Romans 2:23

And thou who gloriest in the law, dost thou, by acting contrary to the law, insult God himself?

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God?

In Context

22And thou who sayest, Men must not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? And thou who contemnest idols, dost thou plunder the sanctuary?

24For, the name of God, as it is written, is reviled among the Gentiles on your account.

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Cross References

Matthew 19:17And he said to him: Why callest thou me good? There is none good, except one, namely, God. But if thou wouldst enter into life, keep the commandments.

Luke 18:11And the Pharisee stood by himself, and prayed thus: God, I thank thee that I have not been like the rest of men, rapacious, oppressive, and adulterous; nor like this publican.

John 9:28But they reproached him, and said to him: Thou art his disciple, but we are the disciples of Moses.

Romans 3:2Much, every way. And first, because to them were intrusted the oracles of God.

James 1:22But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only; and do not deceive 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 →

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