Romans 2:23
thou who boastest in law, dost thou by transgression of the law dishonour God?
Darby Translation
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 on your account among the nations, according as it is written.
Cross References
Leviticus 13:32And when the priest looketh on the sore on the seventh day, and behold, the scall hath not spread, and there is in it no yellow hair, and the scall doth not look deeper than the skin,
Matthew 19:17And he said to him, What askest thou me concerning goodness? one is good. But if thou wouldest enter into life, keep the commandments.
Luke 18:11The Pharisee, standing, prayed thus to himself: God, I thank thee that I am not as the rest of men, rapacious, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax-gatherer.
John 9:28They railed at him, and said, Thou art his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.
Romans 3:2Much every way: and first, indeed, that to them were entrusted the oracles of God.
James 1:22But be ye doers of [the] word and not hearers only, beguiling 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 →