Romans 2:22

do you, who say not to commit adultery, commit adultery? do you, who abominate idolatry, rob temples?

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

In The King James Version

Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege?

In Context

21therefore do not you who teach another teach yourself? do you, who preach not to steal, steal?

23do you, who boast in the law, through the transgression of the law dishonor God?

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Cross References

Matthew 16:4A wicked and adulterous generation seeks after a sign. And no sign shall be given it, except the sign of the prophet Jonah. And leaving them, He departed.

Acts 19:37For you have led in these men, who are neither robbers of temples, nor are they blaspheming your goddess.

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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