Romans 2:17

But if you are called by the name Yehudi (Jew) and rely on the Torah and boast in Hashem, + 2:17 T.N. Contra Ro 3:20; 4:2

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,

In Context

16In the Yom + 2:16 HaDin (Day of Judgment) when, according to my Besuras HaGeulah, Hashem, through Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Yehoshua, is to judge the secrets of kol Bnei Adam (all men).

18And have da'as of His will and approve the things that matter, being instructed from the Torah,

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Cross References

Isaiah 45:25Kol zera Yisroel shall yitzdeku (be justified, become righteous) 1 and shall glory in Hashem.

Jeremiah 7:4Trust ye not in divrei hasheker (lying words, words of falsehood), saying, This is the Heikhal Hashem, the Heikhal Hashem, the Heikhal Hashem.

Zephaniah 3:11In that Yom shalt thou not be ashamed 1 for all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against Me; 1 for then I will take away out of the midst of thee 1 them that rejoice in thy ga'avah (pride), 1 and thou shalt no more be haughty 1 because of My Har Hakodesh. 1

Matthew 8:11And I say to you, that many from the mizrach (east) and the maarav (west) will come and will sit bimesibba (reclining at tish) with Avraham and Yitzchak and Ya'akov in the Malchut HaShomayim.

John 5:45Do not think that I will accuse you before HaAv; however, there is one accusing you: Moshe, in whom you have set your tikvah. + 5:45 Dt 31:26-27

John 8:33They answered Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, We are of the zera Avraham and to no one have we ever been enslaved. How do you say, You will become Bnei Chorin (freedmen)? + 8:33 Neh 9:36

Matthew Henry on Romans 2:2-17

Equity of the Divine Government. ( a. d. 58.) 1 Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things. 2 But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things. 3 And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God? 4 Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and… Read the whole commentary →

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