Romans 2:27

KJV1611 – Modern English

And shall not the uncircumcised which is by nature, if it fulfills the law, judge you, who by the letter and circumcision transgress the law?

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  • Matt 12:41-42 : 41 The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, a greater than Jonah is here. 42 The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
  • Rom 2:29 : 29 But 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.
  • 2 Cor 3:6 : 6 Who also made us able ministers of the new covenant; not of the letter, but of the Spirit: for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
  • Gal 5:14 : 14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'
  • Heb 11:3 : 3 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.
  • Rom 7:6-8 : 6 But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter. 7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? Certainly not. Indeed, I would not have known sin except through the law: for I would not have known lust unless the law had said, 'You shall not covet.' 8 But sin, taking opportunity by the commandment, worked in me all kinds of covetousness. For without the law, sin was dead.
  • 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.
  • Rom 13:10 : 10 Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
  • Acts 13:22 : 22 And when he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king; to whom he also gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after my own heart, who shall fulfill all my will.
  • Rom 2:20 : 20 An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of infants, who have the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law.
  • Ezek 16:48-52 : 48 As I live, says the Lord GOD, neither has your sister Sodom and her daughters done anything as you have done, you and your daughters. 49 Behold, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom, pride, fullness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. 50 And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me; therefore I took them away as I saw fit. 51 Neither has Samaria committed half of your sins; but you have multiplied your abominations more than they, and have justified your sisters in all your abominations which you have done. 52 You also, who have judged your sisters, bear your own shame for your sins that you have committed more abominable than they; they are more righteous than you; yes, be also confounded, and bear your shame, in that you have justified your sisters.
  • Matt 3:15 : 15 And Jesus answering said to him, Permit it to be so now: for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness. Then he permitted him.
  • Matt 5:17-20 : 17 Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets: I did not come to destroy, but to fulfill. 18 For truly I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, not one jot or one tittle will by any means pass from the law till all is fulfilled. 19 Whoever therefore breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven: but whoever does and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. 20 For I say to you, that unless your righteousness exceeds the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven.

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  • Rom 2:23-26
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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.

    26Therefore if the uncircumcised keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted as circumcision?

  • Rom 2:28-29
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    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.

  • 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 2:12-15
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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:

    15Who show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts alternately accusing or else excusing each other;)

  • 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.

  • Rom 2:1-3
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    1Therefore you are without excuse, O man, whoever you are that judges: for in what you judge another, you condemn yourself; for you who judge do the same things.

    2But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against those who commit such things.

    3And do you think this, O man, who judges those who do such things, and do the same, that you shall escape the judgment of God?

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

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

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    17Behold, you are called a Jew, and rest in the law, and make your boast of God,

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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;

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

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

  • Gal 3:10-12
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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.'

    11But that no one is justified by the law in the sight of God is evident, for 'The just shall live by faith.'

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

  • 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:

  • Gen 17:14
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    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.

  • John 7:22
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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.

  • Rom 7:7
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    7What shall we say then? Is the law sin? Certainly not. Indeed, I would not have known sin except through the law: for I would not have known lust unless the law had said, 'You shall not covet.'

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

  • Jas 2:9-12
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    9But if you show partiality, you commit sin, and are convicted by the law as transgressors.

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

    11For He who said, Do not commit adultery, also said, Do not kill. Now if you do not commit adultery, yet if you kill, you have become a transgressor of the law.

    12So speak and so do as those who will 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 hear the law?

  • Rom 3:20
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    20Therefore by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

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

  • 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.

  • Col 2:13
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    13And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, he has made alive together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;

  • Rom 9:30
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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.

  • 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.