2:25 For circumcision ¹  has its value if you practice the law, but ²  if you break the law, ³  your circumcision has become uncircumcision. 2:26 Therefore if the uncircumcised man obeys ⁴  the righteous requirements of the law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision? 2:27 And will not the physically uncircumcised man ⁵  who keeps the law judge you who, despite ⁶  the written code ⁷  and circumcision, transgress the law? 2:28 For a person is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision something that is outward in the flesh, 2:29 but someone is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is of the heart ⁸  by the Spirit ⁹  and not by the written code. ¹⁰  This person’s ¹¹  praise is not from people but from God.