Romans 2:26 Parallel Translations

So if a man does what Moses' Teachings demand, won't he be considered circumcised even if he is uncircumcised?(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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?

BBE:

If those who have not circumcision keep the rules of the law, will it not be credited to them as circumcision?

DBY:

If therefore the uncircumcision keep the requirements of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be reckoned for circumcision,

ERV:

If therefore the uncircumcision keep the ordinances of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be reckoned for circumcision?

WEY:

In the same way if an uncircumcised man pays attention to the just requirements of the Law, shall not his lack of circumcision be overlooked, and,

WBS:

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

WEB:

If therefore the uncircumcised keep the ordinances of the law, won't his uncircumcision be accounted as circumcision?

YLT:

If, therefore the uncircumcision the righteousness of the law may keep, shall not his uncircumcision for circumcision be reckoned?

Romans 2:26 Cross References

XREF:

Romans 2:25 For indeed circumcision is of value if you practice the Law; but if you are a transgressor of the Law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

Romans 2:27 And he who is physically uncircumcised, if he keeps the Law, will he not judge you who though having the letter of the Law and circumcision are a transgressor of the Law?

Romans 3:30 since indeed God who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith is one.

Romans 8:4 so that the requirement of the Law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

1 Corinthians 7:19 Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but what matters is the keeping of the commandments of God.

Ephesians 2:11 Therefore remember that formerly you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called "Uncircumcision " by the so-called "Circumcision," which is performed in the flesh by human hands-- (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

2:26 Therefore if the {q} uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his {r} uncircumcision be counted for circumcision?
(q) This is the figure of speech metonymy, and means uncircumcised.
(r) The state and condition of the uncircumcised.

PNT:

2:26 Therefore. The converse of this is also true. If the Jewish law-breaker can annul his circumcision thus, then
if the uncircumcision, the Gentiles,
keepeth the righteousness of the law, his uncircumcised state will not be counted against him.
Shall not his uncircumcision we counted for circumcision? He supposes the possible case of a Gentile who might render such an obedience to the moral precepts of the law as a pious Jews could render, and argues that his uncircumcision would not make the obedience less acceptable. Circumcision is not, then, the thing that the Gentile needs, but righteousness. The disobedient Jew virtually becomes a Gentile, and the obedient Gentile virtually becomes a Jew.

WES:

2:26 If the uncircumcision - That is, a person uncircumcised. Keep the law - Walk agreeably to it. Shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision - In the sight of God?

MHC:

2:25-29 No forms, ordinances, or notions can profit, without regenerating grace, which will always lead to seeking an interest in the righteousness of God by faith. For he is no more a Christian now, than he was really a Jew of old, who is only one outwardly: neither is that baptism, which is outward in the flesh: but he is the real Christian, who is inwardly a true believer, with an obedient faith. And the true baptism is that of the heart, by the washing of regeneration and the renewal of the Holy Ghost; bringing a spiritual frame of mind, and a willing following of truth in its holy ways. Let us pray that we may be made real Christians, not outwardly, but inwardly; in the heart and spirit, not in the letter; baptized, not with water only, but with the Holy Ghost; and let our praise be, not of men, but of God.

CONC:

Accounted Attention Circumcised Circumcision Counted Credited Keepeth Keeps Lack Law Law's Ordinances Overlooked Pays Precepts Reckoned Regarded Requirements Righteousness Rules Though Uncircumcised Uncircumcision Won't

Accounted Attention Circumcised Circumcision Counted Credited Keepeth Keeps Law Ordinances Overlooked Pays Precepts Reckoned Regarded Requirements Righteousness Rules Uncircumcised Uncircumcision Way Won't

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