Romans 2:26 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision? ”

• Romans 2:26 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Therefore, if the uncircumcision - If those who are not circumcised, that is, the pagan. Keep the righteousness of the law - Keep what the Law of Moses commands. It could not be supposed that...

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• Romans 2:26 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  Therefore if the (q) uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his (r) uncircumcision be counted for circumcision? (q) This is the figure of speech metonymy, and means "uncircumcis...

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• Romans 2:26 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Now Paul accosts the Jew, reproving his pride of law, made void by disloyalty. Romans 2:17-20 . His pretensions (But if thou bearest the name of Jew, etc.), provoke the questions of Romans 2:21-...

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• Romans 2:26 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  righteousness . righteous requirements. Greek. dikaioma. App-191. shall . will. not . App-105. counted . Same as "think", Romans 2:3 . i.e. in the day of Romans 2:5 .

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• Romans 2:26 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  26. If then the uncircumcision, etc. This is a very strong argument. Every thing is below its end and subordinate to it. Circumcision looks to the law, and must therefore be inferior to i...

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• Romans 2:26 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision? Therefore if the uncircumcision, etc. - If the Gentile be found to act acc...

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• Romans 2:26 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  The righteousness of the law— Mr. Locke renders the original words δικαιωματα του νομου the rectitudes of the law, in an appropriated sense of the word rectitude! This rule of their actions, al...

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• Romans 2:26 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision? Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law,...

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• Romans 2:26 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Failure of the Jews In Romans 1 St. Paul showed that the Gentiles were under God's judgment on account of sin. Now he is about to turn to the Jews. He asserts first, that God's judgment will...

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• Romans 2:26 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  (25-29) This section forms a connecting-link with the opening of the next chapter. “The characteristic mark and badge of the Jew has two sides, the one outward and formal, the other inward and real....

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• Romans 2:26 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  He Requires Heart-Obedience Romans 2:21-29 The Jew relied upon the position given him by the privileges and rites of Judaism, although his religious life, as such, had shrunk within these outwa...

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• Romans 2:26 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  It is evident that the apostle here turned to the Jew, though he did not immediately name him. He charged the Jew with the sin of practicing the very evils he condemned in the Gentiles. He is at leas...

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• Romans 2:26 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God, (18) And knowest will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law; (19) And...

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• Romans 2:26 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Therefore if the uncircumcision keep ,.... These words are spoken hypothetically; if any such persons could be found among the Gentiles who keep the whole law of God; and can only be absolutely unde...

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• Romans 2:26 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision? Ver. 26. If the uncircumcision ] Which it can never do. But admit it c...

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• Romans 2:26 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  For circumcision verily profiteth He does not say justifieth. How far it profited is shown in the third and fourth Chapter s: if thou keep the law Here, as in many other passages, the apostle s...

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• Romans 2:26 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  The Case of the Cultured Greek But there is a class of Gentiles who are quite keen in seeing these evils in others, and unhesitatingly judging them for them, while never considering that the same...

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• Romans 2:26 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Pretensions of the Jews; The Depravity of the Jews. A. D. 58.       17 Behold, thou art cal...

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• Romans 2:26 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  The uncircumcision; i.e. the uncircumcised; a figurative and frequent way of speaking: see Romans 3:30 , Romans 4:9 . Keep the righteousness of the law; which none of them ever did; but admit...

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• Romans 2:26 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  The Special Case Of The Jew. Paul Is Answering The Question - ‘Does Not His Knowledge Of The Law And The Understanding That Goes With It, Along With The Fact That He Is Circumcised Into God's Covena...

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• Romans 2:26 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES Romans 2:27 .—φύσεως plainly means here what we call a state of nature, in distinction from a state in which a revelation is enjoyed. Romans 2:29 .—Olshausen says that Ruchert is...

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• Romans 2:26 - Scofield Reference Notes

  righteousness ( See Scofield) - ( Romans 10:3 ).

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• Romans 2:26 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  Romans 2 The Practical Outcome of Judaism. I. The first thing on which St. Paul lays anxious stress in this passage is this: The judgment of God according to men's works is just, inevitable, and...

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• Romans 2:26 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  Romans 2:25 . For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision. Paul is dealing with the Jew, who was apt to t...

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• Romans 2:26 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Romans 2:1 . Therefore thou art inexcusable, oh man, whether Roman or Jew, who judgest another, and doest the same thing thyself, though it may be in some other way. But as the judgment of God is...

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• Romans 2:26 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Behold, thou art called a Jew. The Jews also without excuse Hitherto the apostle, in seeking to shut up the Jew unto the faith of Christ, has contented himself with an enunciation of the equita...

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• Romans 2:26 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Romans 2:1-45 ( b ) Those who judge others, not excepting the Jews. Here a new stage of the argument, in proof of the position propounded in Romans 1:18 , begins, and is conti...

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• Romans 2:26 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  False and true circumcision:

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• Romans 2:26 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Corinthians 7:18 ; 1 Corinthians 7:19 ; Acts 10:2-4 ; Acts 10:34 ; Acts 10:35 ; Acts 11:3 ; Colossians 2:11 ; Isaiah 56:6 ; Isaiah 56:7 ; Matthew 15:28 ; Matthew 8:11 ; Matthew 8:12 ;...

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• Romans 2:26 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  If the uncircumcision — That is, a person uncircumcised. Keep the law — Walk agreeably to it. Shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision — In the sight of God?

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