Romans 2:23

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

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

In Context

22Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege?

24For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles, through you, as it is written.

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Cross References

Leviticus 13:32And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the plague: and behold, if the scall spreadeth not, and there is in it no yellow hair, and the scall is not in sight deeper than the skin;

Matthew 19:17And he said to him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is , God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.

Luke 18:11The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are , extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.

John 9:28Then they reviled him, and said, Thou art his disciple; but we are the disciples of Moses.

Romans 3:2Much every way: chiefly, because that to them were committed the oracles of God.

James 1:22But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

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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