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Romans 2:17

But if you are called by name a Jew, and you rest upon the law, and you find glory in God,

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In The King James Version

Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,

In Context

16unto the day when God shall judge the hidden things of men, through Jesus Christ, according to my Gospel.

18and you have known his will, and you demonstrate the more useful things, having been instructed by the law:

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Cross References

Isaiah 45:25Therefore, he will say, “In the Lord are my justices and my dominion.” They will go to him. And all who fight against him will be confounded.

Jeremiah 7:4Do not choose to trust in lying words, saying: ‘This is the temple of the Lord! The temple of the Lord! The temple of the Lord!’

Zephaniah 3:11In that day, you will not be ashamed over all of your inventions, by which you have transgressed against me. For then I will take away from your midst your arrogant boasters, and you will no longer be exalted on my holy mountain.

Matthew 8:11For I say to you, that many shall come from the east and the west, and they shall sit at table with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.

John 5:45Do not consider that I might accuse you with the Father. There is one who accuses you, Moses, in whom you hope.

John 8:33They answered him: “We are the offspring of Abraham, and we have never been a slave to anyone. How can you say, ‘You shall be set free?’”

Matthew Henry on Romans 2:2-17

Equity of the Divine Government. ( a. d. 58.) 1 Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things. 2 But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things. 3 And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God? 4 Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and… Read the whole commentary →

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