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# Connecting Statement:
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Paul continues to show that God, by his law, condemns even the Jews who have God's law.
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# For circumcision indeed benefits you
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"I say all of this because being circumcised does benefit you"
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# if you break the law
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"if you do not obey the commandments found in the law"
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# your circumcision becomes uncircumcision
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"it is as though you were no longer circumcised"
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# the uncircumcised person
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"the person who is not circumcised"
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# keeps the requirements of the law
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"obeys what God commands in the law"
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# will not his uncircumcision be considered as circumcision? And will not the one who is naturally uncircumcised condemn you ... the law?
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Paul asks two questions here to emphasize that circumcision is not what makes one right before God. You can translate these questions as statements in an active form. AT: "God will consider him as circumcised. The one who is not physically circumcised will condemn you ... the law." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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