25For circumcision indeed is of valueif you obey the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision becomes uncircumcision.26So, ifa man who is uncircumcised keepsthe precepts of the law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded[a]as circumcision?27Then he who is physically[b]uncircumcised but keeps the lawwill condemn you who havethe written code[c]and circumcision but break the law.28Forno one is a Jewwho is merely one outwardly, nor is circumcision outward and physical.29But a Jew is oneinwardly, andcircumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter.His praise is not from man but from God.