16 Circumcise therefore ^qthe foreskin of your heart, and be no longer ^rstubborn.

26 ^cEgypt, Judah, Edom, the sons of Ammon, Moab, and ^dall who dwell in the desert who cut the corners of their hair, for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are ^euncircumcised in heart.”

28 For ^sno one is a Jew ^twho is merely one outwardly, nor is circumcision outward and physical. 29 But a Jew is one ^uinwardly, and ^vcircumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter. ^wHis praise is not from man but from God.