Romans 2 17-29

 01/19 ~ From New Testament Letters

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        Paul’s Letter To The Romans                 

17 - But if you call yourself a Hebrew {important - in that day, teachers of the law} and rely on your standing, and boast in God, 18 and know his will and approve what is excellent, because you are instructed in what’s written, 19 and if you are sure that you yourself are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness, 20 an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of children, having the embodiment of knowledge and truth, 21 you then who teach others, do you teach yourself? While you preach against stealing, do you steal? 22 One must not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples? 23 If your boast is 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 nations because of you.” [“None are righteous, no not one.”] - {We cannot earn Life. Imperfect cannot make itself perfect, if we think we can, think we are superior, we mislead ourself. Life is a gift from God. HE is the key. We are pardon (humble) and judged to be innocent “righteousness imputed” free to be born anew as reconciled to, and growing in -> God, all through Jesus and he crucified. It’s all about Him.}

     25 For circumcision indeed is of value if you obey the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision becomes uncircumcision. 26 So, if one who is uncircumcised keeps the requirements of the law, will not their uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision? 27 Then the one who is physically uncircumcised but keeps the law, will condemn you who have the written code, and circumcision, but you break the law! 28 For no one is a Hebrew who is merely one outwardly, nor is circumcision outward and physical. 29 But a Hebrew is one inwardly. And circumcision is of the heart. And is - by the Spirit - not, by the law. And the praise is not from man, but from God.

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