Romans 2:17–29

¹⁷Behold, ^fthou art called a Jew, and ^grestest in the law, and ^hmakest thy boast of God, ¹⁸And ⁱknowest his will, and ^||kapprovest the things that are more excellent, ^lbeing instructed out of the law; ¹⁹And ^mart confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness, ²⁰An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast ⁿthe form of ^oknowledge and of the truth in the law. ^21pThou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal? ^22qThou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, ^rdost thou commit sacrilege? ^23sThou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God? ²⁴For ^tthe name of God is blasphemed ^uamong the Gentiles through you, as it is written. ^25wFor circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision. ²⁶Therefore ^xif the uncircumcision keep ^ythe righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision? ²⁷And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, ^zjudge thee, who by ^athe letter and circumcision dost transgress the law? ²⁸For ^bhe is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: ²⁹But he is a Jew, ^cwhich is one inwardly; and ^dcircumcision is that of the heart, ^ein the spirit, and not in ^athe letter; ^fwhose praise is ^gnot of men, but of God.