Romans 2:27 BSB — MannaFest

Romans 2:27

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.

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ASV

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?

KJV

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?

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Commentary

3 voices

Irenaeus

Irenaeus Against Heresies Book 4 (202)

And that the Lord did not abrogate the natural [precepts] of the law, by which man is justified, which also those who were justified by faith, and who pleased God, did observe previous to the giving of the law, but that He extended and fulfilled them, is shown from His words. "For," He remarks, "it has been said to them of old time, Do not commit adultery. But I say unto you, That every one who hath looked upon a woman to lust after her, hath committed adultery with her already in his heart."

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

Origen of Alexandria

COMMENTARY ON THE EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS (253)

"But if the uncircumcision keeps the righteous requirements of the law, shall not that which is by nature uncircumcision, fulfilling the law, judge you, who by the letter and circumcision are a transgressor of the law?" We said above that the Apostle is discussing two Jews and two circumcisions, and that he mentions now the carnal, now the spiritual.

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature,.... That is, the Gentiles, who are by nature uncircumcised; for as circumcision was by the command of God, and performed by the art of men, uncircumcision is by nature, and what men naturally have. Now if it, such persons, fulfil the law in Christ, they will judge thee, the circumcision: and condemn, as Noah condemned the old world, Heb 11:7, and the men of Nineveh and the queen of the south will condemn the men of that generation, in which Christ lived, Mat 12:

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Which is by nature - Which is the natural state of man; his condition before he is admitted to any of the unique rites of the Jewish religion. If it fulfil the law - If they who are uncircumcised keep the Law. Judge thee - Condemn thee as guilty. As we say, the conduct of such a man condemns us. He acts so much more consistently and uprightly than we do, that we see our guilt. For a similar mode of expression, see Mat 12:41-42. Who by the letter ... - The translation here is certainly not happily expressed.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
κρινεῖ	krinei	will judge	G2919 →
ἡ	hē	the	G3588 →
ἐκ	ek	by	G1537 →
φύσεως	phuseōs	nature	G5449 →
ἀκροβυστία	akrobustia	uncircumcision	G203 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
νόμον	nomon	law	G3551 →
τελοῦσα	telousa	fulfilling	G5055 →
σὲ	se	you	G4771 →
τὸν	ton	who	G3588 →
διὰ	dia	with	G1223 →
γράμματος	grammatos	[the] letter	G1121 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
περιτομῆς	peritomēs	circumcision	G4061 →
παραβάτην	parabatēn	[are] a transgressor	G3848 →
νόμου.	nomou	of law.	G3551 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Corinthians 3:6
And He has qualified us as ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
leads to
- John 6:63
  The Spirit gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.
- Romans 7:6
  But now, having died to what bound us, we have been released from the law, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the…
- Jeremiah 31:31
  Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.
- Romans 8:2
  For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death.
- Hebrews 8:6–10
  Now, however, Jesus has received a much more excellent ministry, just as the covenant He mediates is better and is founded on better promises.
Through
Romans 2:29
No, a man is a Jew because he is one inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written code. Such a man’s praise does not come…
leads to
- Deuteronomy 30:6
  The LORD your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants, and you will love Him with all your heart and with all your soul, so that you may live.
- Philippians 3:3
  For it is we who are the circumcision, we who worship by the Spirit of God, who glory in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh—
- Deuteronomy 10:16
  Circumcise your hearts, therefore, and stiffen your necks no more.

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

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The walk

Related verses

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About Romans