Romans 2:24
For, just as it is written: “The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.”
Family 35 New Testament
In The King James Version
For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written.
In Context
23You who boast in the Law, do you dishonor God through the transgression of the Law?
Cross References
Matthew 18:7Woe to the world because of offenses! Now it is necessary that offenses come, but woe to that person by whom the offense comes!
1 Timothy 6:1As many as are under the yoke of slavery should consider their own owners to be worthy of full respect, so that God's name and doctrine not be slandered.
Titus 2:8—healthy speech, beyond reproach—so that the opponent may be put to shame, having nothing slighting to say about us.
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 →