Romans 2:26

KJV1611 – Modern English

Therefore if the uncircumcised keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted as circumcision?

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  • Rom 8:4 : 4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.
  • 1 Cor 7:18-19 : 18 Was anyone called while circumcised? Let him not become uncircumcised. Was anyone called while uncircumcised? Let him not be circumcised. 19 Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing, but keeping the commandments of God is what matters.
  • Col 2:11 : 11 In whom also you are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:
  • Eph 2:11 : 11 Therefore, remember that you being in times past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by what is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;
  • Phil 3:3 : 3 For we are the circumcision, who worship God in the Spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.
  • Isa 56:6-7 : 6 Also the sons of the foreigner, who join themselves to the LORD, to serve him, and to love the name of the LORD, to be his servants, every one who keeps the sabbath from polluting it, and takes hold of my covenant; 7 Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon my altar; for my house shall be called a house of prayer for all people.
  • Matt 8:11-12 : 11 And I say to you, that many will come from the east and west, and will sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven. 12 But the children of the kingdom will be cast out into outer darkness: there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
  • Matt 15:28 : 28 Then Jesus answered and said to her, O woman, great is your faith: be it to you even as you will. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.
  • Acts 10:2-4 : 2 A devout man, and one who feared God with all his household, who gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God always. 3 He saw in a vision clearly about the ninth hour of the day an angel of God coming to him, and saying to him, Cornelius. 4 And when he looked at him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he said to him, Your prayers and your alms have come up for a memorial before God.
  • Acts 10:34-35 : 34 Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Truly I perceive that God shows no partiality: 35 But in every nation he who fears him and works righteousness is accepted by him.
  • Acts 11:3-9 : 3 Saying, You went in to uncircumcised men and ate with them. 4 But Peter explained the matter from the beginning and described it in order to them, saying, 5 I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision, a certain object descending like a great sheet, let down from heaven by four corners; and it came to me. 6 Upon which when I had fixed my eyes, I considered and saw four-footed animals of the earth, and wild beasts, and crawling creatures, and birds of the air. 7 And I heard a voice saying to me, Arise, Peter; kill and eat. 8 But I said, Not so, Lord; for nothing common or unclean has ever entered my mouth. 9 But the voice answered me again from heaven, What God has cleansed, do not call common. 10 And this was done three times, and all were drawn up again into heaven. 11 And immediately there were three men already come to the house where I was, sent from Caesarea to me. 12 And the Spirit told me to go with them, doubting nothing. Moreover, these six brothers accompanied me, and we entered the man's house: 13 And he showed us how he had seen an angel in his house, which stood and said to him, Send men to Joppa, and call for Simon, whose surname is Peter; 14 Who shall tell you words, whereby you and all your house shall be saved. 15 And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them, as on us at the beginning. 16 Then I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, John indeed baptized with water; but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit. 17 Since then God gave them the same gift as he did to us, who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ; who was I that I could withstand God? 18 When they heard these things, they held their peace and glorified God, saying, Then God has also granted to the Gentiles repentance unto life.
  • Rom 3:30 : 30 since there is one God who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith.

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  • Rom 2:27-29
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    27And shall not the uncircumcised which is by nature, if it fulfills the law, judge you, who by the letter and circumcision transgress the law?

    28For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh:

    29But he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not from men, but from God.

  • Rom 2:23-25
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    23You who make your boast of the law, through breaking the law do you dishonor God?

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

    25For circumcision truly profits if you keep the law: but if you are a breaker of the law, your circumcision is made uncircumcision.

  • Rom 4:9-12
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    9Does this blessedness then come upon the circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision also? For we say that faith was credited to Abraham for righteousness.

    10How was it then credited? When he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.

    11And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while still uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all those who believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be credited to them also;

    12And the father of circumcision to those who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had while still uncircumcised.

  • 1 Cor 7:18-19
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    18Was anyone called while circumcised? Let him not become uncircumcised. Was anyone called while uncircumcised? Let him not be circumcised.

    19Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing, but keeping the commandments of God is what matters.

  • Rom 3:30
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    30since there is one God who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith.

  • Gal 6:12-13
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    12As many as desire to make a good appearance in the flesh, they compel you to be circumcised; only to avoid suffering persecution for the cross of Christ.

    13For neither do they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, so that they may boast in your flesh.

  • Rom 3:1
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    1What advantage then has the Jew? Or what profit is there in circumcision?

  • Gal 5:2-3
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    2Behold, I, Paul, say to you, that if you are circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.

    3For I testify again to every man who is circumcised, that he is a debtor to keep the whole law.

  • Gen 17:13-14
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    13He who is born in your house and he who is bought with your money must be circumcised, and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.

    14And the uncircumcised male child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that person shall be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant.

  • Gal 5:6
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    6For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision matters nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love.

  • Gal 6:15
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    15For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but a new creation.

  • Rom 2:12-14
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    12For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned under the law shall be judged by the law;

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

    14For when the Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law to themselves:

  • Eph 2:11
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    11Therefore, remember that you being in times past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by what is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;

  • Rom 9:30-31
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    30What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness of faith.

    31But Israel, pursuing the law of righteousness, has not attained to the law of righteousness.

  • Jer 9:25-26
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    25Behold, the days come, says the LORD, that I will punish all those who are circumcised with the uncircumcised;

    26Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all who are in the farthest corners, who dwell in the wilderness: for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in the heart.

  • Gal 5:11
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    11And I, brethren, if I still preach circumcision, why do I still suffer persecution? Then the offense of the cross has ceased.

  • Gal 2:7
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    7But on the contrary, when they saw that the gospel for the uncircumcised was committed to me, as the gospel for the circumcised was to Peter;

  • John 7:22-23
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    22Moses therefore gave you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, but from the fathers), and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath.

    23If a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with me because I made a man completely well on the Sabbath?

  • Gal 2:3
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    3But neither Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised:

  • Col 2:11
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    11In whom also you are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:

  • Rom 4:2
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    2For if Abraham was justified by works, he has reason to boast; but not before God.

  • Gal 3:21
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    21Is the law then against the promises of God? Certainly not! For if there had been a law given which could have given life, then truly righteousness would have been by the law.

  • Gal 2:15-16
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    15We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,

    16Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by the faith in Christ and not by the works of the law, for by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified.

  • Gen 17:11
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    11And you shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and you.

  • Gal 3:12
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    12And the law is not of faith, but 'The man who does them shall live in them.'

  • Exod 12:48
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    48And when a stranger dwells with you, and wants to keep the Passover to the LORD, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as one that is native to the land: for no uncircumcised person shall eat of it.

  • Gen 34:22
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    22Only in this will the men consent to dwell with us, to become one people, if every male among us is circumcised as they are circumcised.

  • Gal 3:10
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    10For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse, for it is written: 'Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.'

  • Jas 2:10
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    10For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.

  • Phil 3:3
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    3For we are the circumcision, who worship God in the Spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.

  • Ezek 44:9
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    9Thus says the Lord GOD; No stranger, uncircumcised in heart, nor uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter my sanctuary, any stranger who is among the children of Israel.