Haweis(i)
17 Lo! thou art named a Jew, and restest on the law, and boastest in God,
18 and knowest the will of God, and bringest to the test the things that are different, being instructed out of the law;
19 and hast confidence that thou thyself art a leader of the blind, a light of those who are in darkness,
20 an instructor of the uninformed, a teacher of babes, holding the form of knowledge and of truth in the law.
21 Thou therefore who teachest another, dost thou not teach thyself? thou that proclaimest aloud that a man should not steal, dost thou steal?
22 thou that sayest, Do not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that holdest idols in abomination, dost thou commit sacrilege?
23 thou who gloriest in the law, dishonourest thou God by the transgression of the law?
24 for the name of God is blasphemed through you among the heathen, as it is written.
25 For circumcision indeed is advantageous, if thou practise the law: but if thou art a transgressor of the law, thy circumcision becomes uncircumcision,
26 If then the uncircumcision observe the righteous judgments of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be accounted for circumcision?
27 And the uncircumcision by nature which fulfilleth the law shall condemn thee, who through the letter and circumcision art a transgressor of the law.
28 For not he who is outwardly such, is the Jew; neither is that which is outward in the flesh, circumcision.
29 But he is a Jew who is such inwardly; and circumcision is of the heart, in spirit, not in letter; whose praise is not from men, but from God.