⁴⁷ Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him and said of him, See, here is a true son of Israel in whom there is nothing false.

⁶ But it is not as if the word of God was without effect. For they are not all Israel, who are of Israel:

² Happy is the man in whom the Lord sees no evil, and in whose spirit there is no deceit.

⁵ And in their mouth there was no false word, for they are untouched by evil.

⁴ Who are Israelites: who have the place of sons, and the glory, and the agreements with God, and the giving of the law, and the worship, and the hope offered by God:

³¹ Then Jesus said to the Jews who had faith in him, If you keep my word, then you are truly my disciples;

¹ Truly, God is good to Israel, even to such as are clean in heart.

²² Who did no evil, and there was no deceit in his mouth:

¹ So putting away all wrongdoing, and all tricks and deceits and envies and evil talk,

³ For we are the circumcision, who give worship to God and have glory in Jesus Christ, and have no faith in the flesh:

²⁸ The true Jew is not one who is only so publicly, and circumcision is not that which may be seen in the flesh:

²⁹ But he is a Jew who is a secret one, whose circumcision is of the heart, in the spirit and not in the letter; whose praise is not from men, but from God.

³⁹ In answer they said to him, Our father is Abraham. Jesus said to them, If you were Abraham's children you would do what Abraham did.