2:17 你稱為猶太人，又倚靠律法，且指著上帝誇口；
2:18 既從律法中受了教訓，就曉得上帝的旨意，也能分別是非（或譯：也喜愛那美好的事）；
2:19 又深信自己是給瞎子領路的，是黑暗中人的光，
2:20 是蠢笨人的師傅，是小孩子的先生，在律法上有知識和真理的模範。
2:21 你既是教導別人，還不教導自己嗎？你講說人不可偷竊，自己還偷竊嗎？
2:22 你說人不可姦淫，自己還姦淫嗎？你厭惡偶像，自己還偷竊廟中之物嗎？
2:23 你指著律法誇口，自己倒犯律法、玷辱上帝嗎？
2:24 上帝的名在外邦人中，因你們受了褻瀆，正如經上所記的。
2:25 你若是行律法的，割禮固然於你有益；若是犯律法的，你的割禮就算不得割禮。
2:26 所以那未受割禮的，若遵守律法的條例，他雖然未受割禮，豈不算是有割禮嗎？
2:27 而且那本來未受割禮的，若能全守律法，豈不是要審判你這有儀文和割禮竟犯律法的人嗎？
2:28 因為外面作猶太人的，不是真猶太人；外面肉身的割禮，也不是真割禮。
2:29 惟有裡面作的，才是真猶太人；真割禮也是心裡的，在乎靈，不在乎儀文。這人的稱讚不是從人來的，乃是從上帝來的。
17 Now you, if you call yourself a Jew; if you rely on the law and boast in God; 18 if you know his will and approve of what is superior because you are instructed by the law; 19 if you are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light for those who are in the dark, 20 an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of little children, because you have in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth— 21 you, then, who teach others, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal? 22 You who say that people should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples? 23 You who boast in the law, do you dishonor God by breaking the law? 24 As it is written: “God’s name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.”[b]
25 Circumcision has value if you observe the law, but if you break the law, you have become as though you had not been circumcised. 26 So then, if those who are not circumcised keep the law’s requirements, will they not be regarded as though they were circumcised? 27 The one who is not circumcised physically and yet obeys the law will condemn you who, even though you have the[c] written code and circumcision, are a lawbreaker.
28 A person is not a Jew who is one only outwardly, nor is circumcision merely outward and physical. 29 No, a person is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is circumcision of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written code. Such a person’s praise is not from other people, but from God.
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保羅在這裡提醒猶太人：「你若是行律法的，割禮固然於你有益；若是犯律法的，你的割禮就算不得割禮。所以那未受割禮的，若遵守律法的條例，他雖然未受割禮，豈不算是有割禮嗎？而且那本來未受割禮的，若能全守律法，豈不是要審判你這有儀文和割禮竟犯律法的人嗎？因為外面作猶太人的，不是真猶太人；外面肉身的割禮，也不是真割禮。惟有裡面作的，才是真猶太人；真割禮也是心裡的，在乎靈，不在乎儀文。這人的稱讚不是從人來的，乃是從上帝來的。」
保羅這段話就是提醒猶太人不可以徒有割禮的記號，卻沒有上帝子民的實際！然而上帝子民的實際就是要和上帝有合宜的關係，就是透過主耶穌與上帝和好，讓主耶穌行律法的義臨到。因為人無法行得完全，只有讓主耶穌所完成的實現在我們身上，就是將律法刻在我們心版，讓我們靠聖靈的能力來行律法！而不是以自義的心來行律法！
這有甚麼差別呢？靠自己的力量行律法就會自以為了不起，以為有能力行善是自己的功勞，榮耀歸自己；靠主耶穌的義來行律法，是相信上帝的助力在我們身上，是我們可以行出來，會將榮耀歸給上帝，會相信一切都是靠耶穌基督的救恩才有的！
也唯有能歸榮耀於上帝的，才是真的是內心受割禮的人，是上帝所喜悅的兒女！
** 繼續閱讀: 羅馬書2章
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