Romans 2:21

You, therefore, who teach another, do you not teach yourself? You who preach that a man should not steal, do you steal?

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal?

In Context

20an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of the immature, having the embodiment of knowledge and of the truth in the law.

22You who say, “Do not commit adultery,” do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you commit sacrilege?

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Cross References

Matthew 23:3Therefore whatever they may say to you to observe, observe and do, but do not do according to their works; for they say, and do not do.

Luke 11:46And He said, “Woe to you lawyers as well! Because you load men with burdens hard to bear, and you yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers.

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 →

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