Romans 2:24
As it is written, “The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.”
Text-Critical English NT
In The King James Version
For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written.
In Context
23Yoʋ who boast in the law, do yoʋ dishonor God by transgressing the law?
Cross References
Matthew 18:7“Woe to the world because of stumbling blocks! It is necessary that stumbling blocks come, yet woe to that man through whom the stumbling block comes!
1 Timothy 6:1All who are under the yoke of slavery must regard their own masters as worthy of all honor, so that no one will revile God's name or his doctrine.
Titus 2:8and sound speech that is above reproach, so that any opponent may be put to shame because he has nothing bad to say about us.
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 →