Roma 2:25

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru

Sunat memang ada gunanya, jika engkau mentaati hukum Taurat; tetapi jika engkau melanggar hukum Taurat, maka sunatmu tidak ada lagi gunanya.

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Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari
Sunat memang ada gunanya, jika engkau mentaati hukum Taurat; tetapi jika engkau melanggar hukum Taurat, maka sunatmu tidak ada lagi gunanya.

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Adapun sunat itu sebenarnya berfaedah juga, jikalau engkau mengikut hukum Taurat itu; tetapi jikalau engkau menjadi pelanggar hukum Taurat, maka sunatmu itu pun menjadi batal.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

circumcision: Romans 2:28, Romans 2:29, Romans 3:1, Romans 3:2, Romans 4:11, Romans 4:12, Deuteronomy 30:6, Jeremiah 4:4, Galatians 5:3-6, Galatians 6:15, Ephesians 2:11, Ephesians 2:12

but if: Romans 2:23, Jeremiah 9:25, Jeremiah 9:26, Acts 7:51

Reciprocal: Genesis 17:23 - circumcised John 6:63 - the flesh Acts 10:35 - in Romans 2:13 - For not 1 Corinthians 7:19 - Circumcision Galatians 5:6 - in Philippians 3:3 - we Hebrews 2:16 - verily Hebrews 4:2 - did James 2:14 - What

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For circumcision verily profiteth,.... The plea from circumcision in favour of the Jews, and their acceptance with God, and justification before him, is here, and in the following verses, considered. The apostle allows that circumcision was profitable; which must be understood whilst it was in force, before the abrogation of it, for since, it is not profitable but pernicious; and then it was only profitable, in case the law was kept:

if thou keepest the law; that is, perfectly; for circumcision obliged persons to keep the whole law. Now the circumcised Jews did not keep it in such sense; wherefore circumcision was of no use to them, but, on the contrary, was an handwriting against them.

But if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision; that is, it is not accounted circumcision; it is of no avail; such a man was all one as an uncircumcised Gentile, and appeared to be uncircumcised in a spiritual sense: the apostle perhaps alludes to a practice among some of the Jews, to bring on and draw over the foreskin, after they had been circumcised; :-.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For circumcision - John 7:22 note; Acts 7:8 note. This was the special rite by which the relation to the covenant of Abraham was recognised; or by which the right to all the privileges of a member of the Jewish commonwealth was acknowledged. The Jews of course affixed a high importance to the rite.

Verily profiteth - Is truly a benefit; or is an advantage. The meaning is, that their being recognised as members of the Jewish commonwealth, and introduced to the privileges of the Jew, was an advantage; see Romans 3:1-2. The apostle was not disposed to deny that they possessed this advantage, but he tells them why it was a benefit, and how it might fail of conferring any favor.

If thou keep the law - The mere sign can be of no value, The mere fact of being a Jew is not what God requires. It may be a favor to have his Law, but the mere possession of the Law cannot entitle to the favor of God. So it is a privilege to be born in a Christian land; to have had pious parents; to be amidst the ordinances of religion; to be trained in Sundayschools; and to be devoted to God in baptism: for all these are favorable circumstances for salvation. But none of them entitle to the favor of God; and unless they are improved as they should be, they may be only the means of increasing our condemnation; 2 Corinthians 2:16.

Thy circumcision is made uncircumcision - Thy circumcision, or thy being called a Jew, is of no value. It will not distinguish you from those who are not circumcised. You will be treated as a pagan. No external advantages, no name, or rite, or ceremony will save you. God requires the obedience of the heart and of the life. Where there is a disposition to render that, there is an advantage in possessing the external means of grace. Where that is missing, no rite or profession can save. This applies with as much force to those who have been baptized in infancy, and to those who have made a profession of religion in a Christian church, as to the Jew.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 25. For circumcision verily profiteth — It is a blessing to belong to the Church of God and wear the sign of the covenant, provided the terms of the covenant are complied with.

But if thou be a breaker of the law — If thou do not observe the conditions of the covenant, the outward sign is both without meaning and without effect. This was a maxim of the rabbins themselves; for they allowed that an apostate or ungodly Israelite must go to hell, notwithstanding his circumcision.