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George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Romans 2:28

Nor is that circumcision, which is outwardly in the flesh. St. Paul distinguisheth two sorts of circumcision; that which is made in the flesh, according to the letter of the law, which is an outward circumcision; and a more necessary circumcision of the heart, and of the spirit, by which a man's interior is reformed, and by which his vices and disorders are cut off. The first circumcision would never avail a man any thing without the second. (Witham) ==================== read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Romans 2:25-29

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... read more

Frank Binford Hole

F. B. Hole's Old and New Testament Commentary - Romans 2:1-99

Romans 2 THE HEATHEN WORLD of nineteen centuries ago had however in its midst a number of peoples who were highly civilized. The apostle Paul knew that he was as regards the Gospel as much a debtor to the Greek who was wise, as to the Barbarian who was unwise. As we open chapter 2, we find him turning from the one to the other. His style becomes very graphic. It is almost as if at this point he saw a highly refined and polished Greek standing by, and quite approving of his denunciation of the... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Romans 2:25-29

False and true circumcision: v. 25. For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the Law; but if thou be a breaker of the Law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision. v. 26. Therefore, if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the Law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision? v. 27. And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfill the Law, judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision dost transgress the Law? v. 28. For he is not a Jew which is... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Romans 2:25-29

Romans 2:25 to Romans 3:20Fifth Section.—The external Judaism of the letter, and the internal Judaism of the spirit. The objective advantage of historical Judaism. The subjective equality of Jews and Gentiles before the law of God, according to the purpose of the law itself—to bring about the knowledge of sin. (The utility of circumcision;—an accommodation to the need of salvation by the knowledge of sin. The circumcision which becomes uncircumcision, and the uncircumcision which becomes... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Romans 2:21-29

He Requires Heart-Obedience Romans 2:21-29 The Jew relied upon the position given him by the privileges and rites of Judaism, although his religious life, as such, had shrunk within these outward things, as a seed rattles in its pod. The Apostle’s argument is meant to show that personal irreligion and unbelief will neutralize all the benefit that outward rites might promise; while humble faith will compensate for any disadvantage which might result from heathen origin and environment. The... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Romans 2:1-29

It is evident that the apostle here turned to the Jew, though he did not immediately name him. He charged the Jew with the sin of practicing the very evils he condemned in the Gentiles. He is at least as great a failure as the Gentile in the matter of actual righteousness. Godliness, as privileged relationship, is of no value except as it produces actual righteousness. In verses Rom 2:21-23 the apostle declared the ethical failure of the Jew. This he did by asking a series of questions, every... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Romans 2:28-29

COVENANT RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD‘For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: but he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter.’ Romans 2:28-Joel : If we were to read this passage of Scripture carelessly, in which explanation is given of the rite of circumcision, we might easily think that St. Paul meant, in these words, to depreciate circumcision, and treat it as if... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 2:17-29

The Special Case Of The Jew. Paul Is Answering The Question - ‘Does Not His Knowledge Of The Law And The Understanding That Goes With It, Along With The Fact That He Is Circumcised Into God’s Covenant, Put The Jew In A Special Position In God’s Eyes?’ (2:17-29). The next hurdle that Paul had to do face was the claim of every Jew that, as a Jew he was privileged to have the Law and to be a teacher of men, and to have been circumcised into God’s covenant. Thus he saw himself as somehow superior... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 2:25-29

Will Not Circumcision Ensure That The Jew Is Treated Differently By God? (2:25-29). The Jew then goes on to his second argument. If the possession of the Law and the benefits described above will not ensure that the Jew is treated differently by God, what then about the fact that he is circumcised? Is that not the mark of God’s special covenant relationship with him? In reply Paul would have agreed that circumcision was the sign of a special covenant relationship. What he would have disagreed... read more

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Romans 2:28

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Romans 2:25-29

F. B. Hole's Old and New Testament Commentary - Romans 2:1-99

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Romans 2:25-29

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Romans 2:25-29

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Romans 2:21-29

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Romans 2:1-29

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Romans 2:28-29

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 2:17-29

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 2:25-29

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