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Won`t the uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfills the law, judge you, who with the letter and circumcision are a transgressor of the law?
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Scholars explain that when Paul says a Gentile might "judge" a Jew, he doesn't mean a formal sentencing. Rather, it's a judgment by contrast. A Gentile who lives righteously without the formal Law puts to shame the person who possesses the Law and circumcision but disobeys. Their sincere obedience becomes a living condemnation of religious hypocrisy.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Which is by nature. Which is the natural state of man; his condition before he is admitted to any of the peculiar rites of the Jewish reli…
If it fulfill the law (τον νομον τελουσα). Present active participle (conditional use of the participle) of τελεω, to finish, cont…
19th Century
Anglican
This section forms a connecting link with the opening of the next chapter. “The characteristic mark and badge of the Jew has two sides: one outward…
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Baptist
If this principle were fully recognized everywhere, it would certainly put an end to all that notion of sacramentarianism that some hold. It is not…
If the law was the major distinctive of the Jews, a close second was circumcision. As with the law, so with circumcision, the nation was guilty of …
16th Century
Protestant
By the letter and circumcision, etc. This expression means a literal circumcision. He does not mean that they violated the law be…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature That is, the Gentiles, who are by nature uncircumcised; for as circu…
No forms, ordinances, or notions can profit without regenerating grace, which will always lead to seeking to partake of the righteousness of God by…
13th Century
Catholic
After showing that the doers of the law are justified even without being hearers, which pertained to the Gentiles, the Apostle now shows …
