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Romans 2:25
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, if thou keep the Law; but if thou be a breaker of the Law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.
Verse 25. _FOR CIRCUMCISION VERILY PROFITETH_] It is a blessing to belong to the Church of God and wear the sign of the covenant, provided the terms of the covenant are complied with. _BUT IF THOU B...
FOR CIRCUMCISION - John 7:22 note; Acts 7:8 note. This was the special rite by which the relation to the covenant of Abraham was recognised; or by which the right to all the privileges of a member of...
CHAPTER 2 _ 1. The Gentile Moralist and Reformer and His Condemnation. (Romans 2:1 .)_ 2. The Two Classes. (Romans 2:7 .) 3. The State of the Jew. (Romans 2:17 .)...
Now Paul accosts the Jew, reproving his PRIDE OF LAW, MADE VOID BY DISLOYALTY. Romans 2:17. His pretensions (But if thou bearest the name of Jew, etc.), provoke the questions of Romans 2:21 : the comm...
THE RESPONSIBILITY OF PRIVILEGE (Romans 2:1-11)...
If you are called by the name of Jew, if you take your rest in the Law, if you boast in God and know his will, if you give your approval to the excellent things, if you are instructed in the Law, if y...
_For circumcision verily profiteth_ With this verse a minor section or paragraph begins. The thought is not in. strict sequence with what has just been said, though in full connexion with the same gen...
ΠΕΡΙΤΟΜῊ ΜῈΝ ΓᾺΡ Κ.Τ.Λ. The explanation of the awful contrast between the formal condition of the Jew and his actual condition. ΠΕΡΙΤΟΜῊΙ is the symbol of the whole covenant relation of the Jew with G...
The nexus is marked by the particles—οὖν (21) sums up the privileges and introduces, in the form of questions, the contrast in the actual facts; γὰρ (24) implies the answer yes to the preceding questi...
17–3:20. The Gospel is needed by Jews, who have also failed through ignoring the one condition of righteousness....
ΠΕΡΙΤΟΜΉ (G4061) обрезание, ΩΦΕΛΕΊ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΏΦΕΛΈΩ (G5623) помогать, быть выгодным, быть полезным (BAGD). Гномический _praes._ Используется для выражения обыденного действия и общих исти...
FOR— It is most evident that γαρ, _for,_ cannot here signify that the following words are a reason for what was asserted in those immediately preceding. It seems little more than an expletive, as the...
_TEXT_ Romans 2:25-29. For circumcision indeed profiteth, if thou be a doer of the law; but if thou be a transgressor of the law, thy circumcision is become uncircumcision. Romans 2:26If therefore the...
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, bo...
_THE CONDUCT OF MANKIND_ 16 Much of the judgment which obtains among men is unjust and oppressive because of their inability to uncover the real truth: But in the divine judgment the _ hidden _ thing...
THE FAILURE OF THE JEWS In Romans 1 St. Paul showed that the Gentiles were under God's judgment on account of sin. Now he is about to turn to the Jews. He asserts first, that God's judgment will fall...
PROFITETH] cp. Romans 3:1.; Romans 9:1.; KEEP] i.e. as a habit, opposed to habitual transgression....
PAUL’S LETTER TO THE *ROMANS ROMANS _HILDA BRIGHT AND KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 2 PAUL’S ANSWERS TO THOSE WHO *JUDGE OTHER PEOPLE 2:1-16 1. THEY CANNOT AVOID GOD’S JUDGEMENT 2:1-4 v1 So, you who *...
IS MADE. — _Is become,_ — _ipso facto,_ “is reduced to the case of.”...
(25-29) This section forms a connecting-link with the opening of the next chapter. “The characteristic mark and badge of the Jew has two sides, the one outward and formal, the other inward and real. I...
περιτομή : the absence of the article suggests that the argument may be extended to everything of the same character as circumcision. ὠφελεῖ : Circumcision was the seal of the covenant, and as such an...
HE REQUIRES HEART-OBEDIENCE Romans 2:21 The Jew relied upon the position given him by the privileges and rites of Judaism, although his religious life, as such, had shrunk within these outward things...
It is evident that the apostle here turned to the Jew, though he did not immediately name him. He charged the Jew with the sin of practicing the very evils he condemned in the Gentiles. He is at least...
(9) For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision. (9) He precisely prevents their objection, who set a holiness...
Circumcision profiteth indeed, inasmuch as it was ordained by Almighty God, as were also the precepts of the law, which were to be observed before the publishing of the new law of Christ. See Galatian...
The _second part_ of the chapter, Romans 2:17-29, contains _the application_ of the principles laid down in the first. After expressing himself in a general and more or less abstract way, Paul address...
FIFTH PASSAGE (2:1-29). THE WRATH OF GOD SUSPENDED OVER THE JEWISH PEOPLE. In the midst of this flood of pollutions and iniquities which Gentile society presents to view, the apostle sees one who lik...
“ _For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision. If then the uncircumcised keep the ordinances of the law, shal...
Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God, (18) And knowest will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law; (19) And a...
The circumstances under which the epistle to the Romans was written gave occasion to the most thorough and comprehensive unfolding, not of the church, but of Christianity. No apostle had ever yet visi...
25._For circumcision indeed profits, etc. _He dissipates by anticipation what the Jews might have objected in opposition to him in the defense of their own cause: for since circumcision was a symbol o...
Two things are presented here with respect to God; His judgment against evil the evil-doer shall not escape (the real difference of right and wrong would be maintained by judgment); and His mercy, pat...
FOR CIRCUMCISION VERILY PROFITETH,.... The plea from circumcision in favour of the Jews, and their acceptance with God, and justification before him, is here, and in the following verses, considered....
For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision. Ver. 25. _If thou keep the law_] Which thou art thereby bound to...
_For circumcision verily profiteth_ He does not say _justifieth._ How far it profited is shown in the third and fourth Chapter s: _if thou keep the law_ Here, as in many other passages, the apostle sp...
CIRCUMCISION; this was one of the rites in which they gloried; and it was useful if, by directing their thoughts to that inward purity and consecration to God which it signified, it led them more fait...
THE CASE OF THE CULTURED GREEK But there is a class of Gentiles who are quite keen in seeing these evils in others, and unhesitatingly judging them for them, while never considering that the same judg...
Romans 2:17-29 1. What is the difference between an inward Jew and an outward Jew? a. What was an outward Jew? i. Circumcised ii. Good self-image 1. Name Jew means a lot to him 2. Rested in the...
FOR CIRCUMCISION INDEED PROFITETH, IF THOU BE. DOER OF THE LAW: BUT IF THOU BE. TRANSGRESSOR OF THE LAW, THY CIRCUMCISION IS BECOME UNCIRCUMCISION. These verses make the point that receiving privilege...
25-29 No forms, ordinances, or notions can profit, without regenerating grace, which will always lead to seeking an interest in the righteousness of God by faith. For he is no more a Christian now, t...
The Jews might object: If the former privileges availed not to righteousness and salvation, yet circumcision at least might stand them in some stead. In answer whereunto you have, 1. A concession; ci...
For circumcision indeed profiteth, if thou be a doer of the law: but if thou be a transgressor of the law, thy circumcision is become uncircumcision....
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book VII To illustrate: the noble apostle circumcised Timothy, though loudly declaring and writing that circumcision made with hands profits nothing.[80] Origen Commen...
Romans 2:25 For G1063 circumcision G4061 indeed G3303 profitable G5623 (G5719) if G1437 keep G4238 (G5725) law...
‘For circumcision indeed profits, if you are a doer of the law, but if you are a transgressor of the law, your circumcision is become uncircumcision.' Paul then puts circumcision in perspective. His r...
THE SPECIAL CASE OF THE JEW. PAUL IS ANSWERING THE QUESTION - ‘DOES NOT HIS KNOWLEDGE OF THE LAW AND THE UNDERSTANDING THAT GOES WITH IT, ALONG WITH THE FACT THAT HE IS CIRCUMCISED INTO GOD'S COVENANT...
WILL NOT CIRCUMCISION ENSURE THAT THE JEW IS TREATED DIFFERENTLY BY GOD? (2:25-29). The Jew then goes on to his second argument. If the possession of the Law and the benefits described above will not...
Romans 2:25. FOR CIRCUMCISION. The statement of Romans 2:23-24, which summed up the charge against the sinful Jew, is now corroborated: ‘what I have said is true in spite of circumcision, for circumci...
_2. The Jew is Condemned; His External Circumcision does not Avail._ This section contains the direct application to the case of the Jew, in the form of an indignant outburst (Romans 2:17-24), much of...
2. THE SINFULNESS OF THE JEWS, AS A PROOF OF THEIR NEED OF THE GOSPEL. This passage contains the second part of the proof of the universality of sin, and hence of the universal need of the gospel, whe...
IF THOU BE A DOER OF THE LAW (εαν νομον πρασσεις). Condition of third class and the present (continued action) subjunctive of πρασσω, a verb meaning to do as a habit.IS BECOME UNCIRCUMCISION (ακρ...
BREAKER OF THE LAW SIN (_ See Scofield) - (Romans 3:23). _...
Romans 2 The Practical Outcome of Judaism. I. The first thing on which St. Paul lays anxious stress in this passage is this: The judgment of God according to men's works is just, inevitable, and impa...
Romans 2:25. _For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision._ Paul is dealing with the Jew, who was apt to thin...
CONTENTS: The equal standing of Jew and Gentile before the justice of God. Morality apart from Christ useless as means of salvation. Jews knowing the law condemned by the law. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLU...
Romans 2:1. _Therefore thou art inexcusable, oh man,_ whether Roman or Jew, who judgest another, and doest the same thing thyself, though it may be in some other way. But as the judgment of God is acc...
IF YOU OBEY THE LAW. The Jews were very proud of their circumcision, because this was the seal of the Covenant. But it could not substitute for obedience. Compare Paul's inspired statement in Galatian...
_Behold, thou art called a Jew._ THE JEWS ALSO WITHOUT EXCUSE Hitherto the apostle, in seeking to shut up the Jew unto the faith of Christ, has contented himself with an enunciation of the equitable...
_For circumcision verily profiteth if thou keep the law._ CIRCUMCISION IN RELATION TO BAPTISM I. Its institution (Genesis 17:9). It is called “the covenant,” and “the token of the covenant,” which Go...
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 2:25 The Jews tended to believe that they would be spared at the last judgment because of their CIRCUMCISION (Genesis 17:9;...
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 2:1 Most interpreters say that Paul focuses on the sin of the Jews throughout this chapter. Another view is that the sin of the moral person (whether Jewish or Gentile) who judge...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Romans 2:27.—φύσεως plainly means here what we call a state of nature, in distinction from a state in which a revelation is enjoyed. Romans 2:29.—Olshausen says that Ruchert is right...
EXPOSITION ROMANS 2:1 (_b_) _Those who judge others, not excepting the Jews. _Here a new stage of the argument, in proof of the position propounded in Romans 1:18, begins, and is continued to the end...
Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judges (Romans 2:1): You see, I read this list and I say, "Oh, yes, it is horrible. My, I just don't know what we are going to do, the w...
Acts 7:51; Deuteronomy 30:6; Ephesians 2:11; Ephesians 2:12; Gal
Breaker of the law [π α ρ α β α τ η ς]. Rev., transgressor. See on James 2:11. Thy circumcision is made uncircumcision. "But if any citizen be found guilty of any great or unmentionable wrong, either...
Circumcision indeed profiteth — He does not say, justifies. How far it profited is shown in the third and fourth chapters. Thy circumcision is become uncircumcision — is so already in effect. Thou wil...
It is sufficiently known what great stress the Jews laid upon circumcision; they taught, that this alone was enough to procure the favour of God, and to free them from hell: "God having, as they said,...