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The Book of Romans, Chapter 2, Verse 20

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And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness,
King James Version
An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law.
American Standard Version
a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of babes, having in the law the form of knowledge and of the truth;
New English Translation
Absolutely not! For otherwise how could God judge the world?
World English Bible
a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of babies, having in the law the form of knowledge and of the truth.
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Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal?
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Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege?
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Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God?
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For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written.
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For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.
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Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision?
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And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision dost transgress the law?
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For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither [is that] circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:
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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.
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What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit [is there] of circumcision?