Parallel Verses
NET Bible
For a person is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision something that is outward in the flesh,
New American Standard Bible
For
King James Version
For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:
Holman Bible
For a person is not a Jew who is one outwardly,
International Standard Version
For a person is not a Jew because of his appearance, nor is circumcision something just external and physical.
A Conservative Version
For he is not a Jew in what is visible, nor is circumcision in what is visible, in flesh,
American Standard Version
For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh:
Amplified
For he is not a [real] Jew who is only one outwardly, nor is [true] circumcision something external and physical.
An Understandable Version
For that person is not a Jew who is one [merely] on the outside. And circumcision is not [merely] an outward physical ordinance.
Anderson New Testament
For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh:
Bible in Basic English
The true Jew is not one who is only so publicly, and circumcision is not that which may be seen in the flesh:
Common New Testament
For he is not a real Jew who is one outwardly, nor is true circumcision something outward and in the flesh.
Daniel Mace New Testament
for it is not the Jew in outward appearance, neither is it the external mark of circumcision:
Darby Translation
For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, neither that circumcision which is outward in flesh;
Godbey New Testament
For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly; neither is circumcision that which is outwardly in the flesh.
Goodspeed New Testament
For the real Jew is not the man who is one outwardly, and the real circumcision is not something physical and external.
John Wesley New Testament
For he is not a Jew, who is one in outward shew, neither is that circumcision which is apparent in the flesh.
Julia Smith Translation
For he in appearance, is not a Jew; neither circumcision, in appearance in the flesh:
King James 2000
For he is not a Jew, who is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:
Lexham Expanded Bible
For the Jew is not {one outwardly}, nor [is] circumcision {outwardly}, in the flesh.
Modern King James verseion
For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that outwardly in flesh;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For he is not a Jew, which is a Jew outward. Neither is that thing circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:
Moffatt New Testament
He is no Jew who is merely a Jew outwardly, nor is circumcision something outward in the flesh;
Montgomery New Testament
For the real Jew is not the man who is one outwardly, and the real circumcision is not outward in the flesh;
New Heart English Bible
For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh;
Noyes New Testament
For he is not a Jew, who is one outwardly, nor is that circumcision, which is outward, in the flesh;
Sawyer New Testament
For not that which is external is the Jew, nor is that which is external in the flesh circumcision.
The Emphasized Bible
For, not he who is one in appearance, is a Jew, nor is, that which is such in appearance in flesh, circumcision;
Thomas Haweis New Testament
For not he who is outwardly such, is the Jew; neither is that which is outward in the flesh, circumcision.
Twentieth Century New Testament
For a man who is only a Jew outwardly is not a real Jew; nor is outward bodily circumcision real circumcision. The real Jew is the man who is a Jew in soul;
Webster
For he is not a Jew, who is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:
Weymouth New Testament
For the true Jew is not the man who is simply a Jew outwardly, and true circumcision is not that which is outward and bodily.
Williams New Testament
For the real Jew is not the man who is a Jew on the outside, and real circumcision is not outward physical circumcision.
World English Bible
For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh;
Worrell New Testament
For he is not a Jew, who is one outwardly; nor is that circumcision, which is outward in flesh;
Worsley New Testament
nor is that circumcision, which is only in appearance, in the flesh;
Youngs Literal Translation
For he is not a Jew who is so outwardly, neither is circumcision that which is outward in flesh;
Themes
Circumcision » Who are the circumcision
Circumcision » Paul's argument against the continuance of
Circumcision » A seal of righteousness
Interlinear
Phaneros
Phaneros
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Romans 2:28
Verse Info
Context Readings
Circumcision Of The Heart
27 And will not the physically uncircumcised man who keeps the law judge you who, despite the written code and circumcision, transgress the law? 28 For a person is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision something that is outward in the flesh, 29 but someone is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is of the heart by the Spirit and not by the written code. This person's praise is not from people but from God.
Phrases
Cross References
Galatians 6:15
For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything; the only thing that matters is a new creation!
Matthew 3:9
and don't think you can say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.' For I tell you that God can raise up children for Abraham from these stones!
Romans 9:6-8
It is not as though the word of God had failed. For not all those who are descended from Israel are truly Israel,
Revelation 2:9
I know the distress you are suffering and your poverty (but you are rich). I also know the slander against you by those who call themselves Jews and really are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.
Psalm 73:1
A psalm by Asaph. Certainly God is good to Israel, and to those whose motives are pure!
Isaiah 1:9-15
If the Lord who commands armies had not left us a few survivors, we would have quickly become like Sodom, we would have become like Gomorrah.
Isaiah 48:1-2
Listen to this, O family of Jacob, you who are called by the name 'Israel,' and are descended from Judah, who take oaths in the name of the Lord, and invoke the God of Israel -- but not in an honest and just manner.
Jeremiah 9:26
That is, I will punish the Egyptians, the Judeans, the Edomites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, and all the desert people who cut their hair short at the temples. I will do so because none of the people of those nations are really circumcised in the Lord's sight. Moreover, none of the people of Israel are circumcised when it comes to their hearts."
Hosea 1:6-9
She conceived again and gave birth to a daughter. Then the Lord said to him, "Name her 'No Pity' (Lo-Ruhamah) because I will no longer have pity on the nation of Israel. For I will certainly not forgive their guilt.
John 1:47
Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and exclaimed, "Look, a true Israelite in whom there is no deceit!"
John 8:37-39
I know that you are Abraham's descendants. But you want to kill me, because my teaching makes no progress among you.
Romans 2:17
But if you call yourself a Jew and rely on the law and boast of your relationship to God
Romans 4:10-12
How then was it credited to him? Was he circumcised at the time, or not? No, he was not circumcised but uncircumcised!
1 Peter 3:21
And this prefigured baptism, which now saves you -- not the washing off of physical dirt but the pledge of a good conscience to God -- through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,