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Who is one inwardly (ho en tōi kruptōi). Repeat Ioudaios (Jew) here also, “the in the inward part Jew” (circumcision of the heart peritomē kardias and not a mere surgical operation as in Col 2:11, in the spirit en pneumati, with which compare 2Co 3:3, 2Co 3:6). This inward or inside Jew who lives up to his covenant relation with God is the high standard that Paul puts before the merely professional Jew described above.
Whose praise (hou ho epainos). The antecedent of the relative hou is Ioudaios (Jew). Probably (Gifford) a reference to the etymology of Judah (praise) as seen in Gal 4:28.