Romans 2:25-29 Now the practice of circumcision i.e., the Jewish rite of identity, signifying the responsibility to observe the law of Moses is worthwhile, providing you obey the rest of the law of Moses. But if you disobey the law, you might as well have never been circumcised.

AUV⁽ⁱ⁾ ²⁵ Now the practice of circumcision [i.e., the Jewish rite of identity, signifying the responsibility to observe the law of Moses] is worthwhile, providing you obey [the rest of] the law of Moses. But if you disobey the law, you might as well have never been circumcised. ²⁶ So, if an uncircumcised person [i.e., a Gentile] obeys [the rest of] the requirements of the law, will not the fact that he is not circumcised be considered [by God] as though he were? ²⁷ So, will not those physically uncircumcised people [i.e., the Gentiles], who obey the law, condemn you [Jews] for breaking the law, even though you have the written code and [practice] circumcision? ²⁸ For that person is not a Jew who is one [merely] on the outside. And circumcision is not [merely] an outward physical ordinance. ²⁹ But the [true] Jew is the person who is one on the inside, and [his] circumcision is a heart condition, [produced] by the Holy Spirit and not by the written law of Moses. [Note: Some translate “Spirit” here as “spirit” and make it simply an amplification of “heart”]. This person receives his praise from God and not [merely] from people.