Romans 2:28

For he is not a Jew, which is one (u) outwardly; neither [is that] circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:

(u) By the outward ceremony only.

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²⁸ For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:

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