Matthew Poole and continuators on Romans 2:27

27. And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature , if it fulfill the Law , judge thee , who by the letter and circumcision doest transgress the Law?

A Periphrasis of the Gentiles, who want Circumcision, or are by Nature without it.

Here's another word, before it was Keep, but now 'tis Fulfill the Law; though the word be varied, yet the Sence is the same, vid. Iames 2.8.

i. e Rise up in Judgment against thee; or else shall he not do it by his Example? as in Mat. 12.41, 42. The Men of Nineveh, and the Queen of Sheba shall Judge the Israelites: The meaning is, the Obedient Gentile, shall Condemn the Disobedient Iew.

i. e. The outward litteral Circumcision; or by the Letter, understand the Law, vid. 2 Cor. 3 6, 7. The Sence is, by means of the Law and Circumcision, and resting in them, as Pledges of the Love of God (so v. 17.) they are the more secure and bold in Sinning against God: It is to them an Occasion of Transgression.

Marginal references: Or, [illegible: 1 word] of nature.; Or, [illegible: 1 word] transgressor the Law.