28A man is not a Jew if he is only one outwardly, nor is circumcision merely outward and physical.


In Context

25 Circumcision has value if you observe the law, but if you break the law, you have become as though you had not been circumcised.

26 If those who are not circumcised keep the law's requirements, will they not be regarded as though they were circumcised?

27 The one who is not circumcised physically and yet obeys the law will condemn you who, even though you have the written code and circumcision, are a lawbreaker.

28 A man is not a Jew if he is only one outwardly, nor is circumcision merely outward and physical.

29 No, a man is a Jew if he is one inwardly; and circumcision is circumcision of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written code. Such a man's praise is not from men, but from God.

Romans 2:28 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:28For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither [is that] circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:28For it is not he is a Jew, who is so outwardly; nor is that circumcision which is outwardly in the flesh:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:28For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:28For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, neither that circumcision which is outward in flesh;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:28For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:28For he is not a Jew, who is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:28For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh;

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:28For he is not a Jew who is so outwardly, neither is circumcision that which is outward in flesh;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:28For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: