Romans 2:23
Thou who boast in law, dishonor God by thy transgression of the law.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God?
In Context
24For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you, just as it is written.
Cross References
Leviticus 13:32And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the disease, and, behold, if the scall be not spread, and there is in it no yellow hair, and the appearance of the scall is not deeper than the skin,
Matthew 19:17And he said to him, Why do thou call me good? There is none good except one, God. But if thou want to enter into life, keep the commandments.
Luke 18:11Having stood by himself, the Pharisee prayed these things: God, I thank thee that I am not as the rest of men, predatory, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector.
John 9:28They reviled him, and said, Thou are a disciple of that man, but we are disciples of Moses.
Romans 3:2Much every way. First, because they were indeed entrusted with the oracles of God.
James 1:22But become ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
Matthew Henry on Romans 2:18-29
The Pretensions of the Jews; The Depravity of the Jews. ( a. d. 58.) 17 Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God, 18 And knowest his will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law; 19 And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness, 20 An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law. 21 Thou therefore which teachest… Read the whole commentary →