Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;

They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham.

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 circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.

Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel:

For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.

Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.

Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.

Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,

Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:

And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.