Romans 2:23

Thou, that boastest in the law, dost thou by transgression of the law dishonour God?

1770 John Worsley NT

In The King James Version

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

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Cross References

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

Luke 18:11The pharisee standing by himself prayed thus, O God, I thank thee that I am not as other men are, rapacious, unjust, adulterous, or even as this publican.

John 9:28Then they reviled him, and said, Thou art his disciple, but we are the disciples of Moses: we know that God spake to Moses:

Romans 3:2Much, every way: chiefly, because they were intrusted with the oracles of God.

James 1:22But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving 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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