Romans 2:29

but someone is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is of the heart ¹  by the Spirit ²  and not by the written code. ³  This person’s ⁴  praise is not from people but from God.

De 10:16; De 30:6; 1Sa 16:7; 1Ch 29:17; Ps 45:13; Jer 4:4; Jer 4:14; Mt 23:25-28; Lu 11:39; Lu 17:21; Joh 3:5-8; Joh 4:23; Joh 5:44; Joh 12:43; Ro 2:27; Ro 7:6; Ro 14:17; 1Co 4:5; 2Co 3:6; 2Co 10:18; Php 3:3; Col 2:11,12; 1Th 2:4; 1Pe 3:4

¹ sn On circumcision is of the heart see Lev 26:41; Deut 10:16; Jer 4:4; Ezek 44:9.

² tn Some have taken the phrase ἐν πνεύματι (en pneumati, “by/in [the] S/spirit”) not as a reference to the Holy Spirit, but referring to circumcision as “spiritual and not literal” (RSV).

³ tn Grk “letter.”

⁴ tn Grk “whose.” The relative pronoun has been replaced by the phrase “this person’s” and, because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started in the translation.