Romans 2:28-3:2 For it is not the one who is outwardly a Jew, who is the real Jew; neither is circumcision that which is seen in the flesh.

Lamsa⁽ⁱ⁾ ²⁸ For it is not the one who is outwardly a Jew, who is the real Jew; neither is circumcision that which is seen in the flesh. ²⁹ But a real Jew is one who is inwardly so, and circumcision is of the heart, spiritually and not literally; whose praise is not from men but from God. ³ ¹ WHAT then is the superiority of the Jew? or what is the importance of circumcision? ² Much in every way: because the Jews were the first to believe in the words of God.