Now you, if you call yourself a Jew; if you rely on the law and boast in God;

But if you call yourself a Jew and ^arely on the law and boast in God

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▼ Εἰ δὲ = WH Treg NA/NIV: || Ἴδε = RP

Εἰ δὲ ⸃ σὺ Ἰουδαῖος ἐπονομάζῃ καὶ ἐπαναπαύῃ ▼

▼ νόμῳ = WH Treg NA/NIV: || τῷ νόμῳ = RP

νόμῳ καὶ καυχᾶσαι ἐν θεῷ

if you know his will and approve of what is superior because you are instructed by the law;

and know his will and approve what is excellent, because you are instructed from the law;

καὶ γινώσκεις τὸ θέλημα καὶ δοκιμάζεις τὰ διαφέροντα κατηχούμενος ἐκ τοῦ νόμου,

if you are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light for those who are in the dark,

and if you are sure that you yourself are ^da guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,

πέποιθάς τε σεαυτὸν ὁδηγὸν εἶναι τυφλῶν, φῶς τῶν ἐν σκότει,

an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of little children, because you have in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth –

an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of children, having in the law ^ethe embodiment of ^fknowledge and truth—

παιδευτὴν ἀφρόνων, διδάσκαλον νηπίων, ἔχοντα τὴν μόρφωσιν τῆς γνώσεως καὶ τῆς ἀληθείας ἐν τῷ νόμῳ—

you, then, who teach others, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal?

^gyou then who teach others, do you not teach yourself? While you preach against stealing, do you steal?

ὁ οὖν διδάσκων ἕτερον σεαυτὸν οὐ διδάσκεις; ὁ κηρύσσων μὴ κλέπτειν κλέπτεις;

You who say that people should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?

You who say that one must not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you ^hrob temples?

ὁ λέγων μὴ μοιχεύειν μοιχεύεις; ὁ βδελυσσόμενος τὰ εἴδωλα ἱεροσυλεῖς;

You who boast in the law, do you dishonour God by breaking the law?

You who ⁱboast in the law ^jdishonor God by breaking the law.

ὃς ἐν νόμῳ καυχᾶσαι, διὰ τῆς παραβάσεως τοῦ νόμου τὸν θεὸν ἀτιμάζεις;

As it is written: ‘God’s name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.’ ▼

▼Isaiah 52:5 (see Septuagint); Ezek. 36:20,22

For, ^las it is written, “The name of God is blasphemed ^mamong the Gentiles because of you.”

τὸ γὰρ ὄνομα τοῦ θεοῦ δι᾽ ὑμᾶς βλασφημεῖται ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν, καθὼς γέγραπται.

Circumcision has value if you observe the law, but if you break the law, you have become as though you had not been circumcised.

For circumcision indeed is of value ⁿif you obey the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision becomes uncircumcision.

Περιτομὴ μὲν γὰρ ὠφελεῖ ἐὰν νόμον πράσσῃς· ἐὰν δὲ παραβάτης νόμου ᾖς, ἡ περιτομή σου ἀκροβυστία γέγονεν.

So then, if those who are not circumcised keep the law’s requirements, will they not be regarded as though they were circumcised?

So, if ^oa man who is uncircumcised keeps ^pthe precepts of the law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded ▼

▼Or counted

as circumcision?

ἐὰν οὖν ἡ ἀκροβυστία τὰ δικαιώματα τοῦ νόμου φυλάσσῃ, ▼

▼ οὐχ = WH Treg NA/NIV: || οὐχὶ = RP

οὐχ ἡ ἀκροβυστία αὐτοῦ εἰς περιτομὴν λογισθήσεται;

The one who is not circumcised physically and yet obeys the law will condemn you who, even though you have the ▼

▼Or who, by means of a

written code and circumcision, are a law-breaker.

Then he who is physically ▼

▼Or  is by nature

uncircumcised but keeps the law ^uwill condemn you who have ^vthe written code ▼

▼Or  the letter

and circumcision but break the law.

καὶ κρινεῖ ἡ ἐκ φύσεως ἀκροβυστία τὸν νόμον τελοῦσα σὲ τὸν διὰ γράμματος καὶ περιτομῆς παραβάτην νόμου.

A person is not a Jew who is one only outwardly, nor is circumcision merely outward and physical.

For ^xno one is a Jew ^ywho is merely one outwardly, nor is circumcision outward and physical.

οὐ γὰρ ὁ ἐν τῷ φανερῷ Ἰουδαῖός ἐστιν, οὐδὲ ἡ ἐν τῷ φανερῷ ἐν σαρκὶ περιτομή·

No, a person is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is circumcision of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written code. Such a person’s praise is not from other people, but from God.

But a Jew is one ^zinwardly, and ^aacircumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter. ^abHis praise is not from man but from God.

ἀλλ᾽ ὁ ἐν τῷ κρυπτῷ Ἰουδαῖος, καὶ περιτομὴ καρδίας ἐν πνεύματι οὐ γράμματι, οὗ ὁ ἔπαινος οὐκ ἐξ ἀνθρώπων ἀλλ᾽ ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ.