Romans 2:17
Behold, yoʋ call yoʋrself a Jew and rely on the law and boast in God.
Text-Critical English NT
In The King James Version
Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,
In Context
18Yoʋ know his will and approve what is excellent, because yoʋ are instructed from the law.
Cross References
Matthew 8:11I tell you that many will come from east and west, and recline with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob at the banquet table in the kingdom of heaven,
John 5:45Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father. The one who accuses you is Moses, in whom you have set your hope.
John 8:33They answered him, “We are descendants of Abraham, and we have never been enslaved to anyone. How then can yoʋ say, ‘You will be set free’?”
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 →