Romans 2:21

Thou, then, who teachest others, dost thou not teach thyself? and who preachest that men should not steal, dost thou steal?

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal?

In Context

20and an instructor of the wanting-in-mind, and a teacher of children, and hast a type of knowledge and of truth in the law:

22and who sayest they should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? And thou who condemnest idols, dost thou despoil the sanctuary?

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Cross References

Matthew 23:3Every thing, therefore, which they tell you to observe, observe and do; but after their practices do not act; for they say, and do not.

Luke 11:46But he said, Also unto you, Sophree, woe! because you lade men with heavy burdens, and you with one of your fingers will not touch those burdens.

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 →

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