King James Version
Romans 2:25 in the King James Version says “For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made u...” — study this verse from Romans chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.”
Romans 2:25 · KJV
Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God?
For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written.
For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.
Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision?
And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision dost transgress the law?
KJV Study — Public Domain
“circumcision”
G4061circumcision (the rite, the condition or the people, literally or figuratively)
“verily”
G3303properly, indicative of affirmation or concession (in fact); usually followed by a contrasted clause with g1161 (this one, the former, etc.)
“For”
G1063properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles)
“if”
G1437a conditional particle; in case that, provided, etc.; often used in connection with other particles to denote indefiniteness or uncertainty
“of the law”
G3551law (through the idea of prescriptive usage), genitive case (regulation), specially, (of moses (including the volume); also of the gospel), or figurat
“thou keep”
G4238to "practise", i.e., perform repeatedly or habitually (thus differing from g4160, which properly refers to a single act); by implication, to execute,
“if”
G1437a conditional particle; in case that, provided, etc.; often used in connection with other particles to denote indefiniteness or uncertainty
“of the law”
G3551law (through the idea of prescriptive usage), genitive case (regulation), specially, (of moses (including the volume); also of the gospel), or figurat
“circumcision”
G4061circumcision (the rite, the condition or the people, literally or figuratively)
“uncircumcision”
G203the prepuce; by implication, an uncircumcised (i.e., gentile, figuratively, unregenerate) state or person
“is made”
G1096to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e., (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
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