Jeremiah 9:26
9:26 That is, I will punish the Egyptians, the Judeans, the Edomites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, and all the desert people who cut their hair short at the temples.
I will do so because none of the people of those nations are really circumcised in the
Lord’s sight.
Moreover, none of the people of Israel
are circumcised when it comes to their hearts.”
Romans 4:10-12
4:10 How then was it credited to him? Was he circumcised at the time, or not? No, he was not circumcised but uncircumcised!
4:11 And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised,
so that he would become
the father of all those who believe but have never been circumcised,
that they too could have righteousness credited to them.
4:12 And he is also the father of the circumcised,
who are not only circumcised, but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham possessed when he was still uncircumcised.
Romans 4:1
The Illustration of Justification
4:1 What then shall we say that Abraham, our ancestor according to the flesh, has discovered regarding this matter?
Romans 3:21
3:21 But now
apart from the law the righteousness of God (which is attested by the law and the prophets)
has been disclosed –