Romans 2:23
Dost thou who boastest of the Law, dishonor God by breaking the Law?
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God?
In Context
24For, as it is written, “the name of God is on your account blasphemed among the gentiles.”
Cross References
Matthew 19:17And he said to him, Why dost thou ask me concerning what is good? There is but one who is good. But if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
Luke 18:11The Pharisee stood and prayed by himself thus: O God, I thank thee that I am not as the rest of men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
John 9:28They reviled him, and said, Thou art his disciple; but we are disciples of Moses.
Romans 3:2Great, every way. In the first place, because they were entrusted with the oracles of God.
James 1:22But be 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 →