Romans 2:29 Cross References

Romans 2:29

29: No, a true Jew is one whose heart is right with God. And true circumcision is not a cutting of the body but a change of heart produced by God's Spirit. Whoever has that kind of change seeks praise from God, not from people.

Deuteronomy 30:6

  1. "The LORD your God will cleanse your heart and the hearts of all your descendants so that you will love him with all your heart and soul, and so you may live!

Philippians 3:3

  1. For we who worship God in the Spirit are the only ones who are truly circumcised. We put no confidence in human effort. Instead, we boast about what Christ Jesus has done for us.

Deuteronomy 10:16

  1. Therefore, cleanse your sinful hearts and stop being stubborn.

Colossians 2:11

  1. When you came to Christ, you were "circumcised," but not by a physical procedure. It was a spiritual procedure--the cutting away of your sinful nature.
  2. For you were buried with Christ when you were baptized. And with him you were raised to a new life because you trusted the mighty power of God, who raised Christ from the dead.

1 Corinthians 4:5

  1. So be careful not to jump to conclusions before the Lord returns as to whether or not someone is faithful. When the Lord comes, he will bring our deepest secrets to light and will reveal our private motives. And then God will give to everyone whatever praise is due.

1 Thessalonians 2:4

  1. For we speak as messengers who have been approved by God to be entrusted with the Good News. Our purpose is to please God, not people. He is the one who examines the motives of our hearts.

Jeremiah 4:4

  1. Cleanse your minds and hearts before the LORD, or my anger will burn like an unquenchable fire because of all your sins.

2 Corinthians 10:18

  1. When people boast about themselves, it doesn't count for much. But when the Lord commends someone, that's different!

1 Peter 3:4

  1. You should be known for the beauty that comes from within, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is so precious to God.

Romans 7:6

  1. But now we have been released from the law, for we died with Christ, and we are no longer captive to its power. Now we can really serve God, not in the old way by obeying the letter of the law, but in the new way, by the Spirit.

1 Chronicles 29:17

  1. I know, my God, that you examine our hearts and rejoice when you find integrity there. You know I have done all this with good motives, and I have watched your people offer their gifts willingly and joyously.

Romans 2:27

  1. In fact, uncircumcised Gentiles who keep God's law will be much better off than you Jews who are circumcised and know so much about God's law but don't obey it.

John 12:43

  1. For they loved human praise more than the praise of God.

John 5:44

  1. No wonder you can't believe! For you gladly honor each other, but you don't care about the honor that comes from God alone.

Jeremiah 4:14

  1. O Jerusalem, cleanse your hearts that you may be saved. How long will you harbor your evil thoughts?

Matthew 23:25

  1. "How terrible it will be for you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! You are so careful to clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside you are filthy--full of greed and self-indulgence!
  2. Blind Pharisees! First wash the inside of the cup, and then the outside will become clean, too.
  3. "How terrible it will be for you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs--beautiful on the outside but filled on the inside with dead people's bones and all sorts of impurity.
  4. You try to look like upright people outwardly, but inside your hearts are filled with hypocrisy and lawlessness.

Luke 11:39

  1. Then the Lord said to him, "You Pharisees are so careful to clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside you are still filthy--full of greed and wickedness!

2 Corinthians 3:6

  1. He is the one who has enabled us to represent his new covenant. This is a covenant, not of written laws, but of the Spirit. The old way ends in death; in the new way, the Holy Spirit gives life.

Romans 14:17

  1. For the Kingdom of God is not a matter of what we eat or drink, but of living a life of goodness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

1 Samuel 16:7

  1. But the LORD said to Samuel, "Don't judge by his appearance or height, for I have rejected him. The LORD doesn't make decisions the way you do! People judge by outward appearance, but the LORD looks at a person's thoughts and intentions."

Luke 17:21

  1. You won't be able to say, 'Here it is!' or 'It's over there!' For the Kingdom of God is among you. "

John 3:5

  1. Jesus replied, "The truth is, no one can enter the Kingdom of God without being born of water and the Spirit.
  2. Humans can reproduce only human life, but the Holy Spirit gives new life from heaven.
  3. So don't be surprised at my statement that you must be born again.
  4. Just as you can hear the wind but can't tell where it comes from or where it is going, so you can't explain how people are born of the Spirit."

John 4:23

  1. But the time is coming and is already here when true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth. The Father is looking for anyone who will worship him that way.

Psalms 45:13

  1. The bride, a princess, waits within her chamber, dressed in a gown woven with gold.
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