Romans 2:28

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ESV	For no one is a Jew who is merely one outwardly, nor is circumcision outward and physical.
NIV	A man is not a Jew if he is only one outwardly, nor is circumcision merely outward and physical.
NLT	For you are not a true Jew just because you were born of Jewish parents or because you have gone through the ceremony of circumcision.
KJV	For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:

^{Romans 2:27 ← Romans 2:28 → Romans 2:29}

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