22. You who say, “You must not commit adultery” — do you commit adultery? You who detest idols, do you rob their temples?
23. You who boast in the law, do you dishonor God by breaking the law?
24. For, as it is written: The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.
25. For circumcision benefits you if you observe the law, but if you are a lawbreaker, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.
26. Therefore if an uncircumcised man keeps the law’s requirements, will his uncircumcision not be counted as circumcision?
27. A man who is physically uncircumcised, but who fulfills the law, will judge you who are a lawbreaker in spite of having the letter of the law and circumcision.
28. For a person is not a Jew who is one outwardly, and true circumcision is not something visible in the flesh.
29. On the contrary, a person is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is of the heart — by the Spirit, not the letter. That man’s praise is not from men but from God.