Romans 2:23

Thou that hast glory in the law, unworshippest God by breaking of the law? (Thou who hast boasted about the Law, dishonourest God by breaking the Law?)

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

22Thou that teachest that me/that men shall not do lechery, doest lechery? [or Thou that sayest to not do lechery, doest lechery?] Thou that loathest maumets [or idols], doest sacrilege? (Thou who teachest that me or that men shall not do adultery, doest adultery? Thou who loathest idols, doest sacrilege?)

24For the name of God is blasphemed by you among (the) heathen men, as [it] is written.

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Cross References

Leviticus 13:32and he shall see them in the seventh day; if the wem waxeth not, and the hair is of his colour, and the place of wound is even with the tother flesh, (and he shall examine them on the seventh day; if the sore hath not grown, or not spread, and the hair is its proper colour, and the place of the sore is even with the other flesh,)

Matthew 19:17Which saith to him, What askest thou me of good thing (s)? (or Why askest me about good things, or about what is good?) There is one good God. But if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.

Luke 18:11And the Pharisee stood, and prayed by himself these things, and said, God, I do thankings to thee, (or God, I give thanks to thee), for I am not as other men, raveners, unjust, adulterers, as also this publican (is);

John 9:28Therefore they cursed him, and said, Be thou (made) his disciple; we be [the] disciples of Moses.

Romans 3:2Much by all wise [or by all manner]; first, for the speakings of God were betaken to them, (or first, for the speakings of God, or God’s messages, were delivered to them, or were given to them).

James 1:22But be ye 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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