Romans 2:17-29 - Jews Also Condemned By The Law

¹⁷ Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, ¹⁸ and gloriest in God, And knowest his will, and discernest the things that differ, being instructed out of the law: ¹⁹ And art confident, that thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them that are in darkness, An instructer of the ignorant, ²⁰ a teacher of babes, having the form of knowledge and truth in the law. ²¹ Thou therefore that teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? Thou that proclaimest, a man should not steal, dost thou steal? ²² Thou that sayst, a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? Thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege? ²³ Thou that gloriest in the law, dost thou by transgressing the law dishonour God? ²⁴ For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written.

²⁵ Circumcision indeed profiteth, if thou keepest the law; but if thou art a transgressor of the law, thy circumcision is become uncircumcision. ²⁶ Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision? ²⁷ Yea, the uncircumcision that is by nature, fulfilling the law, shall judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision transgressest the law. ²⁸ For he is not a Jew, who is one in outward shew, neither is that circumcision which is apparent in the flesh. ²⁹ But he is a Jew, who is one inwardly, and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, not in the letter; whose praise is not from men, but from God.