Romans 2:21

you, then, who teach another, do you not teach yourself? You who preach that a man should not steal, do you steal?

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal?

In Context

20an instructor of the simple, a teacher of the unlearned, because you have the form of true knowledge in the law;

22You who say that a man should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who detest idols, do you rob temples?

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Cross References

Matthew 23:3therefore, all things that they command you to observe, observe and do. But do not according to their works: for they command, and do not.

Luke 11:46He replied: Alas for you, lawyers, also! for you bind upon men burdens hard to be borne, and you yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers,

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 →

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