Romans 2:23

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

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God?

In Context

22You who are preaching not to steal, do you steal? You who are saying not to commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who are abhorring the idols, do you rob temples?

24For evil is spoken of the Name of God among the nations because of you, according as it has been written.

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Cross References

Leviticus 13:32And the priest has seen the plague on the seventh day, and behold, the scale has not spread, and a shining hair has not been in it, and the appearance of the scale is not deeper than the skin,

Matthew 19:17And He said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one [is] good except one—God; but if you will to enter into life, keep the commands.”

Luke 18:11the Pharisee having stood by himself, thus prayed: God, I thank You that I am not as the rest of men, rapacious, unrighteous, adulterers, or even as this tax collector;

John 9:28They reviled him, therefore, and said, “You are His disciple, and we are Moses’ disciples;

Romans 3:2Much in every way; for first, indeed, that they were entrusted with the oracles of God;

James 1:22and become doers of the word, and not hearers only, 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 →

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