Romans Chapter 2 Vs. 28

 

God's Judgment and the Law

For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: Rom 2:28

These verses form the conclusion to the entire section that begins with Rom. 2:17. Being a true or genuine Jew is not a matter of outward or external things (such as wearing phylacteries, paying tithes, or being circumcised). Genuine circumcision is not the physical rite itself.

“Circumcision is that of the heart”: The outward rite is of value only when it reflects the inner reality of a heart separated from sin unto God.

“Spirit…letter”: Salvation results from the work of God’s Spirit in the heart, not mere external efforts to conform to His law.

In the case above it would be possible for a Gentile to be a better Jew than the natural Jew, because the Gentiles' heart is right with God. God looks on the heart of man and judges the heart. Only you and God know the relation that you have with God. Men look at the outward man, but God sees the heart.