just as it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one,

For the law brings wrath, because where there is no law there is no transgression either.

So then, it does not depend on human desire or exertion, but on God who shows mercy.

For if God did not spare the natural branches, perhaps he will not spare you.

For a person is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision something that is outward in the flesh,

because the outlook of the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to the law of God, nor is it able to do so.