²⁵For circumcision, indeed, doth profit, if law thou mayest practise, but if a transgressor of law thou mayest be, thy circumcision hath become uncircumcision. ²⁶If, therefore the uncircumcision the righteousness of the law may keep, shall not his uncircumcision for circumcision be reckoned? ²⁷and the uncircumcision, by nature, fulfilling the law, shall judge thee who, through letter and circumcision, art a transgressor of law. ²⁸For he is not a Jew who is so outwardly, neither is circumcision that which is outward in flesh; ²⁹but a Jew is he who is so inwardly, and circumcision is of the heart, in spirit, not in letter, of which the praise is not of men, but of God.

Chapter 3

¹What, then, is the superiority of the Jew? or what the profit of the circumcision? ²much in every way; for first, indeed, that they were intrusted with the oracles of God; ³for what, if certain were faithless? shall their faithlessness the faithfulness of god make useless? ⁴let it not be! and let God become true, and every man false, according as it hath been written, ‘That Thou mayest be declared righteous in Thy words, and mayest overcome in Thy being judged.’ ⁵And, if our unrighteousness God’s righteousness doth establish, what shall we say? is God unrighteous who is inflicting the wrath? (after the manner of a man I speak) ⁶let it not be! since how shall God judge the world? ⁷for if the truth of God in my falsehood did more abound to His glory, why yet am I also as a sinner judged? ⁸and not, as we are evil spoken of, and as certain affirm us to say—‘We may do the evil things, that the good ones may come?’ whose judgment is righteous. ⁹What, then? are we better? not at all! for we did before charge both Jews and Greeks with being all under sin,

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