For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.
For circumcision verily profiteth. To be a circumcised Jew, born within the pale of revealed Religion, overshadowed from infancy by divine ordinances, and daily familiarized with the most quickening, elevating, and sanctifying truths-this is an advantage not to be overestimated (Romans 3:1-2; Romans 9:4-5).
If thou keep the law - if thou yield thyself to these gracious influences, and the light that shines around thee be reflected in thy character and walk.
But if thou be a breaker of the law - if thy Judaism be all outside,
Thy circumcision is made uncircumcision - in that case thou art in the sight of God an uncircumcised pagan.