Romans 2:17
But if thou art called a Jew and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,
In Context
16In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ, according to my gospel.
18And knowest his will, and approvest the more profitable things, being instructed by the law,
Cross References
Isaiah 45:25Therefore shall he say: In the Lord are my justices and empire: they shall come to him, and all that resist him shall be confounded.
Jeremiah 7:4Trust not in lying words, saying: The temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, it is the temple of the Lord.
Zephaniah 3:11In that day thou shalt not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me: for then I will take away out of the midst of thee thy proud boasters, and thou shalt no more be lifted up because of my holy mountain.
Matthew 8:11And I say to you that many shall come from the east and the west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven:
John 5:45Think not that I will accuse you to the Father. There is one that accuseth you, Moses, in whom you trust.
John 8:33They answered him: We are the seed of Abraham, and we have never been slaves to any man: how sayest thou: you shall be 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 →