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Romans 2:26

Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision?

KJV

ἐὰν οὖν ἡ ἀκροβυστία τὰ δικαιώματα τοῦ νόμου φυλάσσῃ, οὐχ ἡ ἀκροβυστία αὐτοῦ εἰς περιτομὴν λογισθήσεται;

Greek NT

Si igitur præputium justitias legis custodiat, nonne præputium illius in circumcisionem reputabitur ?

Vulgate

If therefore the uncircumcision keep the ordinances of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be reckoned for circumcision?

ASV

If then, the uncircumcised keep the justices of the law, shall not this uncircumcision be counted for circumcision?

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δικαίωμα
dikaioma
noun · 10×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
λογίζομαι
logizomai
verb · 40×
νόμος
nomos
noun · 196×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
οὖν
oun
conjunction · 489×
περιτομή
peritome
noun · 36×
φυλάσσω
phulasso
verb · 31×
ἀκροβυστία
akrobustia
noun · 20×
ἐάν
ean
conditional · 333×
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: οὐχ | WH/Treg/NIV: οὐχ | RP: οὐχὶ
  • οὐχSBLGNT
  • οὐχWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • οὐχὶRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Source. Translated by J. Walker, J. Sheppard and H. Browne, and revised by George B. Stevens. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 11. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1889.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/210206.htm>. Contact information. The editor of New Adven…

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 7:18 — Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised.
  • Col 2:11 — In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:
  • Rom 2:1 — Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.
  • Rom 8:4 — That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
  • Rom 8:4 — That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.