Romans 2:23
Thou that makest thy boast of the law, by transgression of the law dishonourest God.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God?
In Context
24(For the name of God through you is blasphemed among the Gentiles, as it is written.)
Cross References
Leviticus 13:32And on the seventh day he shall look upon it. If the spot be not grown, and the hair keep its colour, and the place of the blemish be even with the other flesh:
Matthew 19:17Who said to him: Why asketh thou me concerning good? One is good, God. But if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
Luke 18:11The Pharisee standing, prayed thus with himself: O God, I give thee thanks that I am not as the rest of men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, as also is this publican.
John 9:28They reviled him therefore, and said: Be thou his disciple; but we are the disciples of Moses.
Romans 3:2Much every way. First indeed, because the words of God were committed to them.
James 1:22But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
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 →