Romans 2:23
You who boast in the Law, do you dishonor God through the transgression of the Law?
Family 35 New Testament
In The King James Version
Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God?
In Context
22You who say not to commit adultery, do you adulterate? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?
24For, just as it is written: “The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.”
Cross References
Matthew 19:17But He said to him: “Why do you call me good? No one is good except One, God. But if you want to enter into the life, keep the commandments.”
Luke 18:11The Pharisee stood and started praying to himself like this: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like all the rest—robbers, unjust, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.
John 9:28They reviled him and said: “ You are that fellow's disciple, but we are Moses' disciples.
Romans 3:2Much in every way! First of all, because they were entrusted with the oracles of God.
James 1:22Further, become word doers and not just hearers, 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 →