Romans 2:28

John Cassian

• John Cassian, Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXI.36Conference XXI

  “…but he is a Jew which is one inwardly, and the circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit not in the letter, whose praise is not of men but of God,” who alone searches the secrets of the heart.” — editor's note: Rom. ii. 28, 29.

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Origen

• Origen, De Principiis IV.2Book IV

  “…which is outward in the flesh: but he is a Jew who is one ‘inwardly;’ and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the let­ter.”” — editor's note: Rom. ii. 28, 29.

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Augustine of Hippo

• Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 48

  “This saith also the Apostle, “He is not a Jew which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh: but he is a Jew which is one inwardly, and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter, whose praise is not of men, but of God.”” — editor's note: Rom. ii. 28, 29.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 114

  “For “Judah” hath become “His sanctuary” in you; for “he is not a Jew which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh; but he is a Jew which is one inwardly, and by circumcision of the heart.”” — editor's note: Rom. ii. 28, 29.

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Jerome

• Jerome, Letters Letter 108

  “She looked upon the camp of Gilgal and the hill of the foreskins suggestive of the mystery of the second circumcision: and she gazed at the twelve stones brought thither out of the bed of Jordan to be symbols of those twelve foundations on which are written the names of the twelve apostles.” — editor's note: Rom. ii. 28, 29.

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Tertullian

• Tertullian, On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 26

  “For “he is not a Jew which is one outwardly, but he who is one inwardly.”” — editor's note: Rom. ii. 28, 29.

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• Tertullian, The Five Books Against Marcion V.12Book V

  “…the letter also which clips the flesh; and “the Jew which is one inwardly” will be a subject of the self-same God as he also is who is “a Jew outwardly;” because the apostle would have preferred not to have mentioned a Jew at all, unless he were a servant of the God of the Jews.” — editor's note: Rom. ii. 28.

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• Tertullian, To His Wife I.2Book I

  “And so to the Law presently had to succeed the Word of God introducing the spiritual circumcision.” — editor's note: Rom. ii. 28, 29; Phil. iii. 3; Col. ii. 11.

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• 1 Corinthians 2:9

  Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 26.

• Hebrews 9:26

  Cited together in To His Wife I.2.

• Genesis 1:28

  Cited together in To His Wife I.2.

• Genesis 2:21

  Cited together in To His Wife I.2.

• Genesis 3:19

  Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 26.

• Genesis 4:11

  Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 26.

• Psalm 97:1

  Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 26.

• Isaiah 1:19

  Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 26.

• Isaiah 51:9

  Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 26.

• Zechariah 12:10

  Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 26.

• Matthew 4:4

  Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 26.

• Matthew 5:45

  Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 26.

• Romans 1:25

  Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 26.