Romans 2:22

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

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege?

In Context

21You, therefore, who teach another, do you not teach yourself? You who preach that a man should not steal, do you steal?

23You who boast in the law, do you dishonor God through the transgression of the law?

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Cross References

Matthew 16:4An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.” And leaving them behind He went away. 1 The Leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees

Acts 19:37For you have brought these men here who are neither temple thieves nor blasphemers of your goddess.

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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