if you show favoritism, you commit sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.

    10For whoever keeps the whole law but stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking it all.

    11For He who said, 'You shall not commit adultery,' also said, 'You shall not murder.' Now if you do not commit adultery but do commit murder, you have become a transgressor of the law.

    12Speak and act as those who are to be judged by the law of liberty.

  • Gal 4:21
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    21Tell me, you who desire to be under the law, do you not listen to the law?

  • Rom 3:20
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    20Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law; for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

  • Rom 3:1
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    1What advantage is there, then, in being a Jew? Or what benefit is there in circumcision?

  • Phil 3:3
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    3For we are the circumcision, the ones who worship by the Spirit of God, glory in Christ Jesus, and do not put confidence in the flesh.

  • Col 2:13
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    13And when you were dead in your trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you alive with Christ, forgiving us all our trespasses.

  • Rom 9:30
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    30What then shall we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, attained righteousness, that is, a righteousness that is by faith;

  • Gen 17:11
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    11You are to circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and it will be the sign of the covenant between Me and you.