Romans 2:22

You who forbid adultery, do you commit adultery? You who loathe idols, do you plunder their temples?

Weymouth NT (1912)

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

21you then who teach your fellow man, do you refuse to teach yourself? You who cry out against stealing, are you yourself a thief?

23You who make your boast in the Law, do you offend against its commands and so dishonour God?

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Cross References

Matthew 16:4A wicked and faithless generation are eager for a sign; but none shall be given to them except the sign of Jonah." and He left them and went away.

Acts 19:37For you have brought these men here, who are neither robbers of temples nor blasphemers of our 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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