Romans 2:17

But if thou, who art called a Jew, and reposest thyself on the law, and gloriest in God,

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,

In Context

16in the day in which God will judge the secret actions of men, as my gospel teacheth, by Jesus the Messiah.

18that thou knowest his good pleasure, and discernest obligations, because thou art instructed in the law;

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Cross References

Matthew 8:11And I say to you, that many shall come from the east, and from the west, and shall recline with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven;

John 5:45Do ye suppose, that I shall accuse you before the Father? There is one that will accuse you, that Moses, on whom ye rely.

John 8:33They say to him: We are the seed of Abraham, and never were in servitude to any man; and how sayest thou, Ye will be freemen?

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 →

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