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

Other Translations of Romans 2:26

New International Version

26 So then, if those who are not circumcised keep the law's requirements, will they not be regarded as though they were circumcised?

English Standard Version

26 So, if a man who is uncircumcised keeps the precepts of the law, will not his uncircumcision be regardedOr counted as circumcision?

The Message

26 The reverse is also true: The uncircumcised who keep God's ways are as good as the circumcised -

New King James Version

26 Therefore, if an uncircumcised man keeps the righteous requirements of the law, will not his uncircumcision be counted as circumcision?

New Living Translation

26 And if the Gentiles obey God's law, won't God declare them to be his own people?

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Romans 2:26

Commentary on Romans 2:25-29

(Read Romans 2:25-29)

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, than he was really a Jew of old, who is only one outwardly: neither is that baptism, which is outward in the flesh: but he is the real Christian, who is inwardly a true believer, with an obedient faith. And the true baptism is that of the heart, by the washing of regeneration and the renewal of the Holy Ghost; bringing a spiritual frame of mind, and a willing following of truth in its holy ways. Let us pray that we may be made real Christians, not outwardly, but inwardly; in the heart and spirit, not in the letter; baptized, not with water only, but with the Holy Ghost; and let our praise be, not of men, but of God.