Circumcise yourselves to the Lord;
remove the foreskin of your hearts,(A)
men of Judah and residents of Jerusalem.
Otherwise, My wrath will break out like fire
and burn with no one to extinguish it(B)
because of your evil deeds.

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Circumcise yourselves to the Lord, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.

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29 On the contrary, a person is a Jew who is one inwardly,(A) and circumcision is of the heart—by the Spirit, not the letter.[a](B) That man’s praise[b] is not from men but from God.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 2:29 Or heart—spiritually, not literally
  2. Romans 2:29 In Hb, the words Jew, Judah, and praise are related.

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

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