Romans 2:29

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.

Romans 4:9

4:9 Is this blessedness ⁵  then for ⁶  the circumcision ⁷  or also for ⁸  the uncircumcision? For we say, “faith was credited to Abraham as righteousness.” ⁹ 

[2:29]  ¹ sn On circumcision is of the heart see Lev 26:41; Deut 10:16; Jer 4:4; Ezek 44:9.

[2:29]  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).

[2:29]  ³ tn Grk “letter.”

[2:29]  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 The relative pronoun has been replaced by the phrase “this person’s” and, because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started in the translation.

[4:9]  ⁵ tn Or “happiness.”

[4:9]  ⁶ tn Grk “upon.”

[4:9]  ⁷ sn See the note on “circumcision” in 2:25.

[4:9]  ⁸ tn Grk “upon.”

[4:9]  ⁹ sn A quotation from Gen 15:6.