Romans 2:25
Circumcision has value if you observe the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.
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Parallel translations (2) ▾
ASV
For circumcision indeed profiteth, if thou be a doer of the law: but if thou be a transgressor of the law, thy circumcision is become uncircumcision.
KJV
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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17 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| Περιτομὴ | Peritomē | Circumcision | G4061 → |
| μὲν | men | indeed | G3303 → |
| γὰρ | gar | for | G1063 → |
| ὠφελεῖ | ōphelei | profits | G5623 → |
| ἐὰν | ean | if | G1437 → |
| νόμον | nomon | [the] law | G3551 → |
| πράσσῃς· | prassēs | you shall do; | G4238 → |
| ἐὰν | ean | if | G1437 → |
| δὲ | de | however | G1161 → |
| παραβάτης | parabatēs | a transgressor | G3848 → |
| νόμου | nomou | of law | G3551 → |
| ᾖς, | ēs | you shall be, | G1510 → |
| ἡ | hē | the | G3588 → |
| περιτομή | peritomē | circumcision | G4061 → |
| σου | sou | of you | G4771 → |
| ἀκροβυστία | akrobustia | uncircumcision | G203 → |
| γέγονεν. | gegonen | has become. | G1096 → |
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