Rom 2:29, 4:12 | ESV | STEP | But a Jew is one inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart , by the Spirit , not by the letter . His praise is not from man but from God .

b[Deut. 10:16; 30:6; Jer. 4:4; Acts 7:51; Phil. 3:3; Col. 2:11]

c 2 Cor. 10:18; 1 Thess. 2:4; [Gal. 1:10]

Romans 2:29

29 But a Jew is one ^ainwardly, and ^bcircumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter. ^cHis praise is not from man but from God.

Romans 4:12

12 and to make him the father of the circumcised who are not merely circumcised but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.