And (A)the Lord your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your descendants, to love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live.

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The Lord your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants,(A) so that you may love(B) him with all your heart and with all your soul, and live.

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28 For (A)he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh;

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28 A person is not a Jew who is one only outwardly,(A) nor is circumcision merely outward and physical.(B)

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29 but he is a Jew (A)who is one inwardly; and (B)circumcision is that of the heart, (C)in the Spirit, not in the letter; (D)whose [a]praise is not from men but from God.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 2:29 A play on words—Jew is literally praise.

29 No, a person is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is circumcision of the heart,(A) by the Spirit,(B) not by the written code.(C) Such a person’s praise is not from other people, but from God.(D)

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Israel’s Rejection and God’s Purpose(A)

(B)But it is not that the word of God has taken no effect. For (C)they are not all Israel who are of Israel,

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God’s Sovereign Choice

It is not as though God’s word(A) had failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel.(B)

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

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15 Neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything;(A) what counts is the new creation.(B)

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