Romans 2:17-29
The Jews and the Law

17 Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,

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18 And knowest [his] will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law;

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19 And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness,

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20 An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law.

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21 Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal?

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22 Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege?

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23 Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God?

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24 For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written.

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25 For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.

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26 Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision?

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27 And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision dost transgress the law?

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

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29 But he [is] a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision [is that] of the heart, in the spirit, [and] not in the letter; whose praise [is] not of men, but of God.

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