Romans 2:29 (WEB)
but he is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, not in the letter; whose praise is not from men, but from God.
Fathers and councils · 16
Origen
- Origen, Against Celsus VII.22Book VII
“God may therefore have commanded men to destroy all their vices utterly, even at their birth, without having enjoined anything contrary to the teaching of Christ; and He may Himself have destroyed before the eyes of those who were “Jews inwardly” all the offspring of evil as His enemies.” — editor's note: Rom. ii. 29.
Read the whole comment - 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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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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Augustine of Hippo
“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.
Read the whole comment“He that in secret is a Jew, he that is so in circumcision of the heart, not in letter but in spirit.” — editor's note: Rom. ii. 29.
Read the whole comment“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.
Read the whole comment“…is king of the Jews, but of those who are Jews by the circumcision of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God; who belong to the Jerusalem that is free, our eternal mother in heaven, the spiritual Sarah, who casteth out the bond maid and her children from the house of…” — editor's note: Rom. ii. 29.
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Catena Aurea on Luke
- John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Luke
“But he does not say “before men,” as of hypocrites desirous to please men, but “before God,” as of those whose praise is not of men, but of God; (Rom. 2:29.) and this not once or for a time; but all the days of their life, as it is said, all our days.” — the author cites it
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Jerome
“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
“For “he is not a Jew which is one outwardly, but he who is one inwardly.”” — editor's note: Rom. ii. 28, 29.
Read the whole comment“Now it is quite within the purpose of the God of the law that circumcision should be that of the heart, not in the flesh; in the spirit, and not in the letter.” — editor's note: Rom. ii. 29.
Read the whole comment“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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Hilary of Poitiers
“The Apostle gives the answer:—They who are in the spirit, not in the letter, they who walk in the Law of Christ, are the Israel of God.” — editor's note: Cf. Rom. ii. 29.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“He gives laws for slaves and masters, rulers and ruled, husbands and wives, parents and children, marriage and celibacy, self-discipline and indulgence, wisdom and ignorance, circumcision and uncircumcision, Christ and the world, the flesh and the spirit.” — editor's note: Rom. ii. 25, 29.
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- OrigenCatena Aurea on Matthew
“But Christ’s disciples fulfil the Law in things secret, being Jews inwardly, as the Apostle speaks. [marg. note: Rom 2:29]” — the author cites it
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Clement of Alexandria
“And, in truth, he wins his praise “not from men, but from God,” by the performance of what the Lord has taught.” — editor's note: Rom. ii. 29.
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Cross-references · 17
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 26.
Cited together in To His Wife I.2.
Cited together in To His Wife I.2.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 26.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 26.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 26.
Cited together in Against Celsus VII.22.
Cited together in Against Celsus VII.22.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 26.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 26.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 26.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 26.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 26.
Cited together in Origen on Matthew 23:5–12 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Origen on Matthew 23:5–12 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in John Chrysostom on Luke 1:75 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 26.