How then was it credited to him? Was he circumcised at the time, or not? No, he was not circumcised but uncircumcised!

For circumcision has its value if you practice the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

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

but someone is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is of the heart by the Spirit and not by the written code. This person’s praise is not from people but from God.