KJV King James Version
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?
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Romans 2:27
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?
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
The one who is physically uncircumcised yet keeps the law will condemn you who, even though you have the written code and circumcision, are a lawbreaker.
WEB World English Bible
Won’t the uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfills the law, judge you, who with the letter and circumcision are a transgressor of the law?
ASV American Standard Version
and shall not the uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who with the letter and circumcision art a transgressor of the law?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and the uncircumcision, by nature, fulfilling the law, shall judge thee who, through letter and circumcision, art a transgressor of law.
Surrounding context — Romans 2
24 For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written.
25 For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.
26 Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision?
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?
28 For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither [is that] circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:
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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καὶG2532 · kaiandκρινεῖG2919 · krinōto judgeἡG3588 · hothe/this/whoἐκG1537 · ekout fromφύσεωςG5449 · phusisnatureἀκροβυστίαG203 · akrobustiauncircumcisionτὸνG3588 · hothe/this/whoνόμονG3551 · nomoslawτελοῦσαG5055 · teleōto finishσὲG4771 · suyouτὸνG3588 · hothe/this/whoδιὰG1223 · diathrough/because ofγράμματοςG1121 · grammasomething writtenκαὶG2532 · kaiandπεριτομῆςG4061 · peritomēcircumcisionπαραβάτηνG3848 · parabatēstransgresorνόμου.G3551 · nomoslaw
Cross-references
Matthew 12:41-42The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas [is] here.Romans 7:6-8But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not [in] the oldness of the letter.Romans 8:4That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.Romans 2:29But 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.2 Corinthians 3:6Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.Galatians 5:14For all the law is fulfilled in one word, [even] in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.Ezekiel 16:48-52[As] I live, saith the Lord GOD, Sodom thy sister hath not done, she nor her daughters, as thou hast done, thou and thy daughters.Romans 2:20An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law.Hebrews 11:3Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.Matthew 3:15And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer [it to be so] now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.Romans 13:10Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love [is] the fulfilling of the law.Acts 13:22And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the [son] of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will.Matthew 5:17-20Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
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