Romans:2:17-29
rsv@Romans:2:17 @ But if you call yourself a Jew and rely upon the law and boast of your relation to God
rsv@Romans:2:18 @ and know his will and approve what is excellent, because you are instructed in the law,
rsv@Romans:2:19 @ and if you are sure that you are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,
rsv@Romans:2:20 @ a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of children, having in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth--
rsv@Romans:2:21 @ you then who teach others, will you not teach yourself? While you preach against stealing, do you steal?
rsv@Romans:2:22 @ You who say that one must not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?
rsv@Romans:2:23 @ You who boast in the law, do you dishonor God by breaking the law?
rsv@Romans:2:24 @ For, as it is written, "The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you."
rsv@Romans:2:25 @ Circumcision indeed is of value if you obey the law; but if you break the law, your circumcision becomes uncircumcision.
rsv@Romans:2:26 @ So, if a man who is uncircumcised keeps the precepts of the law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision?
rsv@Romans:2:27 @ Then those who are physically uncircumcised but keep the law will condemn you who have the written code and circumcision but break the law.
rsv@Romans:2:28 @ For he is not a real Jew who is one outwardly, nor is true circumcision something external and physical.
rsv@Romans:2:29 @ He is a Jew who is one inwardly, and real circumcision is a matter of the heart, spiritual and not literal. His praise is not from men but from God.
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