Romans 2:28

Oh how great is your goodness, which you have laid up for those who fear you, which you have worked for those who take refuge in you, before the sons of men!

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.

Behold, I give some of the synagogue of Satan, of those who say they are Jews, and they are not, but lie—behold, I will make them to come and worship before your feet, and to know that I have loved you.

Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a right spirit within me.

I will also give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit within you. I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh.

Jesus answered him, “Most certainly, I tell you, unless one is born anew, he can’t see God’s Kingdom.”

But if anyone loves God, the same is known by him.

For in Christ Jesus neither is circumcision anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation.

He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who disbelieves will be condemned.

We were buried therefore with him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.

Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that you through his poverty might become rich.

For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as Christ’s apostles.

For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision amounts to anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love.

But if you bite and devour one another, be careful that you don’t consume one another.

one Lord, one faith, one baptism,

not by works of righteousness which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy, he saved us through the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit,

let’s draw near with a true heart in fullness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and having our body washed with pure water,

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

In the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.

I also walked contrary to them, and brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised heart is humbled, and they then accept the punishment of their iniquity,

His watchmen are blind. They are all without knowledge. They are all mute dogs. They can’t bark— dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.

Dedan, Tema, Buz, and all who have the corners of their beard cut off;

Her leaders judge for bribes, and her priests teach for a price, and her prophets of it tell fortunes for money: yet they lean on Yahweh, and say, “Isn’t Yahweh among us? No disaster will come on us.”

Don’t think to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham for our father,’ for I tell you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones.

Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

‘These people draw near to me with their mouth, and honor me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.

Jesus answered, “Most certainly I tell you, unless one is born of water and spirit, he can’t enter into God’s Kingdom.

They answered him, “We are Abraham’s offspring, and have never been in bondage to anyone. How do you say, ‘You will be made free’?”

Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

You who glory in the law, do you dishonor God by disobeying the law?

as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

Don’t be afraid of the things which you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested; and you will have oppression for ten days. Be faithful to death, and I will give you the crown of life.

For dogs have surrounded me. A company of evildoers have enclosed me. They have pierced my hands and feet.

Deliver my soul from the sword, my precious life from the power of the dog.

Blessed is the man to whom Yahweh doesn’t impute iniquity, in whose spirit there is no deceit.

For Yahweh God is a sun and a shield. Yahweh will give grace and glory. He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly.

for they call themselves citizens of the holy city, and rely on the God of Israel; Yahweh of Armies is his name.

Circumcise yourselves to Yahweh, and take away the foreskins of your heart, you men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem; lest my wrath go out like fire, and burn so that no one can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.

I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you. I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them a heart of flesh;

in that you have brought in foreigners, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to profane it, even my house, when you offer my bread, the fat and the blood, and they have broken my covenant, to add to all your abominations.

Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

When eight days were fulfilled for the circumcision of the child, his name was called Jesus, which was given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

He lifted up his eyes to his disciples, and said, “Blessed are you who are poor, God’s Kingdom is yours.

Don’t be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the Kingdom.

“Don’t think that I will accuse you to the Father. There is one who accuses you, even Moses, on whom you have set your hope.

Brothers, children of the stock of Abraham, and those among you who fear God, the word of this salvation is sent out to you.

Now why do you wait? Arise, be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.’

Where then is the boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? Of works? No, but by a law of faith.

But it is not as though the word of God has come to nothing. For they are not all Israel that are of Israel.

For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether bond or free; and were all given to drink into one Spirit.

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.

Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,

and put on the new man, who in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of truth.

that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word,

having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.

but the goal of this command is love, out of a pure heart and a good conscience and sincere faith,

that they do good, that they be rich in good works, that they be ready to distribute, willing to share;

They profess that they know God, but by their deeds they deny him, being abominable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work.

Listen, my beloved brothers. Didn’t God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the Kingdom which he promised to those who love him?

But false prophets also arose among the people, as false teachers will also be among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, denying even the Master who bought them, bringing on themselves swift destruction.

“I know your works, and your toil and perseverance, and that you can’t tolerate evil men, and have tested those who call themselves apostles, and they are not, and found them false.

Because you say, ‘I am rich, and have gotten riches, and have need of nothing;’ and don’t know that you are the wretched one, miserable, poor, blind, and naked;

In their mouth was found no lie, for they are blameless.

Outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.

The Mighty One, God, Yahweh, speaks, and calls the earth from sunrise to sunset.

Edom, Moab, and the children of Ammon;

Their camels will be a booty, and the multitude of their livestock a plunder. I will scatter to all winds those who have the corners of their beards cut off; and I will bring their calamity from every side of them,” says Yahweh.

“Don’t give that which is holy to the dogs, neither throw your pearls before the pigs, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.

“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves.

On the eighth day, they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.

There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.

who are Israelites; whose is the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the service, and the promises;

For you, brothers, were called for freedom. Only don’t use your freedom for gain to the flesh, but through love be servants to one another.

Beware of the dogs; beware of the evil workers; beware of the false circumcision.

For we are the circumcision, who worship God in the Spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh;

“I know your works, oppression, and your poverty (but you are rich), and the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews, and they are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.

He who is eight days old will be circumcised among you, every male throughout your generations, he who is born in the house, or bought with money from any foreigner who is not of your offspring.

Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.

Egypt, Judah, Edom, the children of Ammon, Moab, and all who have the corners of their hair cut off, who dwell in the wilderness, for all the nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in heart.”

Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and said about him, “Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no deceit!”

Jesus answered him, “Are you the teacher of Israel, and don’t understand these things?

Indeed you bear the name of a Jew, rest on the law, glory in God,

This is a symbol of baptism, which now saves you—not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,