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24 Yes, as it is written, “God’s name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.”[a]

Does Circumcision Make a Difference?

25 Indeed, circumcision has value if you observe the law. On the other hand, if you are a lawbreaker, your circumcision has become uncircumcision. 26 So, if an uncircumcised person keeps the righteous requirements of the law, won’t his uncircumcision be credited to him as circumcision?

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24 As it is written: “God’s name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.”[a](A)

25 Circumcision has value if you observe the law,(B) but if you break the law, you have become as though you had not been circumcised.(C) 26 So then, if those who are not circumcised keep the law’s requirements,(D) will they not be regarded as though they were circumcised?(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 2:24 Isaiah 52:5 (see Septuagint); Ezek. 36:20,22