SEV Biblia, Chapter 2:25
Porque la circuncisin en verdad aprovecha, si guardares la ley; pero si eres rebelde a la ley, tu circuncisin es hecha prepucio.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Romans 2:25
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.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 25. For circumcision verily profiteth , etc..] 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; (see Gill on 1 Corinthians 7:18).
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 25-29 - No forms, ordinances, or notions can profit, without regeneratin grace, which will always lead to seeking an interest in the righteousness of God by faith. For he is no more a Christian now, tha he was really a Jew of old, who is only one outwardly: neither is tha baptism, which is outward in the flesh: but he is the real Christian who is inwardly a true believer, with an obedient faith. And the tru baptism is that of the heart, by the washing of regeneration and the renewal of the Holy Ghost; bringing a spiritual frame of mind, and willing following of truth in its holy ways. Let us pray that we may be made real Christians, not outwardly, but inwardly; in the heart an spirit, not in the letter; baptized, not with water only, but with the Holy Ghost; and let our praise be, not of men, but of God __________________________________________________________________
Greek Textus Receptus
περιτομη 4061 N-NSF μεν 3303 PRT γαρ 1063 CONJ ωφελει 5623 5719 V-PAI-3S εαν 1437 COND νομον 3551 N-ASM πρασσης 4238 5725 V-PAS-2S εαν 1437 COND δε 1161 CONJ παραβατης 3848 N-NSM νομου 3551 N-GSM ης 1510 5753 V-PXS-2S η 3588 T-NSF περιτομη 4061 N-NSF σου 4675 P-2GS ακροβυστια 203 N-NSF γεγονεν 1096 5754 V-2RAI-3S
Vincent's NT Word Studies
25. Breaker of the law (parabathv). Rev., transgressor. See on James ii. 11.Thy circumcision is made uncircumcision. "But if any citizen be found guilty of any great or unmentionable wrong, either in relation to the gods, or his parents, or the state, let the judge deem him to be incurable, remembering what an education and training he has had from youth upward, and yet has not abstained from the greatest of crimes" (Plato, "Laws," 854).
Robertson's NT Word Studies
2:25 {If thou be a doer of the law} (ean nomon prasseis). Condition of third class and the present (continued action) subjunctive of prassw, a verb meaning to do as a habit. {Is become uncircumcision} (akrobustia gegonen). The Jew is qen like the Gentile, with no privilege at all. Circumcision was simply the seal of the covenant relation of Israel with God.
