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Romans 2:26
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KJ21
Therefore if the Uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision?
ASV
If therefore the uncircumcision keep the ordinances of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be reckoned for circumcision?
AMP
So if the uncircumcised man keeps the requirements of the Law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded [by God] as circumcision?
AMPC
So if a man who is uncircumcised keeps the requirements of the Law, will not his uncircumcision be credited to him as [equivalent to] circumcision?
BRG
Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision?
CSB
So if an uncircumcised man keeps the law’s requirements, will not his uncircumcision be counted as circumcision?
CSBA
So if an uncircumcised man keeps the law’s requirements, will not his uncircumcision be counted as circumcision?
CEB
So if the person who isn’t circumcised keeps the Law, won’t his status of not being circumcised be counted as if he were circumcised?
CJB
Therefore, if an uncircumcised man keeps the righteous requirements of the Torah, won’t his uncircumcision be counted as circumcision?
CEV
In fact, if they obey the Law, they are as good as anyone who is circumcised.
DARBY
If therefore the uncircumcision keep the requirements of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be reckoned for circumcision,
DLNT
So if the uncircumcised one keeps the requirements of the Law, will not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision?
DRA
If, then, the uncircumcised keep the justices of the law, shall not this uncircumcision be counted for circumcision?
ERV
Those who are not Jews are not circumcised. But if they do what the law says, it is as if they were circumcised.
EASY
But a Gentile may obey what God's Law teaches. Then he has shown that he belongs to God even though nobody has circumcised him.
EHV
So, if an uncircumcised person keeps the righteous requirements of the law, won’t his uncircumcision be credited to him as circumcision?
ESV
So, if a man who is uncircumcised keeps the precepts of the law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision?
ESVUK
So, if a man who is uncircumcised keeps the precepts of the law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision?
EXB
If those who are not circumcised ·do [keep; obey] ·what the law says [or the law’s righteous requirements], it is as if they were circumcised.
GNV
Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the ordinances of the Law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision?
GW
So if a man does what those laws demand, won’t he be considered circumcised even if he is uncircumcised?
GNT
If the Gentile, who is not circumcised, obeys the commands of the Law, will not God regard him as though he were circumcised?
HCSB
Therefore if an uncircumcised man keeps the law’s requirements, will his uncircumcision not be counted as circumcision?
ICB
The non-Jews are not circumcised. But if they do what the law says, then it is as if they were circumcised.
ISV
So if a man who is uncircumcised keeps the requirements of the Law, his uncircumcision will be regarded as circumcision, won’t it?
PHILLIPS
That most intimate sign of belonging to God that we call circumcision does indeed mean something if you keep the Law. But if you flout the Law you are to all intents and purposes uncircumcising yourself! Conversely, if an uncircumcised man keeps the Law’s commandments, does he not thereby “circumcise” himself? Moreover, is it not plain to you that those who are physically uncircumcised, and yet keep the Law, are a continual judgment upon you who, for all your circumcision and knowledge of the Law, break it?
JUB
Therefore if the uncircumcised keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his foreskin be counted for circumcision?
KJV
Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision?
AKJV
Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision?
LSB
So if the uncircumcised man observes the righteous requirements of the Law, will not his uncircumcision be counted as circumcision?
LEB
Therefore, if the uncircumcised person follows the requirements of the law, will not his uncircumcision be credited for circumcision?
TLB
And if the heathen obey God’s laws, won’t God give them all the rights and honors he planned to give the Jews?
MSG
Circumcision, the surgical ritual that marks you as a Jew, is great if you live in accord with God’s law. But if you don’t, it’s worse than not being circumcised. The reverse is also true: The uncircumcised who keep God’s ways are as good as the circumcised—in fact, better. Better to keep God’s law uncircumcised than break it circumcised. Don’t you see: It’s not the cut of a knife that makes a Jew. You become a Jew by who you are. It’s the mark of God on your heart, not of a knife on your skin, that makes a Jew. And recognition comes from God, not legalistic critics. * * *
MEV
Therefore, if an uncircumcised man keeps the righteousness of the law, will not his uncircumcision be counted as circumcision?
MOUNCE
Therefore if the uncircumcised man keeps the righteous requirements of the law, will not · his uncircumcision be counted as circumcision?
NOG
So if a man does what those laws demand, won’t he be considered circumcised even if he is uncircumcised?
NABRE
Again, if an uncircumcised man keeps the precepts of the law, will he not be considered circumcised?
NASB
So if the uncircumcised man keeps the requirements of the Law, will his uncircumcision not be regarded as circumcision?
NASB1995
So if the uncircumcised man keeps the requirements of the Law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision?
NCB
In the same way, if one who is not circumcised keeps the precepts of the Law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision?
NCV
People who are not Jews are not circumcised, but if they do what the law says, it is as if they were circumcised.
NET
Therefore if the uncircumcised man obeys the righteous requirements of the law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision?
NIRV
And sometimes those who aren’t circumcised do what the law requires. Won’t God accept them as if they had been circumcised?
NIV
So then, if those who are not circumcised keep the law’s requirements, will they not be regarded as though they were circumcised?
NIVUK
So then, if those who are not circumcised keep the law’s requirements, will they not be regarded as though they were circumcised?
NKJV
Therefore, if an uncircumcised man keeps the righteous requirements of the law, will not his uncircumcision be counted as circumcision?
NLV
If a person who is not a Jew and has not gone through the act of becoming a Jew, obeys the Law, God will think of him as a Jew.
NLT
And if the Gentiles obey God’s law, won’t God declare them to be his own people?
NMB
Therefore, if the uncircumcised man keeps the righteous things contained in the law, shall his uncircumcision not be counted for circumcision?
NRSVA
So, if those who are uncircumcised keep the requirements of the law, will not their uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision?
NRSVACE
So, if those who are uncircumcised keep the requirements of the law, will not their uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision?
NRSVCE
So, if those who are uncircumcised keep the requirements of the law, will not their uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision?
NRSVUE
So, if the uncircumcised keep the requirements of the law, will not their uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision?
NTFE
Meanwhile, if uncircumcised people keep the law’s requirements, their uncircumcision will be regarded as circumcision, won’t it?
OJB
If then the ben Adam without bris milah is shomer fulfilling the just requirements of the Torah (1:32), will not his uncircumcision be counted as "bris milah "?
RGT
Therefore, if the uncircumcised keep the ordinances of the Law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted as circumcision?
RSV
So, if a man who is uncircumcised keeps the precepts of the law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision?
RSVCE
So, if a man who is uncircumcised keeps the precepts of the law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision?
TLV
Therefore, if the uncircumcised keeps the righteous decrees of the Torah, will not his uncircumcision be counted as circumcision?
VOICE
So if an uncircumcised man abides by God’s just precepts, doesn’t that make his standing before God the same as one who is circumcised?
WEB
If therefore the uncircumcised keep the ordinances of the law, won’t his uncircumcision be accounted as circumcision?
WE
So if a man who has not been circumcised obeys the law, will he not be like a man who has been circumcised?
WYC
Therefore if prepuce keep the rightwiseness of the law, whether his prepuce shall not be areckoned [shall not be reckoned] into circumcision?
YLT
If, therefore the uncircumcision the righteousness of the law may keep, shall not his uncircumcision for circumcision be reckoned?
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