For the true Jew is not one who is merely outwardly identified as such by physical descent and external rituals, nor is true circumcision merely an outward physical mark in the flesh.
A person is not a Jew who is one only outwardly, nor is circumcision merely outward and physical.
OJBFor the true Yehudi (Jew) is not the one [humanly] perceived as such, nor true milah that which is performed visibly in the flesh;
TCENTFor he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, neither is circumcision something outward in the flesh;
T4TIt is not those who perform rituals to show they are God’s people who are true Jews, and it is not being circumcised in their bodies that causes God to accept them [MTY].