Romans 2:23
Yoʋ who boast in the law, do yoʋ dishonor God by transgressing the law?
Text-Critical English NT
In The King James Version
Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God?
In Context
24As it is written, “The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.”
Cross References
Matthew 19:17Jesus said to him, “Why do yoʋ call me good? No one is good except God alone. But if yoʋ wish to enter life, keep the commandments.”
Luke 18:11The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed like this: ‘God, I thank yoʋ that I am not like other people: swindlers, unrighteous, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.
John 9:28Then they reviled him and said, “Yoʋ are a disciple of that man, but we are disciples of Moses.
Romans 3:2Much in every way. First of all, the Jews were entrusted with the oracles of God.
James 1:22But be doers of the word and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are 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 →