Romans 2:23
You who boast in the law, do you dishonor God by breaking the law?
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God?
In Context
22You who forbid adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?
24As it is written: “God’s name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.”
Cross References
Leviticus 13:32On the seventh day the priest is to reexamine the infection, and if the scaly outbreak has not spread and there is no yellow hair in it, and it does not appear to be deeper than the skin,
Matthew 19:17“Why do you ask Me about what is good?” Jesus replied. “There is only One who is good. If you want to enter life, keep the commandments.”
Luke 18:11The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like the other men—swindlers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.
John 9:28Then they heaped insults on him and said, “You are His disciple; we are disciples of Moses.
Romans 3:2Much in every way. First of all, they have been entrusted with the very words of God.
James 1:22Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving 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 →